Ivan Flack
Have played with a number of people and bands over the years but now just do most of it on my own.
I do like to get together with Breeze and the guys whenever I get a chance and just jam!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Played with a band at school and even made a single!
Still would play live if given the opportunity but I'm not as young as I used to be so......
I spend a lot of time writing, learning and teaching music in my own home recording studio and look forward to introducing my children to the world of digital recording soon...
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Will play anywhere if given the opportunity but at the moment most of my time is spent working, writing, learning, writing...
Your musical influences
Classical, Blues, Rock, Metal, Progressive Rock, Mozart, Beethoven, Deep Purple, Be Bop Deluxe, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Whitesnake, Peter Gabriel, ELP, Uriah Heep, Bowie, Lindisfarne, Horslips, The Alan Parsons Project, Muse, J.M. Jarre, Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Enya, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Dream Theatre (Jordan Rudess), Tangerine Dream, Q.O.T.S.A., Zutons.......
What equipment do you use?
OASYS-88 2gb RAM with LAC and ECLECTRIC v1 Sounds and KARO Granular Atmospheres, Triton with MOSS exp, Access Virus Ti, Korg MS-20 (Original), Korg Legacy Collection, Fostex CR300, Tannoy Reveal Monitors, Charvelle Mk5 Guitar, Marshall Guitar Amp.
PC Hardware:
Carillon DAW Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo, 2 x 160 gb HD and 1 X 500 gb HD, 4 Gb RAM, Win XP, RME Fireface 400 soundcard.
Software:
Cakewalk SONAR 6, Cubase 4, Sibelius 4, Cakewalk Rapture, NI Kore Komplete, Steinberg Virtual Guitarist and Bassist, Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmospheres, Trilogy, Sony Sound Forge 8, Acid Pro 6, MIDIOX, countless VST Instrument and effect plugins - of particular mention are Waves Diamond effects, Izotope, Rob Papen Predator and Albino synths.
Anything else?
Have had the KORG OASYS-88 Keyboard since it was released in the UK and this is without doubt the best instrument I have ever used. Check it out if you get the chance!!
Currently finishing off my Masters Degree in Personal and Business Communication at Queens University, Belfast and intend to do a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in the near future as well.
I also spend a lot of time over at the Karma Labs Forums which is a great place to learn about the Oasys from other users and from the main man himself - Mr Stephen Kay - the creator of the KORG KARMA Technology...
