opf ler ' s ▁constant ▁st riv ing ▁for ▁better ▁sound ▁quality . ▁" One ▁of ▁the ▁things ▁that ▁I ▁totally ▁respect ed ▁about ▁him ," ▁Dorf s man ▁observed , ▁" was ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁technology ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁impro ving ▁his ▁music . ▁He ▁was ▁always ▁willing ▁to ▁spend ▁on ▁high - quality ▁equipment ." ▁ ▁Before ▁arriv ing ▁at ▁Mont ser rat , ▁Kn opf ler ▁had ▁written ▁all ▁the ▁songs ▁and ▁re he ars ed ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁band . ▁The ▁studio ▁line up ▁included ▁Kn opf ler ▁( gu itar ), ▁John ▁Ill s ley ▁( b ass ), ▁Alan ▁Clark ▁( p iano ▁and ▁Hamm ond ▁B - 3 ▁organ ) ▁and ▁Guy ▁F let cher , ▁who ▁was ▁new ▁to ▁the ▁band , ▁playing ▁a ▁synth ▁rig ▁that ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁huge ▁new ▁Yam aha ▁D X 1 , ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁Roland ▁key boards ▁and ▁a ▁S ync lav ier . ▁Terry ▁Williams ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁then - per man ent ▁drum mer . ▁The ▁studio ▁itself ▁was ▁small , ▁with ▁a ▁▁ ▁recording ▁space ▁that ▁offered ▁virt ually ▁no ▁isol ation . ▁" It ▁was ▁a ▁good - s ounding ▁studio ," ▁Dorf s man ▁later ▁re called , ▁" but ▁the ▁main ▁room ▁itself ▁was ▁nothing ▁to ▁write ▁home ▁about . ▁The ▁sound ▁of ▁that ▁studio ▁was ▁the ▁des k ," ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁Ne ve ▁ 8 0 7 8 ▁board . ▁ ▁Kn opf ler ▁and ▁Dorf s