On Device & Transparency
Every sound, every word, every frame, every illustration, every piece of cover art — all of it is made by human beings, by hand, with physical instruments and analog hardware, in a room. No AI-generated images. No AI-generated audio. No AI-generated music. No AI-generated writing. No AI-generated video. No AI voice cloning. No AI-assisted composition.
The extent of our AI use, when and if employed, does not extend past computational, organizational, or educational — and even then we are extremely cognizant of its use. Generally speaking, the bulk of use on our end is maintaining, troubleshooting, and logging signal chains, coding, and scripting automatic tasks such as Python scripting employed within TouchDesigner and similar programs for doing things like creating SRT files for timed word captions and other mundane tasks that would otherwise be hard for a single person to maintain.
Everything listed below is real hardware and real software operated by real people. If anyone ever claims otherwise, this page exists so we don't have to argue about it. The gear list is the argument.
Audio Chain
Semi-Modular & Desktop Instruments
- Rogue Lap Guitar
- Fender Bass
- Plinky +
- Plinky V3 + Expander
- Beetlecrab Tempera
- Elektron Octatrack
- Elta Music Solar 42F
- Elta Music Selector 8
- Landscape Noon
- Soma Laboratories:
- Pulsar 23
- Rumble of Ancient Times
- Quantum Ocean Binaural Noise Generator
- Flux + Flux Breakout Box
- Moog Subsequent 37
- Stylophone Gen X2
- Bastl Instruments:
- Kastle 1.5
- Kastle BDRUM
- Kastle 2 FX Wizard
- Kastle 2 Alchemist
- Kastle 2 Wave Bard
- Make Noise Strega
- Manifold Research Institute — The Map Is Not the Territoire
- Manifold Research Centre Antilope
- Erica Synths Mutant Machine Percussion Engine
- Endorphin.es BLCK_NOIR Analog Drum Synthesizer
- Herbs and Stones Mousse
- Folktek Mescaline Psychedelic Synthesizer System
We used to use Teenage Engineering until we learned it is just very expensive interior design.
Electro-Acoustic
- Koma Elektronik:
- Field Kit
- Field Kit FX
- Various Sensors
- Kassiopeia
- Various Solenoids, Motors & Small Electronic Devices
- ElectroFaustus Drum Thing
Modular
- Koma Elektronik UFO x 2
- Koma Elektronik Sensei (Sensor Interface)
- Befaco Oneiroi
- Enjoy Electronics ELFO
- Squarp Hermod+
- Something Modular Four Channel Mixer
- 1010 Bitbox MK2
- Expert Sleepers FH2 + FHX-8CV x 2
- Expert Sleepers Super Disting EX Plus Alpha
- Noise Engineering Versio Ruina
- Manifold Research Centre Tetragrid Anti Sequencer
- Door to the Stars Tetragrid Expander
- Manifold Research Centre Yodo CMOS Distortion
- Hex Inverter Mind Phaser
- ALM Pamela's New Workout
- Bastl Citadel FX Wizard
- After Later Audio — The Force (PSU)
- TipTop Audio Happy Ending Kit (84HP 3U case + uZeus PSU)
- Make Noise:
Microphones & Audio Interface
- Rode NTK
- Rode NT2
- Presonus Quantum ES2
Effects & Expression
- Dapper Indie
- Spring Reverb Tank
- Valeton GP-5
- Endorphin.es Plus 3
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors Expression Slider
- M-Audio Expression Pedal
Plugins: too many to list, but favorites include Malibu, GlitchMachines, Transit, and anything from FreakShow Industries.
Controllers, Sequencers & Utilities
- Zoom LiveTrak L6
- Bastl Bestie
- Tascam Model 12
- Behringer MicroMix Four Channel
- Artcessories Split Mix 4
- Intellijel 1U Stereo Mixer
- After Later Audio Mingles (Dual 3-Channel Panning Mixer)
- Intellijel Metropolix Solo
- Light Reft Monolit
- Intech Studio KNOT (USB MIDI Host)
- Intech Studio GRID3 EF44
- Enjoy Electronics ELFO
- Torso T1
- Squarp Hapax
- Joue Play
- Roli Seaboard Block + Lightpad
- Soma Labs Ornament-8
- Novation LaunchControl XL MK3
- Patchulator Pro Desktop Patchbay
- Patchulator 8000
- DF Audio NanoPatch M x 2
- Nome 2 Master Clock
- Koma Kommander
- Soma Ether Anti-Radio
- Yamaha HS8 Studio Monitors
- Audio Technica ATH-M50X Monitors
- Bome Box MIDI Interface
- CME U6midi & U4midi Interfaces
Audio Software
- Bitwig
- Reason 13
- Twisted Wave 360
- Soundly
Video Chain
Standalone Video Synths
- Sleepy Circuits Hypno MK1
- Sleepy Circuits Hypno 2 × 2
- Critter & Guitari Eyesy
- Gieskes 3trinsRGB+1c
- Gieskes Oscillatoscope 1d
- Mezkalin Dirty Mixer
- Mismatcher Deluxe
- LZX Videomancer
- LZX Vidiot
- Matata Microscope Camera
- Psychic iClicks
Video Mixers
- Roland V-02 HD MK2 (HDMI)
Video Eurorack
- LZX Industries TBC2 Gen3
- Foxing Hour:
- reverselandfill:
- Triple Function Generator
- Video Matrix Mixer
- CMIX
- Syntonie:
- Sortie
- Entrée
- Animate
- VU001B
- Stable
- CBV001
- omiindustries — Curtail
- Chroma Cauldron — Mainbow
Utilities
- Capture Cards
- CRT Monitors
- VCR
- Projector
- Various Monitors
Video Software
- Photomosh
- VDMX6 Plus
- Final Cut
- Lumen Video Synth
- Cathodemer
- TouchDesigner