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|+EMU Emax & Emax II Sound Banks<ref name="auction"></ref>
|+EMU Emax & Emax II Sound Banks<ref name="auction"></ref>
! Tour!! Bank #!! Song
! Tour!! Bank #!! Song!! # of Samples
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|rowspan="1"|[[:Category:1986 Black Celebration Tour|1986 Black Celebration Tour]]||??||[[Christmas Island]]
|rowspan="1"|[[:Category:1986 Black Celebration Tour|1986 Black Celebration Tour]]||??||[[Christmas Island]]||9
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|rowspan="24"|[[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour]]||00||[[People Are People]]
|rowspan="24"|[[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour]]||00||[[People Are People]]||8
|-
|-
|01||[[A Question Of Time]]
|01||[[A Question Of Time]]||4
|-
|-
|02||[[A Question Of Lust]]
|02||[[A Question Of Lust]]||7
|-
|-
|03||[[Pleasure, Little Treasure]]
|03||[[Pleasure, Little Treasure]]||4
|-
|-
|04||[[Sacred]]
|04||[[Sacred]]||7
|-
|-
|05||[[Blasphemous Rumours]]
|05||[[Blasphemous Rumours]]||7
|-
|-
|06||[[It Doesn't Matter]]
|06||[[It Doesn't Matter]]||4
|-
|-
|07||[[The Things You Said|Things You Said]]
|07||[[The Things You Said|Things You Said]]||7
|-
|-
|08||[[Strangelove]]<ref>[[Strangelove]] was also rehearsed for the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]], but ultimately was never performed.</ref>
|08||[[Strangelove]]<ref>[[Strangelove]] was also rehearsed for the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]], but ultimately was never performed.</ref>||12
|-
|-
|09||[[Shake The Disease]]
|09||[[Shake The Disease]]||8
|-
|-
|10||[[Never Let Me Down Again]]
|10||[[Never Let Me Down Again]]||12
|-
|-
|11||[[Just Can't Get Enough]]
|11||[[Just Can't Get Enough]]||3
|-
|-
|12||[[Stripped]]
|12||[[Stripped]]||8
|-
|-
|13||[[Pipeline]]
|13||[[Pipeline]]||8
|-
|-
|14||[[Nothing]]
|14||[[Nothing]]||8
|-
|-
|15||[[Behind The Wheel]]
|15||[[Behind The Wheel]]||7
|-
|-
|16||[[Something To Do]]
|16||[[Something To Do]]||5
|-
|-
|17||[[Everything Counts]]
|17||[[Everything Counts]]||6
|-
|-
|18||[[Somebody]]
|18||[[Somebody]]||8
|-
|-
|??||[[Black Celebration]]<ref>Strangely, [[Black Celebration]]'s sound bank is not listed on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.</ref>
|??||[[Black Celebration]]<ref>Strangely, [[Black Celebration]]'s sound bank is not listed on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.</ref>||6
|-
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|??||[[Master And Servant]]<ref>Strangely, [[Master And Servant]]'s sound bank is not listed on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.</ref>
|??||[[Master And Servant]]<ref>Strangely, [[Master And Servant]]'s sound bank is not listed on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.</ref>||7
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|??||Perc 1<ref name="Perc 1">This sound bank includes one-shot percussion hits for multiple songs, including [[People Are People]], [[Master And Servant]], and [[Stripped]]. The sound bank was available to all three keyboardists loaded via Emax samplers and were triggered via onstage drum-pads.</ref>
|??||Perc 1<ref name="Perc 1">This sound bank includes one-shot percussion hits for multiple songs, including [[People Are People]], [[Master And Servant]], and [[Stripped]]. The sound bank was available to all three keyboardists loaded via Emax samplers and were triggered via onstage drum-pads.</ref>||7
|-
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|??||[[It Doesn't Matter]] (SEQ)
|??||[[It Doesn't Matter]] (SEQ)||6
|-
|-
|??||[[Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth]] (SEQ)
|??||[[Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth]] (SEQ)||8
|-
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] and [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]]<ref>Though not explicitly mentioned on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], some tracks were also played during the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]], with the [[Waiting For The Night]] and [[I Want You Now]] exclusively during that tour.</ref>||34||[[Mercy In You]] (Alan '93)
|rowspan="12"|[[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] and [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]]<ref>Though not explicitly mentioned on [http://auction.recoil.co.uk/20-x-aw-dm-sound-sample-zip-discs/ the auction page], some tracks were also played during the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]], with the [[Waiting For The Night]] and [[I Want You Now]] exclusively during that tour.</ref>||34||[[Mercy In You]] (Alan '93)||42
|-
|-
|35||[[Fly On The Windscreen]]
|35||[[Fly On The Windscreen]]||31
|-
|-
|36||[[Nothing]] (Alan '93)<ref>[[Nothing]] was rehearsed, but was never performed during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] or [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>
|36||[[Nothing]] (Alan '93)<ref>[[Nothing]] was rehearsed, but was never performed during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] or [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>||8
|-
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|37||[[Something To Do]]<ref>[[Something To Do]] was only performed once during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]], on [[1993-05-25 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium]]; it replaced [[Fly On The Windscreen]] in the typical concert set list.</ref>
|37||[[Something To Do]]<ref>[[Something To Do]] was only performed once during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]], on [[1993-05-25 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium]]; it replaced [[Fly On The Windscreen]] in the typical concert set list.</ref>||6
|-
|-
|38||[[Leave In Silence]] (Alan '93)<ref>[[Leave In Silence]] was rehearsed, but was never performed during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] or [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>
|38||[[Leave In Silence]] (Alan '93)<ref>[[Leave In Silence]] was rehearsed, but was never performed during the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] or [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>||5
|-
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|39||[[A Question Of Lust]]
|39||[[A Question Of Lust]]||17
|-
|-
|40||[[Clean]] (percussion trigger sounds)
|40||[[Clean]] (percussion trigger sounds)||2
|-
|-
|41||[[Condemnation]] (vocal guide)
|41||[[Condemnation]] (vocal guide)||10
|-
|-
|42||[[Everything Counts]] ('94 version)
|42||[[Everything Counts]] ('93 version)||13
|-
|-
|43||[[Waiting For The Night]]<ref>[[Waiting For The Night]] was played '''[[Waiting For The Night#1994 Exotic Tour|at least a couple times]]''' at the start of the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>
|43||[[Waiting For The Night]]<ref>[[Waiting For The Night]] was played '''[[Waiting For The Night#1994 Exotic Tour|at least a couple times]]''' at the start of the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|1994 Exotic Tour]].</ref>||11
|-
|-
|44||[[I Want You Now]]
|44||[[I Want You Now]]||20
|-
|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 01:56, 10 June 2019

