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Richard Devine Special: Studio Tour [Part 1]

January 12, 2010 by Miguel Isaza

Richard_Devine_Studio_Tour

From the beginning Richard Devine has been recognized as a great collector of gear and all kinds of technologies for audio production. Today we’ll do something we’ve never done in previous specials, giving you a complete tour of the Richard Devine’s Studio, where you can see all their amazing tools.

Check some pictures given by Richard for Designing Sound:

Studio Console Side
Studio Console Side
Doepfer Modular
Doepfer Modular
Drum Machines
Drum Machines
Prepared Piano
Prepared Piano
Custom Toys
Custom Toys
Kitchen Studio
Kitchen Studio
Sculpture for a lot crazy sounds
Sculpture for a lot crazy sounds
Bugs!
Bugs!

Finally check this video via Electronic Musician with a complete tour and gear description by Richard

Richard Devine Studio Tour

Filed Under: featured Tagged With: electronic music, gear, hardware, pics, richard devine, richard devine special, setup, sound design, studio, studio tour, synths

Comments

  1. Kero says

    January 12, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Richie d is da maaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!!

  2. Peter.S says

    January 12, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Richard,
    Such a cool studio. Really really nice :-)
    But I’m wondering; if that’s your kitchen table, where do you eat your meals???!!!

  3. cooptrol says

    January 12, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    How does he keep all that gear free of dust and bugs??
    He must hire a professional gear cleaner company

  4. anselmi says

    January 12, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    well, I´m think it isn´t free of bugs actually…the last picture show the kind of lifeform you can breed inside a modular synth without you notice it! scary!

  5. kampana says

    January 19, 2010 at 1:05 am

    well, do you really think all this hardware is crucial for designing great sounds?

  6. X66 says

    May 16, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Richard Devine signifies everything that is wrong with today’s gear-centric musician culture.
    Richard is a great sound designer, and an awful musician, if you could call him that.
    His CDs lack most of the qualities that make music so, like structure and rhythm… it is no wonder he 

    was dropped by Warp records after his first CD probably sold a few copies.

    I remember reading an interview with him, where he bragged that just one songs of his first CD 

    contained thousands of sampled sounds, shame that there are not steady rhythms or anything 99% of most 

    humans can find appealing there.. who cares how many samples you songs have, when they all suck?

    There are hundreds of very talented musicians that make real music that people like with only a 

    fraction of the gear that Mr. Devine has.. which proves the point that when you have real talent, you 

    don’t need thousands and thousands of dollars worth of gear.. you need MUSICAL talent, something that 

    Mr. Devine obviously doesn’t have.

  7. RichardDevine says

    July 11, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    X66, lately I have only been using a Macbook Pro to make my shitty music. Gotta love the haters. :-)

Trackbacks

  1. sonofableep says:
    January 19, 2010 at 3:16 am

    […] out so heavily into the world of “pure” sound design.  after seeing that piece (and this one, holy smokes), i went back a dusted a few LPs of his off.  yep, a “desiging sound” […]

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