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Allen & Heath
Xone:92“I still play vinyl and dubplate on three decks and an Allen & Heath Xone: 92 mixer.”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
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Andy C has said he played vinyl and dubplates on three decks through an Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer, and that a Technics 1210 sent by a promoter started his three-deck sets. He moved to Traktor in 2011. His first tunes were made on an Atari ST with an Akai S950 sampler, and in 2010 he named Cubase 5 in his studio setup.
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Technics
SL-1210 turntable“The next day I had a Technics 1210 delivered to my door with a nice little note saying 'here's another deck, get practicing!'”
Said in UKF: YOUKF, Andy C, November 2014
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Native Instruments
Traktor“I just use Traktor and I'm really happy with my setup.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
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Steinberg
Cubase“My set up consists of an 8-core Apple Mac, Logic Studio, Cubase 5, SSL Duende, PowerCore etc”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
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Atari
Atari ST“An Atari ST running Steinberg Pro 24 and an Akai S950 sampler... those were the days!”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
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DJ setup
Has said they use
Allen & Heath
Xone:92“I still play vinyl and dubplate on three decks and an Allen & Heath Xone: 92 mixer.”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
Has said they use
Technics
SL-1210 turntable“The next day I had a Technics 1210 delivered to my door with a nice little note saying 'here's another deck, get practicing!'”
Said in UKF: YOUKF, Andy C, November 2014
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Has said they use
Native Instruments
Traktor“I just use Traktor and I'm really happy with my setup.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Studio
Has said they use
Steinberg
Cubase“My set up consists of an 8-core Apple Mac, Logic Studio, Cubase 5, SSL Duende, PowerCore etc”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
Early studio
Has said they use
Atari
Atari ST“An Atari ST running Steinberg Pro 24 and an Akai S950 sampler... those were the days!”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
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Has said they use
Akai Professional
S950“My first release on Ram took six months to make as the S950 was monophonic, so I had to lay it down onto multitrack tape.”
Said in MusicRadar: Interview, Andy C on 18 years of drum 'n' bass, October 2010
Has said they use
Yamaha
DX7“the kit was different back then: a mixing desk with no recall, one DBX1066 compressor, an Akai sampler and a DX7 synth.”
Said in Mixmag: Q+A, Andy C, March 2016
Has said they use
dbx
1066“a mixing desk with no recall, one DBX1066 compressor, an Akai sampler and a DX7 synth.”
Said in Mixmag: Q+A, Andy C, March 2016
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Records that shaped him
Has said they love
A Guy Called Gerald
Voodoo Ray“she played me 'Voodoo Ray' by A Guy Called Gerald, and I was just like, 'What is that?!'”
Said in Knowledge Magazine: Andy C interview, August 2003
Has said they love
Joey Beltram
Energy Flash“At that time I was getting into stuff like Shut Up And Dance and 'Energy Flash'.”
Said in Knowledge Magazine: Andy C interview, August 2003
Records he learned to mix on
Has said they love
Madonna
Vogue“those were the two records I spent hours and hours and hours learning to mix with.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Has said they love
Rum & Black
Wicked“It was 'Vogue' with 'Wicked' by Shut Up & Dance under their Rum & Black alias.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Has said they love
The Stone Roses
Fools Gold“I had one or two others. Stone Roses' 'Fools Gold.'”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Dubplate classics
Has said they love
Deep Blue
The Helicopter Tune“I remember hearing Micky Finn dropping Deep Blue's 'Helicopter Tune' for the first time. Imagine being the first person to have that on dub?”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Has said they love
Leviticus
Burial“But then you get moments when you're the first person to have Leviticus' 'Burial' on dub.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Has said they love
Original Sin
Therapy“'Therapy' was a tune I kept forgetting to play each week, so I had to play it.”
Said in Resident Advisor: The art of DJing, Andy C, May 2018
Questions
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What DJ gear does Andy C use?
Andy C has said they use the Allen & Heath Xone:92 (musicradar.com, October 2010). Andy C has said they use the Technics SL-1210 turntable (ukf.com, November 2014). Andy C has said they use the Native Instruments Traktor (ra.co, May 2018).
What mixer does Andy C use?
In a 2010 MusicRadar interview he said he played vinyl and dubplates on three decks and an Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer. In 2021 he told UKF he played on a Pioneer mixer in New Zealand only because the sound engineer had tuned the system to Pioneer.
How did Andy C start mixing on three decks?
He told UKF that One Nation billed him as a '3 Deck Set', and the next day a Technics 1210 arrived at his door with a note saying 'here's another deck, get practicing!'
Does Andy C play with Traktor?
He told DJ Mag and RA that he switched to Traktor in 2011 after his records failed to arrive at a gig in Denmark, and in 2018 he told RA he was really happy with his Traktor setup. Pioneer DJ wrote in 2026 that he has since moved to synced CDJs.
What did Andy C make his first tunes on?
He told MusicRadar he started on an Atari ST running Steinberg Pro 24 and an Akai S950 sampler. He told Mixmag his early kit was a desk with no recall, one dbx 1066 compressor, an Akai sampler and a DX7 synth.
Which records got Andy C into dance music?
He told Knowledge that A Guy Called Gerald's Voodoo Ray got him into dance music and that he was into Shut Up And Dance and Energy Flash. He told RA he learned to mix on Madonna's Vogue and Rum & Black's Wicked.
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Andy C is the London drum and bass DJ and producer who co-founded RAM Records and made his name with three-deck sets and double drops. This guide covers the decks, mixer, DJ software and early studio gear he has named in interviews, plus the records he learned to mix on and the tunes that shaped him.
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