Composition Room

Cockpit

Soundcraft DC2000

Mark of the Unicorn: Digital Performer digital audio workstation

UVI Falcon sound designer

Live Room

Film music production facility in West France.
Remote working possible.

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Selected Instruments

Ondes Martenot valve modèle #6 Concert (formerly owned by Barry Gray of Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and UFO)

Hauntingly-beautiful, ethereal, natural sounds. This type of instrument features in Maurice Jarre’s timeless score for David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the soundtrack to Cradeaux Alexander’s feature Inherit the Witch (2024).

François describes how the ondes Martenot works.

Real 1970s’ Synthesizers

Korg PS-3300 (formerly owned by Klaus Schulze)

One of the rarest and biggest analogue microtonal synthesizers ever made. Only about 25 were produced. La.M.P.’s is one of the first Korg prototypes and has been expertly restored. Described by Bob Moog as “the best synthesizer for fat sounds”.

Moog Polymoog

Expressive with a harsh, flexible, transistorized sound.

ARP2600c Gray Meanie

A sound palette laboratory.

Solina String Synthesizer

The best of the string synthesizers, with a build-in ARP Explorer synthesizer. Characterful.

Roland Jupiter-4 Compuphonic

Rich and gently scintillating.

Crumar DS2

Clowny sounds with complex wobbles.

Maxi-Korg K-3 (a.k.a. Korg 800dv)

2 x Korg 700s in a box. Tearing sounds for rich textures.

Oberheim OB-X

Dazzlingly-fat, stereo, 8-voice analogue.

Yamaha CS-30L

Delicate and complex.

Selmer Clavioline ‘Concert’

Valve instrument capable of percussive ‘quacking’ sounds, knee pedal enables production of unique lyrical lines.

Maplin 5600s

Flexible. Similar sounds to classic EMS vintage synthesizers.

Yamaha SY-2

Similar oscillators to those used in Vangelis’s CS-80. Touch-sensitive for expression.

Moog Liberation

Moog Prodigy

Milder than the Rogue, but holds its own.

Moog The Rogue

Fat basses. Partners well with the Prodigy.

Moog Taurus, Mark #1

thunderous …the Taurus, launched in late 1976, also sounded phenomenally good [it] just seems to have that indefinable ‘something’ that sets it apart. …The oscillators beat against one another, and give the rich swirl that is so appealing to the ears, but the bass content remains solid and consistent. …you’ve not heard ‘deep’ bass until you’ve heard the Taurus in full flight. …these kind of sub‑sonics are beyond the scope of any digital synth that I’ve come across, and even put a lot of good analogue ones to shame.

Paul Ward, Sound on Sound Magazine 6/1995

Equipment

Console

• Soundcraft DC2000 32-channel analogue with flying-fader automation

Monitors

• Auratone 5c (reference)
• Bouyer RB 90 (x4 public address for spatialization effects)
• Tannoy M20 Gold
• Tannoy Monitor Gold LSU/HF/12/8 with Quad 22 stereo preamplifier & Quad II valve power amplifiers
• Yamaha HS8 (mixing)

Computer

• Mac Pro (2019)

Interface

• Ferrofish Pulse 16 MX AD/DA converters (x2)
• RME MADIface USB
• MOTU MIDI Express 128 interface

Microphone Preamplifiers

• Analogue Addicts mono valve preamplifier (Ferrograph)
• Analogue Addicts stereo valve preamplifier (Ferrograph)
• Focusrite ISA 428 Preamplifier (x2)

Equalization

• Rebis RA402 Stereo Parametric Equalizer (x2 from Townhouse Studios)

Reverberation, Delay & FX (hardware)

• Alesis Microverb (x2)
• Alesis Quadraverb
• Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal (x2) (enhanced)
• Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer (x2)
• Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron+ (x2)
• Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser (x2)
• Evans SE-810 Super Echo tape delay (x2)
• Klark Teknik DN 36 Analogue Time Processor
• Korg SDD-3300 Triple Digital Delay
• Lexicon MPX110 Dual Channel Processor
• Lexicon Reflex
• Lexicon Vortex
• Roland SPH-323 Phase Shifter
• Roland SBF-325 Stereo Flanger
• Yamaha E1010 Analogue Delay (x2)
• Yamaha REV7 Digital Reverberator
• Zoom 1201 Digital Reverb & Multi Effects (x2)

