Vince Clarke interview Depeche Mode pt 2

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

such a nice personality !

[@leeboy2k1]

Genius.

[@jfphotoandlife8287]

Dommage cette 2ème vidéo n'est pas traduite !

[@plutostube]

such a great decision he took in '81, thank you, without this DM was a popy band

[@jonise2524]

Definently he was better on his own

[@rbrtck]

In the first video of this series, Vince mentioned that he, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher (RIP) "drooled" over the EDP Wasp, but couldn't afford it. That's a bit strange because the Wasp was expressly designed to be affordable, and it was indeed at only £199. I don't know what Vince's Kawai 100F cost, but it probably wasn't quite as cheap, Fletch's Moog Prodigy was at least £100 more, and Martin's Yamaha CS-5 was, at least according to the sources that I managed to find, the most expensive of all. These were all basement-bargain synths of the day, to be sure, but I don't get how Depeche Mode, who were still Composition of Sound (pre-Dave Gahan) at the time, could afford the synths they bought but couldn't afford a Wasp. 🤨 Additionally, the Wasp had this strange touch-sensitive electronic keyboard that might sound fancy, but it was used because it was cheaper than a standard mechanical keyboard. It was also much harder to play, and reportedly malfunctioned under certain environmental or electrical conditions. The synth itself was interesting and capable of making quite a variety of sounds, but the keyboard was terrible for playing live. By the way, the same guy who designed the Wasp also designed the more powerful, sophisticated OSC OSCar later on, and Vince happens to have one of those (right above his CS-10). Vince apparently never bought a Wasp, though. I guess he stopped wishing he had one.

[@rbrtck]

That's actually a Yamaha CS-10, not exactly the CS-5 that Martin Gore used early on, but it's close. The main difference is that the CS-5 has a Sample & Hold function that the CS-10 lacks, while the CS-10 has two envelope generators (one for the VCA and another for the VCF) instead of one like on the CS-5. The CS-10 also has a Master Volume dial, which the CS-5 oddly lacks. But what about the OSC OSCar right above it? That's a more interesting synth, although the CS-10, for such a basic synth, does sound good, which it must in order to earn its place in this studio collection.

[@rbrtck]

I admire and adore Vince as an artist, but his memory seems to be going. 😁 Andy Fletcher initially borrowed a Korg 700S to play, and then bought a Moog Prodigy to start with. It was only later that he could afford to buy a Moog Source to play live instead, because it has a patch memory, which obviously is convenient, especially when playing live. Vince replaced his Kawai 100F with a Roland Jupiter-4 for the same reason. And while we're on the subject, Martin eventually started using a PPG Wave 2 live, and later the 2.3 version. Vince has a PPG Wave 2.2 in his studio.