Editing Thomas Dolby (section)

==Equipment==
Dolby said he became interested in electronic music because "I'm not a very proficient keyboard player, so the computer became my musical instrument ... None of the equipment is essential, though. In a way, I was happier when I just had one monophonic synthesizer and a two-track tape deck".<ref name="adams199403">{{Cite magazine |last=Adams |first=Ellen Snell |date=March 1994 |title=Good Heavens, Miss America! You're Virtual! |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=116 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=54, 56}}</ref> His first instrument, found in [[Electronic Music Studios|EMS]]'s garbage dumpster at 277 Putney Bridge Road,<ref name="fruit">{{cite book |last=Dolby |first=Thomas |date=11 October 2016 |title=The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir |publisher=Flatiron Books|location=New York |isbn=978-1-250-07184-2 |oclc=940280931 |edition=First |chapter=The Winter of Discontent |quote=On the way home I took a shortcut along the river and swung by the back of the EMS shop. There was a garbage dumpster outside in the street. No one was around, so I heaved myself up and had a gander inside. A bunch of flattened cardboard boxes, an old fridge, and ... hold on: a black metal box with lots of knobs. The guts were hanging out of it, but I could see the words TRANSCENDENT 2000 printed on the front.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phutney.com/EMSMods.html|title=EMS – My Memories of EMS|website=Phutney.com|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mulligan |first1=Jesse |title=Thomas Dolby on music, technology and creativity |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201822236/thomas-dolby-on-music-technology-and-creativity |website=[[RNZ]] |access-date=16 November 2020 |language=en-nz |date=2 November 2016}}</ref> was the [[Powertran]] [[Transcendent 2000]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Ben |title=Powertran Transcendent 2000 |url=https://vst4free.com/plugin/1754/ |website=VST 4 FREE |access-date=11 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Powertran Transcendent 2000 |url=https://electro-music.com/forum/topic-53461.html |website=electro-music.com |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Powertran Transcendent 2000 |url=https://www.cykong.com/Synths/Transcendent2000/Transcendent2000.htm |website=cykong.com |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Transcendent Powertran 2000 [PCB Schematic] |url=https://midierror.word-press.com/2015/01/07/transcendent-powertran-2000-pcb-schematic/ |website=Midierror.word-press.com |access-date=11 November 2020 |language=en |date=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Crane |first1=Larry |title=Thomas Dolby: Breaking the Barriers |url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/119/thomas-dolby/ |website=Tapeop.com |access-date=11 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Technology/Technology-Modern/Archive-Practical-Electronics-IDX/IDX/80s/PE-1982-04-OCR-Page-0002.pdf|title=Precision by Powertran : Practical Electronics|page=2|website=Americanradiohistory.com|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epanorama.net/sff/Audio/Musical/Circuits/Transcendent%202000%20Synthesizer.pdf|title=Powertran Transcendent 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111033218/https://www.epanorama.net/sff/Audio/Musical/Circuits/Transcendent%202000%20Synthesizer.pdf|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Dolby on music, technology and creativity |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201822236/thomas-dolby-on-music-technology-and-creativity |website=[[RNZ]] |access-date=11 November 2020 |language=en-nz |date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Powertran Transcendent 2000, by Chris Wareham|url=http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/transcendent2000.php |website=Vintage Synth Explorer |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> synthesiser.

The following is a list of notable instruments and the electronic equipment that Dolby has used on his recordings:
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* [[Palm Products GmbH|PPG]] 340/380 Wave Computer & Sequencer
* [[PPG Wave]] 2.2 synthesizer
* [[Fairlight CMI]] Series III sampler{{r|adams199403}}
* [[Moog Micromoog]] synthesizer
* [[Roland D-50]] synthesizer
* [[Roland MKS-20]] digital piano rack
* [[Roland JX-10#MKS-70|Roland MKS-70 Super JX]] rackmount synthesizer
* [[Opcode Systems|Opcode]] Studio Vision sequencing software
* [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Macintosh Quadra 840AV]] computer{{r|adams199403}}
* [[Roland Jupiter-4]]
*[[Roland Jupiter-8]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/thomas-dolby|title=Thomas Dolby's Equipboard|website=Equipboard.com|language=en|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[Korg M1]] rackmount synthesizer
* [[E-mu Systems|E-MU]] SP-12 sampling drum sequencer
* [[Linn 9000]] sampling drum sequencer
* [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons]] electronic drums
* [[Yamaha DX7]]
* [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] REV-1 digital reverb processor<ref name=":0">Greg Rule, "Thomas Dolby: Astronauts + Heretics = Hard Disk Meltdown", Keyboard, Jan 1992, p. 42-43</ref><ref name="emusician.com"/>