the live musicians, including Swire himself, recorded acoustic drums, guitars, bass and vocals. In addition to recording the various tracks that constituted each song, Swire recorded samples of the instruments used so that, if he was not happy with one of the tracks, he could then play the part himself using a keyboard sampler. Swire has used Pro Tools for recording audio and Steinberg's Cubase for production, but now mainly uses Steinberg's Nuendo for production and post-production editing. Swire records tracks using both hardware synthesizers and virtual instruments. Performance Swire has performed a wide range of instruments while recording material for Pendulum, including guitar and electric piano on Hold Your Colour, synthesiser, bass and percussion on In Silico and synthesizer and guitar on Immersion. He has also been the band's main vocalist since the release of In Silico, for the purpose of creating a consistent sounding album. When performing live with the band, Swire typically plays a guitar-like MIDI controller, Starr Labs' Ztar Z6, in addition to performing vocals on tracks for which his voice was originally used. Swire's favoured MIDI controller keyboards when performing live are the CME UF70 Master Keyboard and the Korg Kontrol 49 MIDI Keyboard. Discography Singles As lead artist As featured artist Guest appearances Production credits References External links Rob Swire on Myspace 1982 births Living people Australian electronic musicians Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Australian singer-songwriters Drum and bass musicians Pendulum (drum and bass band) members Musicians from Perth, Western Australia Australian multi-instrumentalists People educated at Scotch College, Perth