Notes

In 2011, former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder announced the Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection, an historic equipment, vinyl, and memorabilia auction organized in partnership with Omega Auctions. Held at the Manchester Zion Arts Centre, the auction put $329,600+[1] worth of Depeche Mode and Recoil memorabilia under the hammer, serving bidders both in-person and online. Among the items sold were twenty Zip Discs personally numbered and signed by Alan. Each disc contained a collection of sound banks as originally programmed by Alan for the EMU Emax and EMU Emax II sampling keyboards during for the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour and 1993 Devotional Tour[2].

General information

The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection: 20 x AW / DM sound sample ZIP discs

Among the items sold were twenty Zip Discs personally numbered and signed by Alan. Each disc contained a collection of sound banks as originally programmed by Alan for the EMU EMAX and EMAX II sampling keyboards during for the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour and 1993 Devotional Tour[2]. Each bank contains an array of sounds allocated across the keyboard for live performances. In nearly all cases, the samples were sourced from the original multitrack recordings.[2] Among these banks are sounds for song versions which were only ever performed live, plus songs which never made the final tour set list.

Copied from the original auction listing[2]:

The Zip discs will work in any suitable Zip drive and connect to the Emax via a scuzi[3] cable. Despite our best efforts, we were unable to transfer everything absolutely perfectly from the original floppies. The vast majority of sounds are fully in tact[sic] but one or two have small corruptions at the end of notes. The good news is that, with a bit of careful editing, these glitches can be removed. (Thanks goes to Tom[4] & Simon for their help).

The sound banks included on the zip discs were not the only banks made available at the auction. Certain pieces of equipment, such as Alan's EMU Emulator II, were listed as including unlisted Depeche Mode and Recoil sound banks, plus a large collection of various Emulator II sample library banks. If you possess these unlisted Depeche Mode or Recoil sound banks, please reach out to [email protected].

Alan's Comments

Copied from the original auction listing[2]:

I spent many hours (days!) programming each member’s keyboards for the tours, painstakingly trying to recreate as accurately as possible the sounds we formulated and used on the records. The Emax was a perfect tool for the live re-creations. This collection covers most of my own sounds for the two tours, although I did play live drums on some songs. I tried all these out recently and discovered how much fun it is to work out the various parts we all used to play. I even found some guide sounds which weren’t actually performed live but were used to demonstrate parts to others. For example, I discovered some guide vocals for Condemnation which were sampled to help routine our girl backing vocalists during the rehearsals.[5]

Sound Banks

This table lists the sound banks as described on the auction page, with some additional information not present there.

