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Moog
Moog OneSaid in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
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16 items · Last checked What DAW does Carbon Based Lifeforms use?
Carbon Based Lifeforms have said their album Stochastic was performed on a Moog One, a Nord Modular G2 Engine, a Nord Micro Modular and a Teenage Engineering OP-1. Live, they use Ableton Live on a MacBook, iPads running TouchOSC, a TT-303 and an Arturia MicroFreak.
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Teenage Engineering
OP-1Said in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
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Roland
JD-800“We had just acquired a Roland JD-800 and were tweaking away on some of the presets”
Said in Carbon Based Lifeforms: Accede (video premiere and interview), PopMatters, August 2017
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What synths Carbon Based Lifeforms uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Moog
Moog OneSaid in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
Nord
Nord Modular G2 Engine
Has said they use
Said in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
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Nord
Nord Micro Modular
Has said they use
Said in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
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Has said they use
Teenage Engineering
OP-1Said in Stochastic album notes and credits (Carbon Based Lifeforms on Bandcamp), September 2021
Has said they use
Roland
JD-800“We had just acquired a Roland JD-800 and were tweaking away on some of the presets”
Said in Carbon Based Lifeforms: Accede (video premiere and interview), PopMatters, August 2017
Sony Creative Software
Sound Forge with Acoustic Mirror
Has said they use
Sony Creative Software
Sound Forge with Acoustic MirrorSaid in Carbon Based Lifeforms Balance Organic and Synthetic Ambience, Bandcamp Daily, October 2017
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Live show
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Ableton
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Cyclone Analogic
TT-303 Bass BotSaid in Carbon Based Lifeforms play first ever Brighton and Hove gig, Brighton and Hove News, April 2025
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Arturia
MicroFreakSaid in Carbon Based Lifeforms play first ever Brighton and Hove gig, Brighton and Hove News, April 2025
Records that shaped us
Solar Quest
Solar Quest, Orgship
Has said they love
Solar Quest
Solar Quest, Orgship“This is the album that really got us into producing ambient music.”
Said in Under The Influence with Carbon Based Lifeforms, Echoes and Dust, July 2023
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Air
Moon SafariSaid in Under The Influence with Carbon Based Lifeforms, Echoes and Dust, July 2023
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M83
M83, Before the Dawn Heals Us
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Said in Under The Influence with Carbon Based Lifeforms, Echoes and Dust, July 2023
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Makai
Makai, Millenium
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Makai
Makai, MilleniumSaid in Under The Influence with Carbon Based Lifeforms, Echoes and Dust, July 2023
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What synth does Carbon Based Lifeforms use?
Their Stochastic credits list a Moog One, a Nord Modular G2 Engine, a Nord Micro Modular and a Teenage Engineering OP-1. They have also talked about writing on a Roland JD-800, and live they use an Arturia MicroFreak and a TT-303.
What DAW does Carbon Based Lifeforms use?
In their 2025 live setup they use Ableton Live on a MacBook, with two iPads running TouchOSC as custom controllers.
What plugins does Carbon Based Lifeforms use?
Johannes Hedberg has said the track VLA came from experimenting with the Acoustic Mirror plugin in the sample editor Sound Forge, an early impulse response reverb.
What records influenced Carbon Based Lifeforms?
They have named Solar Quest's Orgship as the album that got them into producing ambient music, plus Air's Moon Safari, M83's Before the Dawn Heals Us and Makai's Millenium.
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Carbon Based Lifeforms are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Vadestrid, the Gothenburg duo behind albums like Hydroponic Garden and Derelicts. This guide covers the synths they have named in their album credits and interviews, their live rig, and records they say shaped them.
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