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Elektron
Analog Heat“it has ended up on top of my studio monitor and I use it on just about every drum track in the past few years now.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
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Nick Murphy named an Elektron Analog Heat as one of the top three pieces of gear he was using, and said he puts it on just about every drum track. The others were a Vestax DSG-05 12-bit sampler and an Alesis Andromeda A6, which he called the greatest synth ever made. He started making music in Ableton Live.
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Vestax
DSG-05“Vestax DSG-05 12 bit sampler. it's basically a vintage sampler converter in a box.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
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Alesis
Andromeda A6“Alesis Andromeda A6. The greatest synth ever made.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
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Ableton
Live 12Said in Rolling Stone Australia: The Other Side of Chet Faker, July 2021
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Fatboy Slim
You've Come a Long Way Baby“I was a massive Jeff Buckley and Dylan fan as an early teenager, but was playing Fatboy Slim's 'You've Come A Long Way Baby' the whole time”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
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Has said they use
Elektron
Analog Heat“it has ended up on top of my studio monitor and I use it on just about every drum track in the past few years now.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
Has said they use
Vestax
DSG-05“Vestax DSG-05 12 bit sampler. it's basically a vintage sampler converter in a box.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
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Has said they use
Alesis
Andromeda A6“Alesis Andromeda A6. The greatest synth ever made.”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
Has said they use
Ableton
Live 12Said in Rolling Stone Australia: The Other Side of Chet Faker, July 2021
Records that shaped him
Has said they love
Fatboy Slim
You've Come a Long Way Baby“I was a massive Jeff Buckley and Dylan fan as an early teenager, but was playing Fatboy Slim's 'You've Come A Long Way Baby' the whole time”
Said in Synth History: Festival Series, Three Questions With Chet Faker, May 2022
Has said they love
Various Artists
The Big Chill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)“I think the most played record in our house was the Big Chill Soundtrack”
Said in Interview Magazine: Discovery, Chet Faker, March 2012
On his nightstand
Has said they love
Wassily Kandinsky
Concerning the Spiritual in Art“there's a book by Kandinsky called Concerning the Spiritual in Art which talks about the responsibility of an artist from a collective point of view.”
Said in SPIN: Chet Faker Returns Home with A Love for Strangers, February 2026
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Questions
About Chet Faker's gear.
What synth does Chet Faker use?
In 2022 he told Synth History the Alesis Andromeda A6 is one of his top three pieces of gear and called it the greatest synth ever made.
What effects does Chet Faker use on drums?
He told Synth History he bought an Elektron Analog Heat for the live show synths, but it ended up on top of his studio monitor and he has used it on just about every drum track for years. He also runs flat sounds through a Vestax DSG-05 12-bit sampler.
What DAW does Chet Faker use?
Rolling Stone Australia reported that he started on Sony's ACID Pro and asked for a new version for his 16th birthday, but his mother gave him Ableton Live instead.
What records influenced Chet Faker?
He has said The Big Chill soundtrack was the most played record in his house growing up, and that he played Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long Way Baby the whole time as a kid.
What book has inspired Chet Faker?
He told SPIN that Kandinsky's Concerning the Spiritual in Art stuck with him while he was reading about the creative process before A Love For Strangers.
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Chet Faker is the Australian singer, pianist and producer Nick Murphy, behind Built on Glass, Hotel Surrender and A Love For Strangers. This guide covers the studio gear he named to Synth History and Rolling Stone Australia, plus the records and the book he has said shaped him.
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