Tycho Reveals Studio Secrets in His Synth & Effects Wonderland

Tycho, aka Scott Hansen, let us peak behind the curtain at some of his most revered synths, his favorite pedal chains, and some of his secret studio weapons; all of which carefully laid out in his beautiful home studio. What gear would you jump at first?
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[@Reverb]

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[@luke_vucenovic_wrestling]

Weird. Why are all of these guys selling all their gear? Buying fallout bunkers?

[@lundsweden]

Moving to plugins.

[@JaydenLawson]

Stoked to own a piece of Tycho's setup! I want to use it, but it's like a piece of art, and history

[@superhomsar2112]

dude's got a whole ass gear funhouse and I'm fantasizing about that custom reaper controller more than anything

[@Moruial]

That Reaper custom controller got me really interested too.

[@jamesm601]

I paused the vid and tried to read every button. I'm completely obsessed.

[@cheeseman2918]

Same, that's the thing I want to find more about.

[@Alkatross]

Bro, let's theorize! It looks like a teensy 4 microcontroller mounted on a custom stack fab enclosure. The key layout is a satisfying ortholinear. I have no idea what kind of keycaps those are, but I imagine they are low profile switches due to how shallow the keypress depth is. I imagine it's hand soldered because of how close they keys are.

[@jamesm601]

@@Alkatross Thanks! Great detail here to get started. I would seriously pay money for this unit, along with the reaper actions/scripts/etc. for each function. Been looking for something like this for ages, but it seems like the Reaper market just isn't big enough for the big hardware players to make something like this.

[@CarlSolovox]

I've never seen a video moment like the one eight minutes in where he shows the progression of a simple Moog sequence into a swirling wash of sound...and I'm like "Yep, that's exactly how Tycho sounds." A rare peak into the technique of a producer. Thank you.

[@HenritheHorse]

I had Hours playing under it and they mixed together pretty well!

[@aerofoilmusic]

You should watch some vids by Venus Theory 😊👍🏼

[@subs4794]

"A rare peak"? Ever search KZbin, Discord or Twitch? Thousands of producers show themselves working...

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

I remember when Scott used to mostly do graphic design and he had just started his Tycho project. He has come a long way. Great job!

[@paulcochran8280]

still have some iso50 posters on my wall to this day

[@shannonpalmer]

He once posted one of my poster designs on his blog back in the day, and I was stoked.

[@soulslip]

Same, I miss the tunes of the early days but also glad he has settled into his own signature style. I prefer the tape days of his but he has a cool hybrid set up.

[@elacomedido]

When was that?

[@josephlara2339]

Tycho inspired me to get into synths.. now tens of thousands dollar down the hobby I always love it thank you reverb for helping me buy shit

[@noisebrick9248]

This is like a dream studio. I think most musicians have exactly his idea, everything should be easily accessible, turn on and just play. Also I like that he wasn't like "oh I only use hardware cause i'm cool", very honest with his use of VST's. Real musician vibe, it's really amazing to see how much he knows about this stuff and how passionate he is ofc

[@musicalstatues73]

Well said, just what I was thinking.

[@juanfleal]

One of the best producers ever for sure, him and Bonobo.. two pillars of good sound and vibe

[@jamaharon]

Bonobo is great, tycho is a wannabe

[@ryeguy916]

I used to work with Scott around 98 at an electronics store called the good guys!, on Sunrise Blvd outside Sacramento. He was a student at Sac state at the time. He was in personal electronics/computers and sold computers, cameras and Walkmans etc. He seems pretty much the same in this video except for the gray hair.

[@ssiowi]

Thanks Scott for your performance at Dave Smith's Memorial in San Francisco. We miss Dave so much and man; your creativity at evening elevated us--briefly--above our grieving. Carry on Sir with your great work and I'll look forward to seeing you live again soon.

[@simonst-germain3566]

This is the perfect example of modern production. It takes a technical mind and also a musical one. Scott is exactly that type of person.

[@flamingmooseproductions]

Admittedly I haven't kept up on Tycho's music but his first couple of albums are some of the most gorgeous electronic-based music I've ever heard. I love how honest he is about getting 75% of his sound "in-the-box" despite having all that amazing hardware.

[@unduloid]

I love how he pronounces "tremolo" as "tre-MOH-loh."

