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Prophet-5Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Carl Craig has said his studio holds a Sequential Prophet-5, an OB-6, a Roland Juno-106, a Pro-One, a TR-909 and a Studio Electronics CODE synth. He has said he works in Ableton Live, Logic, Pro Tools and FL Studio, mixes in Harrison Mixbus and listens on PMC and Mesanovic monitors.
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OB-6Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Pro-OneSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Prophet-600“The first synth that I bought was a Prophet-600.”
Said in Carhartt WIP: Artist Feature, Carl Craig and Planet E, October 2025
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Synths
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Sequential
Pro-OneSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
Studio Electronics
CODE synth
Has said they use
Studio Electronics
CODE synth“With the Moog cards it's like having eight Minimoogs together”
Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet-600“The first synth that I bought was a Prophet-600.”
Said in Carhartt WIP: Artist Feature, Carl Craig and Planet E, October 2025
Yamaha
DX11
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Yamaha
DX11Said in Carhartt WIP: Artist Feature, Carl Craig and Planet E, October 2025
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Drum machines and sequencers
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Korg
Electribe ESX
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Korg
Electribe ESXSaid in Vintage King: Make Your Mark With Carl Craig, February 2016
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Alesis
MMT-8 sequencer“That was another thing that was great about having an Alesis sequencer, the MMT-8”
Said in Vintage King: Make Your Mark With Carl Craig, February 2016
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DAWs
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Ableton
Live“I have FL, I have ProTools, Logic, and Ableton.”
Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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FL StudioSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
Mixing
Harrison
Mixbus
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Harrison
MixbusSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Solid State Logic
SSL Sigma summing mixer
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Solid State Logic
SSL Sigma summing mixerSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Amek
BC 10 console
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Amek
BC 10 console“I still have a small one that I use every so often. It's an Amek BC 10 or something like that.”
Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Moog
Analogue delay
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Moog
Analogue delay“I kept a couple of Moog analogue delays and a couple of Inward Connections EQs”
Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Inward Connections
EQ
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Inward Connections
EQSaid in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Monitoring
PMC
Studio monitors
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Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Mesanovic
Studio monitors
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Mesanovic
Studio monitors“They sound really good”
Said in Attack Magazine: Carl Craig and the Quality of Sound, March 2021
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Records
Columbia Records
Get Up With It (Miles Davis)
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Columbia Records
Get Up With It (Miles Davis)“I guess I would say "Get Up With It" by Miles Davis.”
Said in Carhartt WIP: Artist Feature, Carl Craig and Planet E, October 2025
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Questions
About Carl Craig's gear.
What DAW does Carl Craig use?
He told Attack Magazine in 2021 that he has FL Studio, Pro Tools, Logic and Ableton Live, and the article says he is a fan of Harrison Mixbus for mixing.
What synth does Carl Craig use?
Attack listed a Sequential Prophet-5, OB-6, Roland Juno-106, Pro-One and a Studio Electronics CODE synth in his studio. His first synth, he told Carhartt WIP, was a Prophet-600.
What drum machine does Carl Craig use?
A Roland TR-909, per Attack Magazine in 2021. In a 2016 Vintage King interview he also talked about composing from a Roland TR-8 and a Korg Electribe ESX, and about his old Alesis MMT-8 sequencer.
What studio monitors does Carl Craig use?
Attack Magazine reported in 2021 that he had two sets wired up, one by PMC and one by Mesanovic, a Detroit company. He said the Mesanovics sound really good.
What record does Carl Craig love?
Asked by Carhartt WIP in 2025 to pick a record, he named Get Up With It by Miles Davis.
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