“In the studio, I always use a Sequential Prophet and Moog Sub 37”
What DAW does Carlita use?
Carlita uses a Sequential Prophet and a Moog Sub 37 in the studio, builds drums in Ableton Live and uses Xfer Serum heavily, per a 2024 MusicTech interview. She learned to DJ on rekordbox, and she has said she loves Philip Glass and the book The Artist's Way.
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“In the studio, I always use a Sequential Prophet and Moog Sub 37”
“I use the Sub 37 a lot for bass sounds.”
“For drums, I used some Roland products and some TR-909 sounds in Ableton Live”
“We used a Fender Rhodes for some of the keys, which is my favourite piano ever.”
DJ booth
“He first downloaded Rekordbox.”
On my nightstand
Records that shaped me
About Carlita's gear.
What DAW does Carlita use?
Carlita uses Ableton Live. In a 2024 MusicTech interview about her album Sentimental she said she used TR-909 sounds in Ableton Live for drums, and that every track starts on her computer before she takes it to the studio.
What synth does Carlita use?
Carlita uses a Sequential Prophet and a Moog Sub 37 in the studio, the Sub 37 mostly for bass. MusicTech reported that a Sequential Prophet-6 at W1 studio in London was used on her debut album Sentimental.
What plugins does Carlita use?
MusicTech reported in 2024 that Carlita used a lot of Xfer Records Serum on her debut album Sentimental, along with some Arturia software.
What DJ software does Carlita use?
Carlita learned to DJ on rekordbox. She told DJ Mag in 2023 that the Boston club owner who taught her first downloaded Rekordbox for her and gave her a small Pioneer USB she still keeps.
What book has Carlita said she loves?
Carlita named The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron in a 2022 15 Questions interview, alongside Evening Song from Philip Glass's opera Satyagraha.
Carlita is a Turkish-Italian DJ and producer, classically trained on cello, who releases on Ninja Tune's Counter Records and runs the Senza Fine party series. This guide covers the synths, software and keys she has named in interviews, plus the records and book she has pointed to.
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