DI

• Klark Teknik Active

Backline

• Ark bass guitar amplifier
• Gorilla GG-20R Reverb guitar combo amp. with spring reverb (x2)
• Keyboard Amplifier
• Leslie 145

Microphones

• AKG D112
• Audix D2 (x2)
• Audix D3
• Audix i5
• Beyer M808 dynamic (x2 matched)
• Beyerdynamic MPC65V boundary (x2)
• Grundig GDSM202 stereo dynamic
• Oktava MK-012 matched stereo pair with assorted capsules
• Oktava MK-319
• Oktava MKL-5000 with preamplifier
• Reslo RB ribbon (x2) (upgraded to 300Ω BBC standard)
• Røde NT4 stereo condenser
• Sony ECM-99 stereo condenser
• STC 4021 omnidirectional ball-and-biscuit dynamic
• Teac MC-210 stereo microphone

Synthesizers

• Assorted toy synthesizers
• ARP 2600c (Grey Meanie)
• ARP Pro Soloist
• Crumar DS2
• Crumar Performer
• Dubreq PianoMate
• Dubreq Stylophone (Treble)
• Elgam Snoopy (as used by Ennio Morricone)
• Farfisa Soundmaker
• Hartmann Neuron
• Kawai K1m Digital Synthesizer Module
• Kawai K5m Digital Multi-dimensional Synthesizer Module
• Korg 770
• Maxi-Korg 800-DV
• Korg PS-3300 (prototype, formerly owned by Klaus Schulze. Restored)
• Korg Wavestation A/D
• Levell TG 150M sweep oscillator
• Maplin 5600s
• Moog Liberation
• Moog Polymoog
• Moog Prodigy
• Moog The Rogue
• Moog Taurus (mark #1)
• Multivox MX-2000 duo
• Oberheim OB-X (8-voice)
• Roland Juno-6
• Roland Jupiter-4 Compuphonic
• Selmer Clavioline (Concert)
• Solina String Synthesizer (with built-in ARP Explorer)
• Yamaha CS-30L
• Yamaha DX7II with DTronics DT7 programmer
• Yamaha SY-2
• Yamaha TX816

Keyboards

• Bontempi B3 Organ
• Busilacchio Electric Reed Organ
• Gaveaux upright piano (from 1936)
• Hammond M-101 organ with Leslie 145
• Norlin Cordovox
• Ondes Martenot modèle 6 ‘Concert’ (formerly owned by Barry Gray) with diffuseur principal, palme and métallique loudspeakers

Modular

• Music Thing Modular Turing Machine mark II with Vactrol Mix
• CV-to-MIDI converter

Drum Machines (vintage)

• Boss Dr Rhythm DR-55
• Electro-Harmonix Rhythm-12
• Hammond Auto-Vari 64
• Korg Electribe ER-1
• Korg Rhythm KR 55B
• Mattel Synsonics
• Pearl SY-1 Syncussion drum synthesizer
• Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm
• Roland TR-808 with MIDI interface
• Welson Super-Matic S12
• Yamaha RX-11

Percussion

• Assorted hand percussion (including Indian bells, bell tree, tambourines, flexatone, slide whistle, raintree, cymbals)
• Large selection of African drums
• Schlagwerk frame drum (large)
• Premier glockenspiel
• Viscount vibraphone
• African xylophones (x2)
• Orchestral tamtam
• Premier timpani

MIDI Controllers

• Korg PadKontrol MIDI Studio Controller
• Mackie HUI
• Peavey DPM C8 MIDI mother keyboard

Dynamics

• Behringer T1952 Tube Composer Compressor
• Electro-Harmonix Black Finger compressor (x2)
• Klark Technik DN500 2-channel Compressor
• Rebis RA301 Stereo Compressor-Gate-Expander (from Townhouse Studios)

Sequencers (CV)

• Korg SQ-1

DAW System

• MOTU Digital Performer
• Apple Mac Pro 2 x 2,93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon with 64GB running @ 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM

Software

• Assorted

Plugins

• Large collection