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"Liam Howlett takes a lot of gear with him on tour,
it must be a nightmare to have it all set up on stage and ready
to go!"
"That is the job of Alex Turner. His life is complicated
by the fact that Liam prefers to stick with what he knows, which
means that the core of his equipment hasn't changed since he started.
He is still using the W30 he wrote his first tunes with. Unfortunately
we already have the last of the replacement keys they had in stock
in Japan, and he breaks one every two shows!"
"What is the stage setup? There's synths, samplers, mics,
drums…"
"Liam's basic rig revolves around Apple Macs with which
he manipulates samples live. He also has his old sample keyboards
which he triggers manually. Alongside these are a collection of
vintage and new keys, as well as effects units from Space Echos
to digital multi effects."
NI Kore and The Prodigy - Live at Cream
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"Alongside this we have drummer Kieran Pepper
who plays a purely acoustic kit, adding real drums to the tunes.
Rob Holliday adds his characteristic edge to the sound with some
rampant heavy metal guitar. The theatrics as ever, are provided
by the two vocalists, Maxim and Keith."
"NI KORE isn't a one-trick-pony, it has many applications.
How have you been using it with The Prodigy?"
"I have been using it mainly as a librarian, and as a midi
controller. Its ability to quickly find sounds and presets is
great live, but the way you can get it to act as a controller
for plug-ins is great. I introduced NI
KORE only comparatively recently to my live set up, and
had already established a way of working so I am not using it
to it's full potential. Having said that it has been out on lots
of other gigs with me. At the moment it is my primary effects
source with a new act I am working for, Mika."
"You have also been using some of NI
KOMPLETE 4 in the live situation, what have you been using?"
"I am allowed a fairly free reign with The Prodigy, so get
the chance to try a lot of new sounds. My most recent favourite
has been VOKATOR
(on Maxim's vocals). I am still getting to grips with SPEKTRAL
DELAY but I am sure it will appear when least expected."
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The Prodigy - Maxim, Liam Howlett and Keith
Flint
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"I suppose it means that you feel confident using a laptop
with KORE in front of tens of thousands of people!"
"Because I am only using it for effects if it did fall over
I could cover myself quite quickly. So far, however, it has all
been very reliable, but I do stay well within my memory limits."
"The KORE controller is also a USB audio interface, do
you use that or have you got a rig with ins and outs that you
prefer to use?"
"I use the KORE as a stick in the bag go to gigs unit a
lot, using the inbuilt interface. With The Prodigy touring so
much my effects rack lives with the backline all year and is difficult
to get to. This means that my 'A rig' - the interfaces - stay
in the rack."
"You have also been working with number one star Mika,
perhaps some NI products featuring there?"
"As I mentioned before, the KORE came to my first gig with
Mika, mainly as an interface and controller. It is still doing
this and more….."
Jon Burton - The Prodigy's Sound Man
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"Lastly, what's news from the Prodigy camp, new album
due, and sure to feature NI products?"
"Liam is in the studio writing. He has a KORE
and is working his way through KOMPLETE.
I know GUITAR
RIG will be featured heavily, but probably not on guitars!"
"Thanks for the interview!"
"My pleasure."
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