[@trewgodell]

Now if we could figure out how to get that Tycho sound on a budget 🤣

[@TheColourAwesomer]

I could listen to Scott all day! What a fantastic resource this video was. Tycho is my biggest influence and his earlier work makes me quite nostalgic, but above all his music just sounds so good!

[@luischavez3528]

Pretty cool he still uses Reaper as his DAW of choice.

[@thetravisgreene]

Scott is a genius. Inspirational. Amazing style, but also cool to see how pragmatic and efficient his space is.

[@SixMissing]

The way Scott's brain works is so incredible and I feel like it manifests itself physically into the ergonomics of the space overall which is so cool to see. Heck, even down to how comfortably dressed he is in his creation space. It's all about ease and getting from A to B with as little resistance as possible. Huge respect for him! Incredible video, great edit, wonderful sound!! PS, who's got a line on the slippers? Those things look COMFY.

[@maxydutcher]

looks kinda like glerups, my dude! ;)

[@ac27934]

@@maxydutcherThey look similar to the Glerups wool boots, but the notch on the side is different, and it looks like his might be suede uppers, and the soles are darker. At the 10:38 mark you can see a loop on the back, and how the heel section overlaps with the front section, unlike the Glerups which are single-piece. At 14:21 you can see a little dot on the front.

[@utubevr6]

@@ac27934 I noticed the same... not to obsess about the shoes.. : ) but I've been looking for some wool slippers and these are not Glerups... any ideas which these are?

[@lopessfilter]

These are my favorite type of studios. Even though there are a lot of inputs, you can tell he focuses more on quality as opposed to quantity. I'd love to hear a conversation/collab with him and Tony Anderson, my two favorite reverb enthusiasts =). Also, thank you Reverb for making this awesome video!

[@Reverb]

Getting the chance to see this studio up close, it just became apparent how much Scott has thought through each part of his process. Truly incredible, and it offers a lot of tips for all of us in setting up our own spaces.

[@prodwoo5568]

@@Reverb Any idea where that TRS patchbay that's above the RNDI-8 came from? At 4:55, Can't locate it online anywhere. My guess is it's custom made by Boredbrain...

[@citizenscientist1284]

Scott’s taste is immaculate. Dive is still in heavy rotation; his tone on that album is the essence of the “warm analog” sound! An inspiration to me for sure.

[@LouWagner76]

I used to listen to Scott when he was playing the flute and banging on buckets in his mamas basement, recording it into a walkman. He used to go by the name $cott back then. Oh how far we’ve come.

[@ThatRedhedd]

15:12 is the best part of this for me! "Probably how the band got their name..." So true! I never would've guessed that! 😀

[@mundainmonstre2372]

Tycho is one of the reasons i picked up Reaper many moons ago. Much love yo! Keep killin it!

[@AmiliaCaraMia]

Same tbh

[@CruxalYT]

Yessss what a brilliant look into one of my favorite producer's studios! Tycho and Bonobo for me have always been such a unique and beautiful flavor of music that my ear taste buds cant get enough of! Definitely going to be researching some of this stuff and seeing if I want to try it out or not, keep making these videos please!

[@robbiep742]

As an amateur, I'm always fascinated by how much emphasis professionals put on signal processing through hardware amps, EQs, compressors, etc

[@facelessman7733]

You changed my life Scott!

[@christuorto3939]

His production and gear knowledge is incredible! Would love to see more of this

[@LdotSdot210]

that's so cool that he's a Reaper user.

[@chrisjr1247]

Longtime fan since 2012 thank u for this. Pure life music for any mood

[@Quatroizer]

Pleasantly surprised by how "tame" his setup is, and that he didn't at any point turn the camera to an enormous wall of modular equipment and start talking about how it's the only way for him to get his signature sound. He knows what gear he likes and prefers to have physical access to, and is happy to let everything else exist in plugin-land. Truly inspirational to someone like myself, with neither the time nor money to invest into tons of esoteric hardware chasing the sounds I want.

[@jhowellkc]

Damn. I want that Reaper controller!

[@gangviolins]

Great insights - thanks Scott and Reverb for showing us.

[@kodiakthejuggler]

This was such a cool video!! Love Tycho's music. Very nice to see all the links in the chain.

