{"id":60402,"date":"2025-06-03T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/?p=60402"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:23:06","slug":"reset-robot-studio-setup-rme-fireface-ufx-iii-ferrofish-pulse-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/2025\/06\/03\/reset-robot-studio-setup-rme-fireface-ufx-iii-ferrofish-pulse-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset Robot on the RME Fireface UFX III and Ferrofish Pulse 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"header-img quote-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview.jpg\" alt=\"Music producer Reset Robot on a dark wall casting shadow\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-header-IMG-RME-Ferrofish-interview-2048x1118.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>House and Techno producer Reset Robot on basing his studio around RME and Ferrofish<\/h2>\n<p>Reset Robot is the creative moniker of Dave Robertson, a seasoned producer and DJ hailing from Portsmouth on the UK\u2019s south coast.<\/p>\n<p>With a career spanning over 15 years, he\u2019s built a global reputation for his hypnotic blend of house and techno &#8211; delivering standout sets at premier clubs and festivals worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching the Reset Robot project in 2009, his studio output has landed on renowned electronic imprints such as Drumcode, Hotflush, Mobilee and Anjunadeep, along with his own Whistleblower Records &#8211; driven by evolving synths, laid-back percussive grooves and razor-sharp production.<\/p>\n<p>We visited Dave\u2019s studio in Portsmouth to find out more about his studio setup, which is based around an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/rme-fireface-ufx-iii-the-new-centre-of-your-studio\/\">RME Fireface UFX III interface<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/ferrofish-adda-converters-2\/\">Ferrofish Pulse 16<\/a> for expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Studio with Reset Robot | RME Fireface UFX III and Ferrofish Pulse 16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TpVq1yrclI\" width=\"1840\" height=\"1035\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<p id=\"synthax-subscribe\" style=\"text-align: center;\">See more videos at <a title=\"Subscribe to the SynthaxTV YouTube channel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=synthaxtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Synthax TV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Do androids dream of electric bleeps?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been writing music for around 25 years,\u201d Dave says by way of introduction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always predominantly been about dance music \u2013 house, techno. Now as I\u2019m getting a bit older I\u2019m sort of moving into more general &#8216;electronica&#8217; I guess you could say. But I\u2019ve always been into a variety of different styles of electronic music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heart of my setup is my DAW &#8211; Reason &#8211; with everything running into the RME Fireface and Ferrofish Pulse 16. I like to use a mixture of software and hardware, and the RME and the Pulse have really helped bring everything together. It\u2019s all routed in one place, and everything&#8217;s available at any time. I was using another brand for my interface before, and yeah it wasn\u2019t cutting it for me, not enough digital inputs and some other stuff. Moving over to these has made my workflow much nicer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen with Totalmix <em>(RME&#8217;s routing software)<\/em> it\u2019s easy to route any of my synths into the collection of pedals I\u2019ve got whilst monitoring it through Reason. That wasn\u2019t an option for me before, so it\u2019s really good being able to send whatever I want into the different FX units, and the options that gives me in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the Ferrofish and Fireface have been great straight out the box. Maybe a couple of phone calls to tech support, mostly whilst I was getting my head around how the routing works on both devices. With regards to how they both sound though, it\u2019s been perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-RME-Fireface-UFX-III-Ferrofish-Pulse-16.jpg\" alt=\"RME Fireface UFX III, Ferrofish Pulse 16 and Tasty Chips GR-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-RME-Fireface-UFX-III-Ferrofish-Pulse-16.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-RME-Fireface-UFX-III-Ferrofish-Pulse-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-RME-Fireface-UFX-III-Ferrofish-Pulse-16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-RME-Fireface-UFX-III-Ferrofish-Pulse-16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Studio Favourites<\/h2>\n<p>Like a lot of modern dance producers, Reset Robot\u2019s setup is a mix of hardware and software &#8211; keyboards, synths, drum machines, and a range of FX units provide endless options for processing, adding further colour to each sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a Roland JP8000,\u201d he says giving us a tour of his synthesizer collection. \u201cThe Korg MS2000 which is a favourite, then a Moog Matriarch, Moog Sub 37, Roland SH-101, and two Elektron drum machines. Everything is clocked from the ER-M multiclocks. So you press play in Reason, the clocks kick in, and everything is synced. They\u2019re a big part of making all of this come together, making sure arpeggios and everything else is synced, which is obviously really important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My favourite synth would be, still, the Korg MS2000! I always mention it. I don\u2019t know what it is about it, it\u2019s got a sound that just sits somewhere different in the mix compared to my