Pet Shop Boys Actually gear

(last updated: 13/08/24)

Electronic instruments:

• Roland TR-707 drum machine
• Roland TR-808 drum machine (“Rent”)
• Fairlight CMI Series IIx (or Series III)
• PPG Wave 2.3: Andy Richards
• Roland Jupiter-8: Andy Richards

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

• Neumann U87 (vocals)

Tape recorders:

• Nagra recorder – “It’s A Sin” catholic mass
• Studer A800 24-track (Sarm West)
• Sony PCM-3324 24-track (Advision)
• Sony PCM-F1
• Sony PCM-701 (Sarm West)

Outboard (partial list):

• AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay/harmonizer
• AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
• EMT 140
• EMT 240
• Lexicon 224
• Lexicon 224XL
• Quantec Room Simulator
• UREI 1176 compressor

Consoles:

• Solid State Logic SL-4048E: Sarm West
• Soundcraft TS-24: Adivison Studio 1

Sources

Music Technology, June 1988 (Andy Richards)

Andy Richards Polymath Perspective interview

Multitracks, studio photos, demos

Classic Tracks: Pet Shop Boys’ “It’s A Sin”

Music & Media, 14 November 1987 (Sarm West info)