[@popguy68]

Totally inspirational. I saw Tycho live at the Greek Theater with Jaga Jazzist several years ago and have been a big fan ever since. Along with Boards of Canada and Casino vs Japan--the attention to the sculpting of the sounds Scott uses is so creative, warm and transporting. These artists continue to be a huge inspiration for my own work of the last 6 years as a solo artist. Electronic music is the new classical music of the modern age and it was a thrill to see behind this wizard's curtain.

[@stefansynths]

I saw Tycho with Jaga Jazzist at an open air venue, must have been the same tour. The vibes were immaculate!

[@occipitalknot]

One of my favorite artists! Thank you Reverb for showcasing his setup!!

[@zachshipstead5247]

I feel like this video was made to give me GAS, but it makes me wanna go play

[@ilyandilymusic]

That oberheim ob x8.......big time drool. Same with the Virus.....and Matriarch............ok everything.

[@kevinhetzel8654]

This is so awesome to see. Really cool of him to do this. Tycho is genius.

[@jackodonnell3463]

Very grateful for the tour of the setup

[@kitespongan]

More of these please ❤

[@INDAmedia]

I will enjoy every second of this!

[@ianAmerrill]

Incredible, thanks you! ❤

[@javiergedeon]

amazing. Love seeing the setup

[@Vanilla_Sun]

This is easily the most dreamy studio I’ve ever seen, so much packed into a ergonomic package!

[@DanielBrophyMusic]

This video is incredible. A veritable masterclass in mid/high-tier studio building / organizing / workflow.

[@Timecop1983]

Wow, always wanted to see his studio. 🔥

[@mysterydata9640]

Wow awesome! Now get Com Truise!

[@VEsound]

OB-X8, Analog Heat (mine is a mkII, nice to see a mkI to remind everyone we don't need the latest product to do our music), Bam, Volante: we do have a few pieces of gear in common! ❤

[@loganwelty7094]

What a brilliant musician and technologist. One of my biggest creative inspirations!

[@GuyGamer1]

Proof that even if you have all the hardware in the world, the computer is still more efficient and sounds just as good.

[@BadTrip69]

Yes! Love Tycho!

[@philipbard2333]

Really enjoyed this, thanks.

[@vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

This was great thanks Reverb👍 digging that he uses Reaper, the studio of my dreams would be exactly like this❤

[@ArthurStone]

Cool rig. Nice quality. Thanks : D

[@rejistry]

Reaper gang 💪🏾😎

[@Andronicus2007]

Love Scott's music since way back. I like to tinker with gear, but yeah instrument wise I have a similar setup, but in terms of outboard gear, omg what a setup! Its obviously working for him, but for me I wouldn't be able to get my head around all this gear, its like too much for my brain!

[@rabidgoon]

love this guy's music from coming up on my playlists but didn't even know what he looked like or what country he was from. great video.

[@rosendomerel9864]

Follow you r art since ISO50, hear the Awake album to my first trip to mapping festival in Geneva super inspired, I remember to this trip and your music! Keep on ISOTYCHO🔥🔥🙌🙌

[@dmcinnis23]

Well this is a treat I never expected to experience. ~WOW~

[@antfactor]

Interesting/tell it as I hear/feel it video - Nice... Thanks. 🙂

[@pixelwash9707]

Great overview, nicely explained, wish you had a better shot of the custom Reaper macro keyboard, it would have been interesting to see what macros/commands were important enough to turn to hardware to him. Interesting custom speaker/monitor control there also he made no mention of.

[@waskerbasket9601]

In my mind this is how you set up a home studio

[@Nunchuckstraberry]

Best video on one of the best artists.

[@apcut]

Great video! Thank you 🙏

[@JonMurray]

So cool man. What an awesome set up.

[@mredgarfriendly9001]

He really deserves a lot more attention, truly an underrated musician. Fan since Dive, can’t wait for the new album!

[@dustyoldhat]

lol what Tycho is literally as big as it gets, what else do you want

[@elgeesound]

Niiice setup. Thanks for sharing Scott

[@j_orion]

Been waiting for this one

[@meesterdinglefritz2064]

Man, I love TYCHO!!

[@mattjbyron2010]

amazing selection of analog gear, whew! dude knows his stuff

[@BlackMan614]

I love that pedal board w/ the RND direct box and the patch bay right there integrated into his stand. I don't understand why someone doesn't mass-market some setup like this.

[@fpsekond]

Can't believe it's taken me till now just to realise that Prodigy reference, if that was the case. Great video, love the demo.