other synths. It\u2019s got a really nice feel and sound to it, the filter sounds amazing. It\u2019s just a slightly unusual sound and I just love it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of the Korg MS2000 synthesizer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-KORG-MS2000-synth-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re all different though. They\u2019ve all got a different aesthetic, their own unique sound. The Moog stuff has a certain character to it \u2013 I\u2019d say the Matriarch and Sub 37 sound quite similar, but they each have their own different purposes. And yeah, having all these different synths, I think it just adds character to your music, and keeps things fresh with the different workflows, the way they make you work in slightly different ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My favourite module in Reason is probably the Thor synth, I regularly end up with about 20 of those running in a single project, especially if I\u2019m writing in the box. For processing I love the Scream distortion and the RV7000 reverb. And the little delay unit &#8211; it\u2019s probably been there since Reason 1, but it does the trick on most things and helps keep the CPU down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Bringing it all together with RME and Ferrofish<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to avoid the patchbay basically, and have all of these machines available to me at any time,&#8221; Dave says of what led the Fireface UFX III and Pulse 16 combo. &#8220;If people come to the studio and they want to send some MIDI to something, it\u2019s there, it\u2019s on, it\u2019s available straight away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me and my workflow, personally I don\u2019t want to have to be scrapping around for cables, plugging things in and out. I\u2019d rather just have everything ready to go at any time. Even if I\u2019m writing predominantly in the box, I can just copy a MIDI part on to another track, then send it to one of the hardware synths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-Moog-Sub37.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of the Moog Sub 37 synthesizer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-Moog-Sub37.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-Moog-Sub37-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-Moog-Sub37-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-Moog-Sub37-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Advice on starting a new track<\/h2>\n<p>Whilst Dave has been writing music under the Reset Robot name for over 15 years now, even the most seasoned of producers can find it tricky to get the creative juices flowing at times. We were keen therefore to find out if Dave has any tips when starting on a new track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019ve got a day to myself in the studio, I would probably start with some sort of pad or texture,\u201d he says. \u201cThe JP8000 is great for that, for getting a mood going, so I&#8217;d probably start with something from there first. Beds of sounds are really important, and having some sort of textures to build off is a great starting point, maybe something that&#8217;s slightly musical but not too overpowering. That can give you a great base to work from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then maybe add some drums from the Elektron, get something ryhthmic going over the top. I\u2019m also a massive fan of Splice at the moment, especially for things like textures and percussion hits, and other interesting or unusual sounds. Splice can be amazing for that, for finding interesting sounds to work from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if it doesn\u2019t make the final tune, it just gives you something to start building from. A nice swelling chord progression or pad sound, even something simple, it &#8216;puts you somewhere&#8217; mentally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then from there it&#8217;s just knowing your bits of kit, and having your own process or workflow that you know will get you somewhere quite quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-headshot-RME-Ferrofish-interview.jpg\" alt=\"Reset Robot in his recording studio\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-headshot-RME-Ferrofish-interview.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-headshot-RME-Ferrofish-interview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-headshot-RME-Ferrofish-interview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Reset-Robot-headshot-RME-Ferrofish-interview-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next for Reset Robot?<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I just had a release on Anjunadeep,&#8221; Dave says of his upcoming projects. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bit more electronica, and a collaboration with John Gurd. After that we\u2019ve got more music coming out from the two of us on his Echo Forms label. We\u2019re really just pushing that project at the moment, just creating more music, and getting some more of our work out there. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll continue to work with Anjuna as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m actually not actually doing a lot of touring now, I stopped in 2019 just before Covid. I kind of retired from DJing, although I did do a live show with John Gurd in Albania last year which was really nice to do. But it\u2019s not something I\u2019m massively pursuing any more &#8211; to be honest I\u2019m more comfortable in the studio, working on my own music and the co-productions I\u2019m involved in. That\u2019s where I get the most enjoyment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks to Reset Robot. 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