A Look Into Moby’s Manhattan Studio

What a collection of drum machines he has. My level of respect for Moby just went up. Electronic artists have software like ableton, fruity loops etc that takes you so far away from analog. It's nice to see this level of dedication and love.

Re: A Look Into Moby’s Manhattan Studio

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Post by fogus » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 1:50 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #4

What a collection of drum machines he has. My level of respect for Moby just went up. Electronic artists have software like ableton, fruity loops etc that takes you so far away from analog. It's nice to see this level of dedication and love.

He mentions in the interview that he samples the analogue drum machine, so presumably he uses these samples within his software.

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Post by zandorg » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 2:12 PM UTC

mikegioia wrote: post #4

What a collection of drum machines he has. My level of respect for Moby just went up. Electronic artists have software like ableton, fruity loops etc that takes you so far away from analog. It's nice to see this level of dedication and love.

Recently I bought an Akai S950, a popular sampler used by Moby (and others), and it is amazing how much better it sounds than a software sampler - especially if you route the 8 outputs through an old mixing desk and adjust EQ/level (and put a compressor on a drum through the Insert channel).

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Post by jnorthrop » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 2:20 PM UTC

Its amazing to me that as an artist Moby's workspace is completely void of any art, or even color. It looks like he has his gold and platinum awards in a hall but everything else was either white or equipment.

I understand that is a certain aesthetic and I don't mean that as a criticism just an observation. In stark contrast check out the Gigapan of Wilco's recording space (http://wilcoworld.net/loft/gigapan.php).

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Post by zandorg » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 3:22 PM UTC

edu wrote: post #3

fogus wrote: post #2

His last two sentences are worth the price of admission.

Mmm, I don't agree. 'Cool' is so subjective.

I agree. How can he say ALL electronic artists are nerds? What about Portishead? Michael Jackson? The Human League?

'Nerd' isn't even an insult in my book.

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Post by mikegioia » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 3:41 PM UTC

fogus wrote: post #5

mikegioia wrote: post #4

What a collection of drum machines he has. My level of respect for Moby just went up. Electronic artists have software like ableton, fruity loops etc that takes you so far away from analog. It's nice to see this level of dedication and love.

He mentions in the interview that he samples the analogue drum machine, so presumably he uses these samples within his software.

Yea true, but I mean, just hearing him speak about that wurlitzer you can tell he just loves making music.

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Post by ivenkys » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 4:17 PM UTC

Did anyone else find the website really slow (constant buffering) ?