[@HenritheHorse]

Keith asked Liam to make some dance remixes and he used the Moog Prodigy on it and named the mixtape Prodigy remix or something. Keith liked the name and said they should play gigs and use the name.

[@fpsekond]

@@HenritheHorse Nice one, Imagine being in the studio with them for the day! Thanks for the info.

[@HenritheHorse]

@@fpsekond Seen them live once, but studio with Liam would be interesting!

[@jorisvoorndj]

Incredibly inspiring studio, I wish mine was wired this well.

[@sjgrall]

I was one of a handful who won a private Q&A video call tour of his studio and it was absolutely fascinating. I'm not a music expert, just a music lover. My career is in tech, so seeing it from the technology aspect was particularly intriguing. The entire experience though felt incredibly surreal. I'd never had the opportunity to talk to a favorite artist like that before. Thank you Scott!!

[@divyapathak7067]

❤Hey when was this./how did you win the call?

[@sjgrall]

@@divyapathak7067 Tycho has an Open Source Community Forum you can join. He was doing a promotion on there where if you bought his first EP digitally from there, you’d be entered into a contest, and I won one of the prizes, which was the video tour

[@2020signal]

My favorite artist

[@djbriankage]

Love Tycho! Is this a sun room? Den? Or a converted bedroom? Curious! Love this room with the big natural light coming in.

[@ZackWilliams_TheProducer]

All I heard was "Trem-oh-lo". Jokes aside what a sick studio and artist. As someone who makes music, I'm blown away by his technical knowledge.

[@psyde]

what a treat

[@infn8loopmusic]

OMG secret sauce!!! This is amazing

[@JL-vg9tx]

Great video!

[@wearethebugs]

Love this!

[@m4kzo]

we love Tycho

[@moretromain]

I truly love what Scott does, and seeing the gear in action now I know why! I'm a big fan of the matriarch+bigsky+deco, this is my goto for synths (or a prophet in the strymons, just another world, you don't know how a synth sounds until you try that), but adding the analog heat and the oto bam, now this is something else...so yeah, those two, probably next on the list... I love how pragmatic and effective Scott's layout and gear is, the right thing at the right place I guess

[@topofthemornintoya]

Workflow goals ✅

[@michaelpacinus242]

This is really inspiring. Thanks for posting!

[@peleuno]

EPIC! i'm inspired to create.

[@jamesedwards7844]

Brilliante!

[@maarzt]

amassing gear is one thing...that Ive done, as thoughtfully as possible. however, assembling an array that so organically reflects ones artistic sensibilities...one can only hope (for both the sensibilities as well as the array)

[@dakotahrivers6640]

he looks like the kind a totally normal guy you’d stand behind in line at the grocery store, but actually is an incredibly gifted and exceptional musical genius.

[@markowalski1]

What a legend

[@MichaelHCook]

Wow!!! OK. Where can I go? Who can I pay $$$ to show me how all this stuff wires together and how to use it. And what about that "Custom, Mechanical Keyboard Controller for Reaper"? That could be a whole Masterclass in itself!!!

[@TrappoLone]

awesome

[@alamunez]

Thanks, I’ve always wondered whether his studio layout was directly copied from BoC as well.

[@Fu_kTheZeitgeist]

THIS IS THE WAY

[@4esnokovigor]

i'm super curious to know more about this custom reaper controller!

[@jezwinski]

LOVE!

[@psilksound]

never clicked faster on a video before

[@lowlifejerry5474]

cool video thank you. does anyone know something about this custom reaper controller?

[@markmayfield3670]

Scott just gave us a tour of what his right brain looks like! OMG - this was amazing and now I have exponentially more respect for Scott/Tycho! I also enjoy the sound of his voice - kind, peaceful, calm, loving. There is also another side of him that would be interesting to see - literally - his visual arts side which I’m thinking would be equally amazing. Such a creative and talented being!! Thank you to the one(s) making and sharing this video! ❤️

[@Jeffeffect1]

Awesome rig! Do you mind telling me who makes the 1/4" patch bay that is in the middle of the stereo mother ship rig? (The one with the black and green jacks.)

[@WotanSkyFather]

Reaper FTW! Also intrigued by that sideways mouse. Wonder if that helps with carpal tunnel?

[@AllThatsGone]

What’s the custom mechanical reaper controller made out of?