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Apple
Logic Pro“especially Logic, which is my main platform.”
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Chicane's Nick Bracegirdle has said Logic is the main platform in the studio now, with Valhalla Shimmer and VintageVerb, Roland plugins and Arturia's ARP 2600 V. Earlier setups ran Sylenth1, Trilian, a MOTU 828, and Cubase VST with Nord Leads, Roland SH-101s and Roland samplers.
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Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Shimmer“Shimmer and VintageVerb is on everything I do”
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Valhalla DSP
ValhallaVintageVerb“yes, it really is that good!”
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Arturia
ARP 2600 V“My God, that Arturia ARP is… well, it’s damn close to the real thing”
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Roland
Roland Cloud“I’ve also been sucked into the world of the Roland plugins.”
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Studio now
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“especially Logic, which is my main platform.”
Has said they use
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla Shimmer“Shimmer and VintageVerb is on everything I do”
Has said they use
Valhalla DSP
ValhallaVintageVerb“yes, it really is that good!”
Has said they use
Arturia
ARP 2600 V“My God, that Arturia ARP is… well, it’s damn close to the real thing”
Has said they use
Roland
Roland Cloud“I’ve also been sucked into the world of the Roland plugins.”
Studio (2014)
Has said they use
LennarDigital
Sylenth1“Yes, I also use Sylenth1 and Trilian”
Said in Chicane on switching to software and the state of trance (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2014
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Has said they use
Spectrasonics
Trilian“Yes, I also use Sylenth1 and Trilian”
Apple
Mac Pro (eight-core)
Has said they use
Apple
Mac Pro (eight-core)“The brains are provided by an eight-core Mac Pro”
Said in Chicane on switching to software and the state of trance (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2014
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MOTU
828“going through a MOTU 828”
Said in Chicane on switching to software and the state of trance (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2014
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Has said they use
Focusrite
VoiceMaster“with a bit of help from a Focusrite VoiceMaster for vocals”
Said in Chicane on switching to software and the state of trance (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2014
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Has said they use
Samplers
Has said they use
Roland
S-750“the S750 sampler, which is still plumbed into the studio!”
Said in Chicane: "There were times when I came very close to smashing the sh*t out of the studio in frustration" (MusicRadar / Computer Music), August 2022
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Synths
Has said they use
Roland
SH-101“I put some trancy rounded bass with that from my SH101.”
Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
Has said they use
Kenton Electronics
MIDI-to-CV converter
Has said they use
Kenton Electronics
MIDI-to-CV converterSaid in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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First gear
Has said they use
Casio
MT-65“Ever since I got my first bits of kit - a Casio MT-65, an SH-101 and a Dr. Rhythm”
Said in Chicane on switching to software and the state of trance (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2014
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Has said they use
BOSS
BX-16 mixer“I did my first Top 40 record on a Boss BX16 mixer!”
Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Studio (Behind The Sun era)
Steinberg
Cubase VST
Has said they use
Steinberg
Cubase VST“Everything that I put into Cubase generally goes in from the keyboard.”
Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
Steinberg
Orange Vocoder
Has said they use
Steinberg
Orange Vocoder“It sent my whole computer mental!”
Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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BIAS
Peak
Has said they use
BIAS
PeakSaid in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Apple
Power Mac G3
Has said they use
Apple
Power Mac G3Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Has said they use
Digidesign
Pro Tools 888 interfaceSaid in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Soundcraft
Spirit Studio mixerSaid in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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SPL
Vitalizer“That can create a nice cinematic effect”
Said in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Has said they use
Line 6
PODSaid in Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's 'Don't Give Up' (Sound On Sound), May 2000
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Tangerine Dream
Risky Business (soundtrack)“I have a special place in my heart for TANGERINE DREAM’s work on ‘Risky Business’”
Said in CHICANE Interview (The Electricity Club), May 2014
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Has said they love
Don Henley
The Boys of Summer“‘Offshore’ was actually more inspired by Don Henley’s ‘Boys of Summer’.”
Said in CHICANE Interview (The Electricity Club), May 2014
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Questions
About Chicane's gear.
What DAW does Chicane use?
Nick Bracegirdle told Computer Music in 2022 that Logic is his main platform. Around 2000 he made the Behind The Sun album in Steinberg Cubase VST on a Mac G3, and he started out on Cubase on the Atari.
What plugins does Chicane use?
Chicane has named Valhalla Shimmer and VintageVerb ("on everything I do"), Roland plugins and Arturia's ARP 2600 V, and in 2014 also Sylenth1 and Spectrasonics Trilian.
What synth does Chicane use?
On Don't Give Up the main sound sources were Clavia Nord Leads and two Roland SH-101s. Today Nick Bracegirdle has said he works with software versions, praising the Arturia ARP 2600 V.
What sampler does Chicane use?
Around 2000 Chicane's studio ran Roland samplers: an S-750, two S-760s and an SP-700. In 2022 Nick Bracegirdle said the S-750 is still plumbed into the studio.
What audio interface does Chicane use?
In 2014 Nick Bracegirdle said his eight-core Mac Pro ran through a MOTU 828, with a Focusrite VoiceMaster for vocals and a Mackie Big Knob.
What records inspired Chicane?
Nick Bracegirdle has said Offshore was inspired by Don Henley's The Boys of Summer, and that he has a special place in his heart for Tangerine Dream's Risky Business soundtrack.
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Chicane is the Balearic trance project of English producer Nick Bracegirdle, behind Offshore, Saltwater and Don't Give Up. This guide covers the DAWs, plugins, synths and samplers he has named from the late 1990s to his current in-the-box studio, plus records that shaped him.
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