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Mika Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I have some interactions with Drew Neumman, he does in fact share similar gear with Gregory Hinde. Drew did use a Yamaha CS80 for a few episodes of Billy and Mandy. The Same synth used in Dr Who and Blade Runner. Also other romplers and samplers, other analogs in his studio. Which I'll show here.

Synths—well, it was a pretty good pile of things for both series, with some overlap. Billy & Mandy was nearly a decade later and I was trying out a lot of new machines.

There is a fairly complete instrument list in the original Eye Spy release. I had a lot more for Billy & Mandy including large modular synths. I even had a CS80 in a few episodes, but I didn’t like the way it fit into the music. I did use vintage Arps, Moogs, and Oberheims as well as a bunch of Waldorf and Ensoniq gear on both series.

Are you a synthesist yourself?

Drew

Kurzweil—K2000 on Aeon Flux, and I switched to a 2600r during Wild Thornberrys.

Yes, Wendy Carlos has been a huge influence to me. I pretty much wore out the TEMPI vinyl of Clockwork Orange listening to it over and over again. I really love Tomita’s work too.

Synthesizers and Samplers

Access Virus B synthesizer
Access Virus C synthesizer
Akai Z8 Sampler x 2
Alesis A6 Andromeda synthesizer
Analogue Systems Integrator modular synth
ARP 2600 synthesizer
ARP Odyssey
Blacet Modular synthesizer
Clavia Nord 2X synthesizer
Cwejman S1 synthesizer
Dave Smith Instruments Evolver
Doepfer A100 Modular x 2
Emu E4XT Ultra "Hollywood Gold" Sampler
Emu E4XT Ultra Sampler
Emu/Paia Modular Synthesizer
Ensoniq DP4 x 2
Ensoniq TS 10
Hartmann Neuron Synthesizer
Jomox Sunsyn synthesizer
Korg Wavestation EX
Kurzweil K2600 synthesizer
MacBeth Studio Systems M3X x 2
MFB synth
MFB synth lite
Modcan/Cyndustries Analog Modular Synthesizer
Moog Minimoog Voyager
Moog Minimoog Voyager 50th Anniversary Edition
Moog CP 251 Control Voltage Processor x 2
Moog Etherwave Theremin
Moog Memorymoog w/Linntronic MIDI
Moog VX 351 CV Expander x 2
MOTM/Encore/Blacet/Metasonix/Syntheisizers.com/
Oakley/Paia Modular synth
Oberheim Matrix 1000 (with Access Programmer)
Oberheim Matrix 12 synthesizer
Oberheim OBX with Kenton Midi
Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa Systems upgrade
Roland VG8EX
Sequential Circuits Pro One
Serge 6 panel modular synthesizer
Spectral Audio Protone synthesizer
Studio Electronics Midimini
Studio Electronics Obie Rack
Studio Electronics Omega 8 with Arp Filters
Vermona M.A.R.S. synthesizer and programmer
Vermona Perfourmer synthesizer
Waldorf Micro Q synthesizer
Waldorf Microwave 2 synthesizer
Waldorf Microwave 2XT synthesizer
Waldorf Microwave I x 2 (with Access programmer)
Waldorf Pulse Plus x 2
Waldorf Q Synthesizer

All gear listed from Drew website back in 2007, he was still scoring Billy and Mandy back when.

Waldorf Q+ synthesizer
Waldorf Wave 32 voice Shadow Edition
Waldorf Wave 32 voice Standard
Yamaha SY99 synthesizer
Yamaha TX 802 synthesizer
Yamaha VL-1 Synthesizer

(Continued from Drew Neumman website from 2007)

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Mika Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Thankfully there is accurate Access Virus VSTs that you can get for free, which were done using the emulated respective soundchip and hardware for research. Drew does have a lot of analog, which will be difficult to figure out. I imagine he tend to mix them together to create that sound.

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Mika Ghoul Kiwi @mikangamerprime.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Stuff like the D50, Juno 101, some moog vsts can be emulated actually via VSTs. How ever analog stuff might need to be adjusted with EQ and sound design if you want something close to the show. Nowadays you can get the orchestral Emu ISO sample CDs heard in the show like on internet archive or so.

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