New Order Blue Monday recording info

[portobellovcs3]

Does anyone know where Blue Monday was recorded and what kind of gear was used (ie console, outboard, etc.)?

Thanks!

[thethrillfactor]

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr0...rogerlyons.htm

[portobellovcs3]

Great article. Thank you. However, does anyone have info on what studio Blue Monday was recorded at, what console and what outboard gear was used?

Thanks.

[Thermionic]

One small thing I know is that they needed custom interfaces that synced the Prophet 5s to the sequencer; at the time, no such device was available, and New Order employed Ron Lebar for this task.

This is a quote from a resume Ron sent me some years ago:

For the group ‘New Order’ 2 Prophet Fives were fitted with an interface to synchronise the player to a drum machine or sequencer. These were used on a number of record tracks to good effect.

As you can guess, Ron's made a lot of custom hardware for people over the years (Vince Clark's dome studio is one client), so he didn't go into much detail as it would go on for ages.

Maybe I'll ask Ron for more info next time we speak.

Justin

[David@MVS]

Originally Posted by portobellovcs3

Does anyone know where Blue Monday was recorded and what kind of gear was used (ie console, outboard, etc.)?

Thanks!

Though alot of that stuff is _very_ hard to find, close aproximations of the sounds can be achieved with the KorgMS2000. It mimics the DMX drum sounds to the 90th percentile and you can get a working bassline from it (or a Novation) easily enough.

Hope this helps,
David