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Apple
Logic Pro X“I work with Apple Logic Studio X as my main-DAW.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Alex Niggemann has said he arranges and mixes in Logic Pro X with Ableton Live for jamming, monitors on Klein+Hummel O 300s and Genelec 8050s, records through a UA Apollo 8 linked to an RME Fireface 400, and plays a Moog Voyager RME, Moog Sub 37, Sequential Prophet 6, Roland TR-8 and TB-3 from a Yamaha Clavinova and Akai Advance 49.
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Ableton
Live“To jam and work live with synths, Ableton is a lot easier”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Roland
TR-8“you'll also see my two Roland's the TR-8 and the TB-3, which I use in conjunction with one another.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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What synths Alex Niggemann uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro X“I work with Apple Logic Studio X as my main-DAW.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“To jam and work live with synths, Ableton is a lot easier”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
Yamaha
Clavinova
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Yamaha
Clavinova“It's great to be able to play all types of sound with the feel of a real piano.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Klein + Hummel
O 300
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Klein + Hummel
O 300“I have a pair of Klein+Hummel O 300 (left). I use them most of the time.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Genelec
8050
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Has said they use
Roland
TR-8“you'll also see my two Roland's the TR-8 and the TB-3, which I use in conjunction with one another.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Apollo 8“a UA Apollo 8, which allows me to use all the brilliant UAD Plugins”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
RME
Fireface 400Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
PreSonus
Central Station
Has said they use
PreSonus
Central Station“To switch between my speakers, prepare a headphone mix and talkback, I use the PreSonus Central Station”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
“For me, it's still the synth with the "fattest" analogue sound!”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Has said they use
Arturia
BeatStep“I most of the time use the Moog in combination with the Arturia BeatStep.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet-6“I love the Prophet for its warm Synth and Pad sounds.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Moog
Subsequent 37“The Moog Sub 37 is my bass and lead machine.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Has said they use
Universal Audio
SSL G Bus Compressor plug-inSaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Akai Professional
Advance 49
Has said they use
Akai Professional
Advance 49“I use the shiny/blinky Akai Advance 49.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
Expressive E
Touché
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Expressive E
Touché“I love the Touche "Pad" (on top of the Arturia BeatStep) to program parameters”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann, May 2019
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Sequential
Mopho“The Dave Smith Mopho is a small but bad-ass synth.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann (2012), June 2012
TC-Helicon
VoiceLive
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TC-Helicon
VoiceLive“I've used it on several tracks, including 'Easy Love' and 'Don't Wait'.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann (2012), June 2012
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AKG
C414 XLII“For vocal recordings the AKG C414 XL II is my go-to microphone.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann (2012), June 2012
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Akai Professional
MPK49“For controlling external and internal gear I use the Akai MPK49.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann (2012), June 2012
Grundig
TK 747 tape recorder
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Grundig
TK 747 tape recorder“sometimes it's the only way to get an authentic vintage sound.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Alex Niggemann (2012), June 2012
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Questions
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What DAW does Alex Niggemann use?
Logic Pro X is his main DAW. He has said he jams in Ableton Live with an Ableton Push and sometimes runs Live in ReWire mode inside Logic.
What monitors does Alex Niggemann use?
A pair of Klein+Hummel O 300s most of the time, Genelec 8050s for more low end, and his first Yamaha monitors as a reference.
What synths does Alex Niggemann use?
A Moog Voyager RME, a Moog Sub 37 for bass and leads, a Sequential Prophet 6 for pads, and a Dave Smith Mopho in his earlier studio.
What audio interface does Alex Niggemann use?
A Universal Audio Apollo 8 linked to an RME Fireface 400 for more inputs, outputs and processing.
What keyboard does Alex Niggemann play?
A Yamaha Clavinova with MIDI, which replaced the Kawai piano he grew up playing.
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Alex Niggemann is a German house and techno producer and DJ who runs the AEON and Soulfooled labels. This guide covers the monitors, synths, controllers and DAW setup he showed in two Attack studio tours, in 2012 and 2019.
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