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Originally posted by electron Funny you should say that. I just bought the DVD and watched it last nite. Yup, besides watching Tiesto grinning non stop i get to see what's in his studio! So far i can make out.. Alesis Andromeda and Korg Karma. I can't see if he's got a virus or JP8000 tho. Can't make out the speakers either but they are definitely KRK's. (yellow cones)

Tiesto's gear:

Pc
Intel Pentium 4/3.2 Ghz w/1,024 MB Ram

Monitors
KRK 8000-series

Mengtafel
Sony DMX-R100 48-channel digital console w/digital switchable patch bay for analog signal processing

Software
Steinberg Cubase Sx 2.0

Synth
Access Virus B, Virus C synths
Alesis Andromedia A6
E-mu Vintage Pro, proteus 2000 synths
Moog Music Minimoog Voyager
Yamaha CS6X, CS6R, FS1R, synths
Roland Alpha Juno 2, JD-990, JP-8000, JP8080 (2), MKS-80, XV-3080 synths
Korg Triton

Drum computers
Linn Electronics LinnDrum
Roland TR-909

Samplers
Akai S6000 2x
Akai MPC3000XL

Reverb's
Lexicon 480 rackmont
TC Electronic M-One rackmont

Digital delay
Roland SDE-3000

Converter
Yamaha MSS1 SMPTE/MTC

Sound module
Waldorf MicroWaveXT

Mixer
Pioneer DJM-600

Turntabels
Pioneer CDJ-1000
Technics SL-1200MK2 2x

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Timothy you are DA man! How did you manage to spot all that gear? But at least i was not wrong hehe.
Ok, im actually surprised to see that the No.1 and No.2 DJs in the world using KRK monitors ONLY (no 2nd set). I have to investigate this speaker further!
I know Ferry and Armin use the Mackie HR824s

tbh, im surprised anyone needs all this gear. 2 jp8080s and a jp8000? why?! you dont have to bounce as much but...

i wonder if most of them know even one synth inside out cuz synths are complicated monsters. life consumingly so. just one, more often than not has a mind boggling variety of sonic possibilities. if i had 20 of the best id be in my studio all the time, grinning constantly. but i dont think id get very much done. wouldnt know where to start. wouldnt be inclined to scratch the surface of even 1 of the many toys that im surrounded by. but maybe thats just me.

a case of G.A.S? (Gear Aquisition Syndrome)

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Originally posted by electron Timothy you are DA man! How did you manage to spot all that gear?

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btw, here's more studio pictures: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...&threadid=39389

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btw tiesto is not a producer he's "only" a dj! he doesn't produce the things under his name. that's done by different producers..

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cYrus

really? i would have thought he would have at least some input. i mean. production is so important. how can you control every aspect of the music you write if you dont produce your own tracks?!

it works the same way like the pop business.. there are producer which do some tunes and the labels are looking for the tunes which fit to the singer..

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Originally posted by thecYrus it works the same way like the pop business.. there are producer which do some tunes and the labels are looking for the tunes which fit to the singer..

i dont believe that is true, i mean trance is a dying music genre, it hardly sells anything no more, why should "proffesional" producers want to help artists like Tiesto etc. make their music... it aint excactly multim-million dollar buisness.. but at some point i do agree.. but I mean... they HAVE to make some of the music.. I have even heard Ferry Corsten also being accused of "not" producing his music.. but it cannot be true.. he has been making music since he was 14 or something..

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you may well be right cyrus, cuz im not too well up on what these people are doing. but when you muck around with synths and make electronic based music, it just seems natural that you would produce your own work. when you build synth patches thats production in a way. i find it hard to believe that he lets some joe producer handle the entire engineering process of his songs. engineering and song writing in electronic music are like 2 halves of the same coin.

pop music has this generic quality to it, this anonymity that screams 'this tune was written by person A who mailed the lyrics and notes to manager B who sent them to producer C who passed it onto his engineering colleague D.' it sounds empty cuz theres so many people involved in the making of a pop record and its extremely well produced but nobody has stamped their individuality on the tune. nobody in essence, follows through with their idea for the song, from conception to completion. thats why i feel that alot of pop consists of a mish mash of established styles and generic techniques both in musical and production terms. you get the impression that in some cases, the people making the tune dont really care that much about it. like its just a job. as far as you can tell all this from a song without seeming like jumping the gun.

stuff like urban train though has this real kind of energy to it. i dunno. maybe its just me. i dont think it could have been an entirely anonymous process like certain types of really manufactured pop.

no, tiesto does nothing for the "tiesto-tunes". he doesn't design synth-patches or writes melodies, lyrics, ... he only gives ideas/feedback from the dj gigs to the producers.

so why does he have a studio full of equipment that turns pretty much everyone here, green with envy? why do the producers not get a credit in the title of the collaboration if they are essentially the song writers? i could understand maybe if they wanted to capitalise on the man's good looks and/or his charisma to sell records but hes fugly and from what i hear a twat aswell. so its not one of those reasons.