Nik Kershaw Human Racing gear

(last updated: )

Musical equipment

Drum machines:

• Oberheim DMX
• Roland TR808 (“Dancing Girls”)
• Yamaha Ensemble Mixer EM-90 /w built-in drum machine (“Human Racing” - combination of two presets)

Synthesizers:

• Oberheim OB-Xa
• PPG Wave 2.2
• Roland Juno-60
• Yamaha DX7
• Yamaha CS-80 (“Human Racing”, Reggie Webb)

Basses:

• Wal Mk1 1983 model

Guitars:

• Dave Gladden custom /w Gibson Les Paul standard fingerboard and 2 PAF pickups

Guitar amps:

• Roland Bolt 60

Effects:

• Boss RX100 reverb?
• Boss OD-1 Overdrive

Studio equipment

Microphones:

• AKG C414
• AKG D12
• Beyerdynamic M88
• Beyerdynamic M201
• Neumann KM84
• Neumann U67
• Neumann U87 (vocals)

Outboard (Sarm East):

• Aengus Graphic Equaliser
• Allison Research Kepex II noise gate
• AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay
• Audio & Design Recording Vocal Stresser F769X-R
• Audio & Design Recording Express limiter
• Audio & Design Recording SCAMP units:
• F300 Noise Gates/Expanders (x4)
• S23 Pan Effects Module (includes Auto-pan)
• S25 De-esser
• S100 Dual Gate
• BEL BF-20 Stereo Flanger (black)
• Deltalab DL-1 digital delay
• Dbx 160 compressor (x2)
• Dolby noise reduction
• Eventide Harmonizer H910
• EMT 140 valve stereo plate
• Lexicon 224 digital reverb
• Lexicon Prime Time Delay II
• Orban 622B Parametric equaliser
• Marshall Time Modulator Model 5002 "A" system
• Roger Mayer RM-57 Stereo Compressor
• UREI 1176N compressor
• UREI 565 filter set

Tape Machines:

• Sarm West Studio 2:
• Ampex ATR-104 ½-inch or ¼-inch 2-track
• Studer A800 Mk.III 24-track
• Studer A80 Mk.II 24-track
• Sarm East:
• 2 x Studer A80 VU Mk. II 24-track
• Ampex ATR-100 ½-inch 2-track
• Marcus Music UK:
• Studer A800 Mk. III 24-track
• Studer A80 2-track
• Revox 2-track

Mixing consoles:

• Harrison 28/28 console (Marcus Music)
• SSL 4000E /w Total Recall (Sarm East (mixing) and Sarm West Studio 2)

References:

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/innovators/3273

http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?t=44297

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/208989-nik-kershaw/

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/200631-nik-kershaw-which-bass/

Nik Kershaw Drum Talk archives 2008

International Musician & Recording World March 1984 – also contains photos from the sessions, the gear in which is unfortunately not mentioned in the interview

International Musician & Recording World March 1986 – guitar info

Studio Sound June 1983 (Sarm East)

Julian Mendelsohn

Studio Sound July 1979 (Marcus Music)

ZTT advert (Sarm info)