the chemical brothers' sound

syrinx70 · 27th February 2007, 08:55 PM

i realy love the the sound of the chemical brothers' albums.they just seem to have a thickness and weight i dont hear in alot of electronic music.anyone know what they use to achieve this?unlike daft punk i know they dont generally base whole tracks on big chunks of other peoples records.they seem to blend the samples they use more cohesively with the synths.

also any clues as to what they use to get the drums and bass sounding so good?they dont have the cheap sucky sound of lots of over comporessed/sidechained tracks you hear at the moment but really hit hard..

ive read they use ems synths but not much more......thanks!

dlmorley · 27th February 2007, 09:27 PM

I know they like their ARP 2600 and Sherman filterbank....

kikumoto · 27th February 2007, 10:28 PM

I no that steve' dub' jones is their engineer, who very talented!

gsilbers · 28th February 2007, 01:40 AM

I was going to post something like this yesterday as i was re listeinig some of chemical bros stuff. man after like 5-10 years or so.. love it!

i love the Surrender album and dig your own hole.

i know they use a lot of korgs stuff.

ill like to know what they use for their drum samples and programing it. cause i think they use external samplers, and those are a bitch to program without computer.
well i guess with the AKAI or something but after listeing to thier stuff it seems it took a loong time to program.

gsilbers · 28th February 2007, 01:44 AM

some stuff in mix mag

http://mixonline.com/mixline/ssl-aws...others-101806/

basscakes · 28th February 2007, 04:24 AM

I remember reading alot about their studio habits in the British Dance mags in the 90s. They are big guitar stompbox collectors and they use them all over their early stuff

Jim@SSL · 28th February 2007, 09:44 AM

AWS 900.

Before that, Mackie 8Bus

woomanmoomin · 28th February 2007, 10:40 AM

Stick every freakin' thing through a decent tube pre and you will be heading in the right direction.

teknobryan · 28th February 2007, 07:19 PM

They also use alot of Elektron stuff (Machinedrum and Monomachine).

noisegeek · 28th February 2007, 08:13 PM

Seems they like Neve as well: http://www.miloco.co.uk/studios/neve.php

bluemoon · 6th March 2007, 05:45 AM

not so sure about the elektron gear, maybe now yeah, but I saw them live 4 or 5 years ago and they has the whole arsenal of analog synths driven by doepfer sequencers.

I remember seeing a juno and a xpander but they had loads of gear on stage. the sound was MASSIVE!

probably one of the most intense concerts I've ever heard.

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27th February 2007, 08:55 PM	#1
syrinx70 Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: london Posts: 1	the chemical brothers' sound i realy love the the sound of the chemical brothers' albums.they just seem to have a thickness and weight i dont hear in alot of electronic music.anyone know what they use to achieve this?unlike daft punk i know they dont generally base whole tracks on big chunks of other peoples records.they seem to blend the samples they use more cohesively with the synths. also any clues as to what they use to get the drums and bass sounding so good?they dont have the cheap sucky sound of lots of over comporessed/sidechained tracks you hear at the moment but really hit hard.. ive read they use ems synths but not much more......thanks!

27th February 2007, 09:27 PM	#2
dlmorley Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,889	I know they like their ARP 2600 and Sherman filterbank.... __________________ New CD "Ghosts" Ursa Major Studios

27th February 2007, 10:28 PM	#3
kikumoto Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 96	I no that steve' dub' jones is their engineer, who very talented! __________________ "There's something magical about having all your equipment in the same room as your bed, and you just get out of bed and like do a track and go back to sleep and then get up and do some more and do tracks in your pants and stuff" Richard D. James

28th February 2007, 08:13 PM	#10
noisegeek Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 8	Seems they like Neve as well: http://www.miloco.co.uk/studios/neve.php __________________ "I drank what?"

28th February 2007, 01:40 AM	#4
gsilbers Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,349	I was going to post something like this yesterday as i was re listeinig some of chemical bros stuff. man after like 5-10 years or so.. love it! i love the Surrender album and dig your own hole. i know they use a lot of korgs stuff. ill like to know what they use for their drum samples and programing it. cause i think they use external samplers, and those are a bitch to program without computer. well i guess with the AKAI or something but after listeing to thier stuff it seems it took a loong time to program.

28th February 2007, 01:44 AM	#5
gsilbers Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,349	some stuff in mix mag http://mixonline.com/mixline/ssl-aws...others-101806/

28th February 2007, 04:24 AM	#6
basscakes Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 183	I remember reading alot about their studio habits in the British Dance mags in the 90s. They are big guitar stompbox collectors and they use them all over their early stuff

28th February 2007, 09:44 AM	#7
Jim@SSL Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 663	AWS 900. Before that, Mackie 8Bus

28th February 2007, 10:40 AM	#8
woomanmoomin Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 1,024	Stick every freakin' thing through a decent tube pre and you will be heading in the right direction.

28th February 2007, 07:19 PM	#9
teknobryan Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11	They also use alot of Elektron stuff (Machinedrum and Monomachine).

6th March 2007, 05:45 AM	#11
bluemoon Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 234	not so sure about the elektron gear, maybe now yeah, but I saw them live 4 or 5 years ago and they has the whole arsenal of analog synths driven by doepfer sequencers. I remember seeing a juno and a xpander but they had loads of gear on stage. the sound was MASSIVE! probably one of the most intense concerts I've ever heard.

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