skinny puppy Help!!!

[plaid_emu]

I know one of the keyboards in cEvin's live setup was a Roland V Synth. There were also a few computers running Logic. I'm not sure what else he was using on that tour.

Here's a list of studio gear he was using at the time:

cEvin Key
Hardware: Macintosh G4, Mac Titanium G4 Laptop; Nord MicroModular, Nord 3; Alesis Andromeda A-6; Roland V-synth, JP-8000, System 100m, Jupiter 6, JV-2080, TR-808 x2, TR-909, TB-303, MC-202, MC-505; Serge Modular; ARP 2500, ARP 2600; Korg MS20, MS10, SQ10, Monopoly, Wavestation AD; EMS VcS3, EML 101; Moog MiniMoog, MultiMoog, Moog Eqs; Yamaha CS80, SU700, An1X; Sequential Circuits Pro One, Studio 440; E-mu SP1200, Emax 2; Doepfer MAQ16; Kurzweil K2500; Rave 309; Waldorf Pulse+Filter; Theremin; Korg Kaos Pad v.2; Manley EQ; Avalon Compressor; TC Electronic EQ; Eventide 3500/4000; AMS delay; Lexicon PCM41, Jamman, Vortex; Sherman Filterbank; Simmons SDS-V, Korg Wavedrum, Pearl Syncussion x2, Custom Drumosaurus trigger setup.

Software: Logic Audio Platinum 6, Digidesign ProTools Mix+, Ableton Live, Native instruments (Battery, Absynth, Pro 53, FM7, Kontact, Reaktor, Spectral Delay, B4), Phatmatic Pro, Aurelia Moog Modular, Emagic (EXS24, ES1, ES2), Access Virus/Indigo, Propellerhead (Reason, Rebirth, Recycle), Cheese Machine, Steinberg HALion, M-tron,Waldorf Attack, Waves, Fairchild, Moog Plugz, GRM plugs, DestroyFX, BIAS Peak

[rasp]

For the GWOTR tour, Cevin's live rig consisted ov the aforemention Roland V-Synth and an Access Virus KC.

In addition, I believe he was also using his Lexicon PCM-41 delay unit. Oh yeah, and a handsonic drum.

[filin]

Originally Posted by DivineChemical

From what I remember from the Greater Wrong of the Right DVD (I thought it was the low point in their career until Mythmaker came out and I was proven wrong).

I haven't risked listening to Mythmaker, with reviews like that I think I'll probably keep on keeping away.

[plaid_emu]

Originally Posted by filin

I haven't risked listening to Mythmaker, with reviews like that I think I'll probably keep on keeping away.

I thought it was pretty damn good. It's certainly not as raw and powerful as the old stuff but it's a logical progression that seems to fit. Far better than most of the "industrial" crap that's coming out lately. My only major complaint was the use of some cheesy "bell" sound that reminded me of early nineties rock opera.

I do enjoy the new Puppy but I wish there would be more focus on the Download, Tear Garden and platEAU projects. Particularly a live tour. A Download tour with Tear Garden would be great.

I also keep calling for a collaboration with Steve Roach but it's probably unlikely.

[rasp]

Originally Posted by DivineChemical

The new Puppy album sounded more like cEvin trying to break back into form

And that is exactly why it sucks. To me, Skinny Puppy was all about this organized chaos; their form was characterized by, and pardon the pun here, but by their "process," which I believe involved getting stoned and jamming-out, sampling the good bits, and re-sequencing those parts alongside more improvisation. It was an interesting approach to writing electronic music which left the listener wondering how a person would go about writing something so abstract yet with an overall sense ov cohesiveness to it.

Mythmaker sounds like a demo for a Native Instruments software package. The lyrics are about as sophomoric as you can get.

I wonder how much ov an influence Dwayne had over the songwriting in Puppy because, after all, he was trained in music theory and composition so I'm sure this had a lot to do with the final product.

I'd rather hear a new Download album, that group seemed to pick up where Puppy left off.

[cebec]

Originally Posted by rasp

And that is exactly why it sucks. To me, Skinny Puppy was all about this organized chaos; their form was characterized by, and pardon the pun here, but by their "process," which I believe involved getting stoned and jamming-out, sampling the good bits, and re-sequencing those parts alongside more improvisation. It was an interesting approach to writing electronic music which left the listener wondering how a person would go about writing something so abstract yet with an overall sense ov cohesiveness to it.

Mythmaker sounds like a demo for a Native Instruments software package. The lyrics are about as sophomoric as you can get.

I wonder how much ov an influence Dwayne had over the songwriting in Puppy because, after all, he was trained in music theory and composition so I'm sure this had a lot to do with the final product.

I'd rather hear a new Download album, that group seemed to pick up where Puppy left off.

I agree with you 100%. I listened to Furnace Redux and Inception (both from the Vault series) this morning on the way to work and shed a proverbial tear for a great era.

[rids]

Originally Posted by DivineChemical

+1,000,000. To me, The Eyes of Stanley Pain was what The Process should have been.

Interesting, but impossible with American Records. It wouldn't be allowed. I agree with the Process not being what it could of been, but Dwayne died so I'm happy to listen to that album. You can actually feel Dwayne's death in that album.

Mythmaker is nice to hear to me. I don't know why everyone thinks it's not Skinny Puppy because this is SP. It's 2008 and every band does this progression - look at Rabies, it's the same type of progression. Just glad Too Dark Park came immediately after. I was actually waiting to hear a SP album that was more commercialized and structured. I like it. I love Last Rights and all it's craziness, but I starting to really like and appreciate Mythmaker for what it is, a more structured and focused SP. I still like TGWOTR a little more.

What don't you guys like about Mythmaker?

I also like how it's kind of poking fun at different ideas.