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Apple
Logic Pro“I love putting everything together digitally in Logic too, because I’ve been doing that since I was 15.”
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Boys Noize has named Logic Pro as the place where tracks come together, with Elektron's Machinedrum and Octatrack, a Roland Jupiter-6, SH-101 and TR-808, Native Instruments Massive, Sugar Bytes Effectrix and Genelec monitors. Recent records lean on Eurorack, including the Triptych module made with Steady State Fate.
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Sculpture“There are also great plugins in Logic like Sculpture, but I’m trying to avoid looking at a screen as much as possible.”
Said in Boys Noize: "I'm attracted to making extreme decisions and f*cking with people" (MusicRadar / Future Music), October 2021
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Elektron
Machinedrum“For me, Elektron produces the most futuristic machines. The Machinedrum is my favourite by far!”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Elektron
Octatrack“The Elektron Machinedrum, Elektron Octatrack and the [Roland] Jupiter-6 are my favourite hardware machines.”
Said in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
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What studio gear Boys Noize uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“I love putting everything together digitally in Logic too, because I’ve been doing that since I was 15.”
Has said they use
Elektron
Octatrack“The Elektron Machinedrum, Elektron Octatrack and the [Roland] Jupiter-6 are my favourite hardware machines.”
Said in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
Has said they use
Genelec
Genelec studio monitors“I like the Genelec monitors just because I’m used to them.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Allen & Heath
MixWizard 14:4:2
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Allen & Heath
MixWizard 14:4:2“I never use this to mix, I just wanted something I could record through.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Chandler Limited
TG Series Mini Rack Mixer
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Chandler Limited
TG Series Mini Rack Mixer“When you mix digitally it’s squashed through one output, so this is great at giving headroom and a bit more life to the individual sounds in the mix.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Plugins
Has said they use
Apple
Sculpture“There are also great plugins in Logic like Sculpture, but I’m trying to avoid looking at a screen as much as possible.”
Said in Boys Noize: "I'm attracted to making extreme decisions and f*cking with people" (MusicRadar / Future Music), October 2021
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Has said they use
Native Instruments
Massive“To be honest, I love pretty much all the UAD-2 plug-ins, Native Instruments' Massive and Kontakt and Sugar Bytes Effectrix or Turnado.”
Said in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
Has said they use
Native Instruments
KontaktSaid in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Battery“Actually the track Battery was named after the plug-in! Every sound from that track came from the plug-in.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
Has said they use
Sugar Bytes
Effectrix“I think they all make it on to most tracks, in one way or another.”
Said in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
Has said they use
Sugar Bytes
TurnadoSaid in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
Solid State Logic
Duende SSL Bus Compressor
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
Duende SSL Bus Compressor“On the buss in my DAW, I usually use the Duende SSL Buss Compressor.”
Said in Boys Noize video studio tour and interview with Future Music (MusicRadar), July 2013
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Drum machines
Has said they use
Elektron
Machinedrum“For me, Elektron produces the most futuristic machines. The Machinedrum is my favourite by far!”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
Has said they use
Linn Electronics
LinnDrum“Prince had just his voice, a Linndrum and one keyboard and it was enough.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
Has said they use
Roland
TR-808 Rhythm Composer“I love to create rhythms using Elektron drum machines or my 808”
Synths
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
SH-101“If I ever want a real good saw sound, this is what I use.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
Roland
SH-5
Has said they use
Roland
SH-5“I only got it a couple of months ago and I’ve already done two tracks. The filters are so amazing.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Roland
Juno-106“It was one of my first synths.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Roland
Alpha Juno 2“It’s totally different to other Junos.”
Said in In pictures: Boys Noize and his hardware packed studio (MusicRadar), January 2012
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Sequential
Pro-One“if you look at my favourites like the Pro One, ARP 2600 or Roland SH-101, each was designed with a very specific idea about how they should sound.”
Has said they use
Eurorack
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Mutable Instruments
Elements“when I heard the digital ones from Mutable Instruments like Elements and Clouds and got into composing and sequencing, I was amazed I could make sounds I wasn’t able to create before.”
Has said they use
Mutable Instruments
Clouds
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Noise Engineering
Basimilus Iteritas“I love the new take on Mutable’s Clouds called Beat-Repeat and the Noise Engineering stuff like the Basimilus Iteritas drum synth.”
Has said they use
Rossum Electro-Music
Panharmonium“I also love Rossum’s Panharmonium, which allows you to do crazy, mind-bending processing”
Has said they use
Rabid Elephant
Natural Gate
SponsoredHas said they use
Steady State Fate
Triptych“We built this module called Triptych and it’s in every single patch that I make.”
Records that shaped me
Kraftwerk
Computer World
Has said they love
Prince
Around the World in a Day
Has said they love
Said in Boys Noize Interview (Northern Transmissions), December 2012
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Ol' Dirty Bastard
Return to the 36 Chambers
Has said they love
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Return to the 36 ChambersSaid in Boys Noize Interview (Northern Transmissions), December 2012
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De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
Has said they love
De La Soul
3 Feet High and RisingSaid in Boys Noize Interview (Northern Transmissions), December 2012
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Has said they love
Questions
About Boys Noize's gear.
What DAW does Boys Noize use?
Boys Noize told Future Music in 2021 that tracks get put together in Logic Pro, a habit going back to age 15. Logic's Sculpture instrument also got a mention in the same interview.
What plugins does Boys Noize use?
In a 2013 Future Music interview Boys Noize named Native Instruments Massive and Kontakt, Sugar Bytes Effectrix and Turnado as plugins that end up on most tracks, plus the SSL Duende Bus Compressor on the mix buss. Native Instruments Battery gave its name to the track Battery.
What synth does Boys Noize use?
Boys Noize has named the Roland Jupiter-6 among the hardware machines that matter most, the Roland SH-101 for saw sounds, plus the Roland SH-5, Juno-106 and Alpha Juno-2, a Sequential Pro-One and an ARP 2600.
What drum machines does Boys Noize use?
Boys Noize has praised the Elektron Machinedrum above other drum machines, and has also talked about a LinnDrum with swappable sound chips, a Roland TR-808 and the Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas drum synth module.
What studio monitors does Boys Noize use?
Boys Noize told Future Music in 2012 that the studio runs on Genelec monitors, simply because of being used to them.
What records does Boys Noize love?
Asked for five albums that changed their life, Boys Noize named Kraftwerk's Computer World, Prince's Around the World in a Day, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers, De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising and Stevie Wonder's Innervisions.
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