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In the process of creating The Royal We, Corporate MF decided to abandon midi technology and play all the synthesized instruments in realtime in order to achieve the closest possible effect of a live sound. The main studio concept was to take the average rock band line-up (guitar/guitar/bass/drums) and replace it with (synth/synth/bass/drums). In addition, the use of circuit bent toys and other electronic devices were used to highlight the songs with extra sonic textures.

The list is as follows...

Synthesizers / Tone Generators
- Yamaha Motif 8
- Korg MicroKorg
- Korg Mono/Poly
- Moog Rogue
- Casio CZ1000
- Sequential Circuits Six Trak
- Theremin from Australia (made of Radio Shack components)

Circuit Bent Devices
- Texas Instruments Speak n Math
- Casio SK-1
- Fisher Price My Little Keyboard
- Fisher Price Rocket Ship

Electric and Acoustic Instruments
- Charvel Electric Bass Guitar
- Gallien Krueger 400RBIII (bass amp w/ direct out for recording)
- Sonic Cabinet 4x10 (live use)
- Ludwig 5 piece acoustic drum kit

Mics, Preamps, Compressors, Amp Emulators, Etc.
- Rode NT-1 condenser microphone
- AKG C1000s condenser microphone
- JoeMeek VC3 compressor/preamp
- RNC Compressor
- Mackie 1202 board with DBX preamps.
- DBX 286A preamp/processor

Computer Software and Hardware
- Cubase SX 1.0
- Sony 1.6 ghz Laptop running Windows XP
- MOTU 828 firewire soundcard