Howard Jones Human's Lib (1984) equipment
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Howard Jones Human’s Lib gear (1983-84)
Recorded October-December at Farmyard Studios, produced by Rupert Hine
and engineered by Stephen W. Tyler. “New Song” was recorded (produced by Colin
Thurston) and released before sessions began.
Instruments
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Drum machines
& electronic percussion:
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E-mu Drumulator drum machine
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Roland TR-808
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Linn LinnDrum (certain sounds) – Rupert Hine’s
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Simmons SDS-6 drum sequencer
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Simmons SDS-V Drum Brain module
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Synths:
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Roland
Jupiter-8
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Roland Juno-60 – strings, thru Roland Dimension D
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Yamaha DX7 – e.g. bass line on “What Is Love”
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Prophet T8 – linked in the studio to 2 DX7s
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Sequential
Circuits Pro One
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Moog Prodigy
Studio equipment at Farmyard Studios
Outboard:
- AMS DMX 15-80S delay – also used for sampling and replacing drum sounds
- AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
- Lexicon 224 digital reverb
- Valley People Kepex expanders/noise gates
- Valley People Gain Brain compresors
- Dbx 160 compressors
Sundry equipment:
- AKG C414 (vocals)
- SSL 4040E 40-input/32-output console
Sources
Human’s Lib liner notes (2018 reissue)
http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/alias-synth-and-jones/6499
http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/howard-jones/
http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/human-evolution/4078
https://www.innerviews.org/inner/stephen-w-tayler
Keyboard March 1985
https://gearspace.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/731439-farmyard-studio-fixx-stephen-w-tayler-rupert-hine.html#post7998009 (note: little exact information can be found about outboard, but info from here relates to songs done around the same period as "Human's Lib" at Farmyard, hence it's likely that similar outboard was used on this album)
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