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What DAW does Basement Jaxx use?

Basement Jaxx have said their records are made mostly in Logic, with Omnisphere as their main soft synth and Kontakt for piano and strings. Simon Ratcliffe has also named a Juno-106, Moog Voyager, Prophet 6, Korg MS-20, Memorymoog and an SSL AWS 900 desk in their studio.

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What DAW does Basement Jaxx use?

Logic. Simon Ratcliffe has said they moved to Logic around Kish Kash in 2003, after years of working on an Atari with Cubase, and that most of Junto was done in the box in Logic.

What plugins does Basement Jaxx use?

Ratcliffe told Computer Music that Omnisphere was probably their main synth, alongside the Native Instruments set with Kontakt for piano and strings.

What synth does Basement Jaxx use?

Ratcliffe has named a Roland Juno-106, a Moog Voyager, a Prophet 6, a Korg MS-20 and a Memorymoog, plus a Korg EMX2 on the album Junto.

What mixing desk does Basement Jaxx use?

An SSL AWS 900 in their King's Cross studio. Ratcliffe has said early tracks like Fly Life were shaped live on a Soundcraft Spirit 24-track desk.

What records influenced Felix Buxton of Basement Jaxx?

For Clash he picked Mozart's Confutatis, Shy FX and UK Apache's Original Nuttah, Logic's The Warning, Pharoah Sanders' Ole and Manuel Gottsching's E2-E4.

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Basement Jaxx are the London house duo of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, behind Red Alert, Romeo and Where's Your Head At. This guide covers the DAW, soft synths, hardware and desks they have named, plus records that shaped them.

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