Andrew W.K.Interview

Professional partyer

Adapted from Andrew W.K.'s interview on Uses This, published 27 June 2012. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗

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Hardware

Concert Grand Model D
I own a Steinway Concert D piano, which is currently in Ohio being taken care of by a very wonderful musician and piano player named Baby Dee.
MP-60
EP-9
SC-880
The main keyboard sound module I use is the Roland SC-880, and I've used that on every recording I've ever done - I actually have 3 of them, because they don't make it anymore, but you can still find it quite easily.
JV-880
I also have a Roland JV-880 but I almost barely use that.
V-Synth GT
I have a Roland V-Synth GT which is fun - it's almost too powerful, there's so much you can do with it.
MDR-XD100
I have, of course, the Sony Studio Monitor headphones which are the industry standard.
20-20
For years I had the Event 20/20 monitor speakers, but then switched over very recently to Genelec, just 'cause the Events weren't made anymore or I couldn't find them, or something.
SM58 + 12 others
For microphones, the mic I've been using for a long time - though I have other ones that are "better" or fancier - I like most the Shure SM58 and have used that on many many many many recordings for many many years.
enVoice
For a pre-amp I have the Mindprint enVoice, which is really nice.

Media

Pro Tools LE + 3 others
There were certain things about it that I really liked that were hard to get rid of when I switched to Pro Tools, but by the time I was recording the second album I started really learning how to do Pro Tools and of course, really really really enjoy the editing power and how much creative fun could be had with that editing.
Auto-Tune
For years I only used the standard plugins that came with plugins, and was able to do so much with those, but more recently I've gotten Auto-Tune, which I think is fantastic as an effect or as purely tuning.
SoundToys + 5 others
But now I've got a bunch of more recent plugins like the SoundToys.

Hardware

Concert Grand Model D

I own a Steinway Concert D piano, which is currently in Ohio being taken care of by a very wonderful musician and piano player named Baby Dee.

MP-60

EP-9

SC-880

The main keyboard sound module I use is the Roland SC-880, and I've used that on every recording I've ever done - I actually have 3 of them, because they don't make it anymore, but you can still find it quite easily.

JV-880

I also have a Roland JV-880 but I almost barely use that.

V-Synth GT

I have a Roland V-Synth GT which is fun - it's almost too powerful, there's so much you can do with it.

MDR-XD100

I have, of course, the Sony Studio Monitor headphones which are the industry standard.

20-20

For years I had the Event 20/20 monitor speakers, but then switched over very recently to Genelec, just 'cause the Events weren't made anymore or I couldn't find them, or something.

SM58 + 12 others

For microphones, the mic I've been using for a long time - though I have other ones that are "better" or fancier - I like most the Shure SM58 and have used that on many many many many recordings for many many years.

enVoice

For a pre-amp I have the Mindprint enVoice, which is really nice.

Media

Pro Tools LE + 3 others

There were certain things about it that I really liked that were hard to get rid of when I switched to Pro Tools, but by the time I was recording the second album I started really learning how to do Pro Tools and of course, really really really enjoy the editing power and how much creative fun could be had with that editing.

Auto-Tune

For years I only used the standard plugins that came with plugins, and was able to do so much with those, but more recently I've gotten Auto-Tune, which I think is fantastic as an effect or as purely tuning.

SoundToys + 5 others

But now I've got a bunch of more recent plugins like the SoundToys.