RS: What's in your CD player or iPod right now?
Rhys Fulber: I'm listening to the Buzzcocks all the time. The single's going steady, I can't stop listening to that record, I loved it when I was eleven and I like it even more now. And I've also been listening to Future Sound of London and this band called Parkive, this trip-hop group that not a lot of people cotton on to. I'm just sort of going back through my record collection and rediscovering stuff lately, stuff that's a few years old, ten years old plus, that's kind of what I've been listening to a lot. I'll buy new records and then I'll just listen to them for like a week and then that's it, you know.
RS: In your studio, are you PC-based or Mac-based.
Rhys Fulber: All Mac.
RS: Are you using Logic or Cubase?
Rhys Fulber: You know what, I hate Logic now. I loved Logic for years and now I hate it, I can't stand the sight of it, I use ProTools for everything. I was a hardcore Logic user and then one day I just snapped and I switched to ProTools, and I think it's far superior. I mean I still use Logic for the odd little thing midi-wise, I'll go back in and do something, but as far as handling audio files, I can't stand Logic. I'm actually going to come out and say it sucks now.
RS: Really?
Rhys Fulber: ProTools blows it away, in my option. Because since I've
Star: ted using ProTools, I think my work sounds better, I just think for handling audio, Logic is pretty terrible and ProTools is much better. So I do everything more audio instead of midi now, I don't use midi as much as I used to, it's all pretty much audio.
RS: And what's your favorite piece of outboard gear?
Rhys Fulber: I just did a remix for Mylo's Self Indulgence, I was finishing it yesterday. And Greg Reely has this compressor, it's like a compressor limiter rebuilt from the old EMI studios that they did the Pink Floyd records on, it's called a Chandler and it's a compressor, and I just found out what it is. It's just discrete processing, there's no chips or anything, and you just run your sounds through it and it sounds absolutely unbelievable. So I have to say right now that's my favorite piece of gear, because I sort of whittled down a lot of my studio, I don't have the piles of keyboards like I used to, I kind of just have a few select pieces. And now I'm more interested in things like, you know, compressors and EQ units and not using plug-ins for everything so you've got a nice thick sound. So right now I'd have to say that Chandler compressor.
RS: Thank you so much for your time today.
Rhys Fulber: Y'all are in Nashville aren't you? We're actually working on some music with Leigh Nash, who's from Nashville , right now.
RS: She's the singer from Sixpence None the Richer and she did a track with Delirium, right?
Rhys Fulber: Yes, we're doing a whole record with her. Electronic music with her singing. It's probably is a bit like the Delerium-style but it's a little more retro-sounding, you know, more instruments and stuff. It's like a side project we're doing.
RS: Is it religious-based or is it going to be secular?
Rhys Fulber: I didn't even know she was a Christian or anything, I didn't know. I imagine it's secular because I don't really hear any references to it in the lyrics, so I imagine it's secular.
RS: OK, cool, that's awesome. It's interesting because they
Star: ted as a big Christian band here in Nashville, but when they went pop they totally lost that.
Rhys Fulber: Well, you know, probably to reach broader people because, you know, the more ambiguous you are in that, the more you're going to be able to connect with a bigger variety of people, so that's probably the mentality behind that. I don't really know, I didn't even know that that was the angle, I just know she's got a nice voice.
