Sputnikk Switchblade

Dante: How long ago did you discover Scope and how has your Scope setup evolved over the years? King Of Snake: I started with a Pulsar 1 pretty much when it came out, so quite a long time ago. I only recently retired that card because I upgraded my computer and the new motherboard had only two PCI slots which are now occupied by a Pulsar II and Luna PowerSampler card. I'm also using the Luna converter box for analog input (my Nord Rack and Emu XL-1 modules are plugged into this). Dante: And what are some of your musical influences - what artists inspire you? King Of Snake: Started with the big electronic bands of the '90s: mainly Underworld (huge fan), Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Orbital. Also Sasha, John Digweed, King Unique, Robert Babicz and loads of other artists. I listen to Digweeds Transitions radio show a lot because I like what he plays. Sort of a blend of techno, house and progressive.

	Dante: The bass line - I really like that. What synth did you use? King Of Snake: Ableton Operator (bought that recently, and it's a very cool synth with lots of interesting possibilities due to the hybrid FM/subtractive design. Although this bass sound is very simple and you could probably make it on any synth. Dante: I like the pitched tom sounds - how did you achieve that? King Of Snake: Yeah that is my favourite bit of the track, and it's also from the Operator synth. I was inspired by these kind of pitched percussive sounds you hear quite frequently in certain (minimal) techno tracks. Another part of that sound is the reverb that I automated so the first couple of notes the reverb is off, and the following notes the reverb is on so that made it a bit more interesting as well. Dante: What is 'Dubno'? King Of Snake: Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Underworld's first album. (that comment was from someone else on the Underworld forum where I also posted the track) Dante: And your favourite Scope plugs? King Of Snake: Hmmm hard to say, I must admit I've gone almost completely native and just use the Scope for routing and the I/O nowadays. I did use the Psy-Q on this track, because I like what it does to the sound with just a little bit of the high EQ and the stereo enhancer.