Funny thing about ricardo villalobos gear

blizt · mnml mmbr Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 134

From the tobias interview on resident advisor.

"Is it the same situation as when you do stuff with Ricardo, for example, or with Martin?

No. With Martin, we work differently. We build things up. With Ricardo it was similar. The reason I did something with him, though, was just because I wanted to listen to my 808 on his soundsystem. He doesn't have an 808, and he always says, "Ah, I don't need this machine." And he also somehow doesn't like the 909 as well. He doesn't like the real machines, he wants to have machines that just imitate the 808, you know. I don't know why. And actually, when I connected it, it didn't sound as good as I thought it would for some reason.

It's funny. He has the biggest speakers and subwoofers in the world. So I guess it's too much; it sounds kind of fat and unbelievably loud and full of sound, but usually the 808 in a club will sound perfect through the speakers. When the soundsystem is nice, the 808—without EQing and without compression—sounds perfect, but not in Ricardo's studio, I don't know what happened there."

fragment · mnml newbie Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 53 Location: munich

wow...just wow Neutral

bottom line is what ? The guy was unable to make his 808 sound good on ricardo´s system ? damn i feel sorry for him
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damnwords · mnml newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 61

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5330

"It's been said that Ricardo Villalobos has a pair of studio monitors worth sixty grand"

He's mixing on a club installation ? suited for monitoring ?

six_minds · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 42

just out of curiosity: what would the machines which "just imitate the 808" be? Anyone know?

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http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=14
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Opuswerk · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject:

fragment · mnml newbie Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 53 Location: munich

ehhh... nope Rolling Eyes

D16 apps arent machines, they are VST´s - kinda obvious i guess...

My guess would be Jomox gear like their XBASE 888 & XBASE 999

http://www.jomox.de/products.php?lang=1&category=1

there are several other hardware 808&909 wannabe´s which could be possible... i am not saying that Mr.Villalobos isnt using software but the guy in that interview refers to "machines" - so i guess he talks about hardware
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six_minds · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 42

yeah I know the d16 stuff. Not bad, but leaves something to be desired...

And I did mean analog hardware...

I thought the Jomox stuff might have been implied... But was somehow imagining something more esoteric...

six_minds · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 42

oops, double entry...

tone-def · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject:

from reading an interview somewhere (have no idea where) he's not the biggest fan of computers and he likes using vintage recording gear. also he's been around longer than software drum machines so he must use hardware or at least did at some point.
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Salomo · mnml newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 90

JanLuis · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 46

i spoke with ricardo and he uses just hardware. then from software just logic as a sequencer Cool

Jack Rock · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

damnwords · mnml newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 61

I know the 60 grand seems exaggerated, but, I didn't say it, this is how it's written in the RA article.

Either way, the top hi-fi stuff from martion costs about 40 grand a pair (from a quick google search)

if you look in the gallery of martion.de
http://www.martion.de/english/bullpics.html
you will find two artists, the second is
Thomas Brinkman
(same picture as http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/02/thomas-brinkman-studio)

and the first might just be Question

..

victorgonzales · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

fck that is ridiculous money for speakers. Nothing could sound that much better to justify tens of thousands in price difference.
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