The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection: 20 x AW / DM sound sample ZIP discs
EMU Emax & Emax II Sound Banks[2]
Tour Bank # Song # of Samples
1986 Black Celebration Tour ?? Christmas Island 9
1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour 00 People Are People 8
01 A Question Of Time 4
02 A Question Of Lust 7
03 Pleasure, Little Treasure 4
04 Sacred 7
05 Blasphemous Rumours 7
06 It Doesn't Matter 4
07 Things You Said 7
08 Strangelove[6] 12
09 Shake The Disease 8
10 Never Let Me Down Again 12
11 Just Can't Get Enough 3
12 Stripped 8
13 Pipeline 8
14 Nothing 8
15 Behind The Wheel 7
16 Something To Do 5
17 Everything Counts 6
18 Somebody 8
?? Black Celebration[7] 6
?? Master And Servant[8] 7
?? Perc 1[9] 7
?? It Doesn't Matter (SEQ) 6
?? Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth (SEQ) 8
1993 Devotional Tour and 1994 Exotic Tour[10] 34 Mercy In You (Alan '93) 42
35 Fly On The Windscreen 31
36 Nothing (Alan '93)[11] 8
37 Something To Do[12] 6
38 Leave In Silence (Alan '93)[13] 5
39 A Question Of Lust 17
40 Clean (percussion trigger sounds) 2
41 Condemnation (vocal guide) 10
42 Everything Counts ('93 version) 13
43 Waiting For The Night[14] 11
44 I Want You Now 20

Sequences

A couple tracks have sequences that originate from Alan Wilder's setup; one track is sourced from an Emax II ZIP disc, the other from an Emulator II floppy disc. Neither of these are from the 2011 auction.

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

The sequence for Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth was present on one of Alan Wilder's Emax II ZIP discs, as told to me directly from an anonymous source who worked with Alan during his 2011 auction. The quality is somewhat degraded due to age of the ZIP discs[2] and lossy audio compression used for this track. The pops and clicks in the middle section specifically are the most obvious audible result of the degradation due to age. ZIP discs are notorious for their poor reliability, so this situation certainly makes sense. This track was previously thought to be a well-made fan cover, but I believe it is a legitimate sequence that was used during the tour. This information also appears on the 1987 - 1988 Music For The Masses Tour Backing Tapes page.

Christmas Island

A sequence of Christmas Island sourced from one of Alan's Emulator II floppy discs was sent to me by an anonymous source. The quality is significantly better compared to the sequence of Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth above, which is sourced from degraded Emax II ZIP discs.

If you listen closely towards the end of Alan Wilder's Emulator II demonstration video below, it seems that this sequence was the one he played over.

References

  1. ↑ Auction results (JustCollecting.com)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection: 20 x AW / DM sound sample ZIP discs
  3. ↑ Pronunciation of SCSI, "Small Computer System Interface" (Wikipedia)
  4. ↑ Tom Carpenter of Analogue Solutions
  5. ↑ The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection: 20 x AW / DM sound sample ZIP discs
  6. ↑ Strangelove was also rehearsed for the 1993 Devotional Tour, but ultimately was never performed.
  7. ↑ Strangely, Black Celebration's sound bank is not listed on the auction page, despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.
  8. ↑ Strangely, Master And Servant's sound bank is not listed on the auction page, despite a sound bank existing for the song on the zip drives sold at auction.
  9. ↑ This sound bank includes one-shot percussion hits for multiple songs, including People Are People, Master And Servant, and Stripped. The sound bank was available to all three keyboardists loaded via Emax samplers and were triggered via onstage drum-pads.
  10. ↑ Though not explicitly mentioned on the auction page, some tracks were also played during the 1994 Exotic Tour, with the Waiting For The Night and I Want You Now exclusively during that tour.
  11. ↑ Nothing was rehearsed, but was never performed during the 1993 Devotional Tour or 1994 Exotic Tour.
  12. ↑ Something To Do was only performed once during the 1993 Devotional Tour, on 1993-05-25 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium; it replaced Fly On The Windscreen in the typical concert set list.
  13. ↑ Leave In Silence was rehearsed, but was never performed during the 1993 Devotional Tour or 1994 Exotic Tour.
  14. ↑ Waiting For The Night was played at least a couple times at the start of the 1994 Exotic Tour.
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