“I call it the Sven Väth synth because it sounds like a record played by Sven when jamming around with the presets.”
What DAW does Christian Burkhardt use?
Christian Burkhardt has said he works with Tannoy DMT15 and Yamaha NS10 monitors, an Alesis Andromeda, a Jomox Xbase 888, a Future Retro 777, an MFB Tanzbär, a Roland Juno-106 and a Make Noise modular rig, with Ableton Live and an SSL X-Desk, Manley Vari-Mu and Dangerous BAX EQ on the mix bus.
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Monitoring
“They sound really detailed and open, but they can also blow the roof off!”
Synths and drum machines
“I call it the Sven Väth synth because it sounds like a record played by Sven when jamming around with the presets.”
“You can hear it in nearly every Burkhardt track!”
“My oldest synth. It delivers classic house chords or Captain Future space atmos.”
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What DAW does Christian Burkhardt use?
He has said he records his outboard into the computer and edits and rearranges it in Ableton Live, and triggers his modular from Ableton too.
What synth does Christian Burkhardt use?
He has named an Alesis Andromeda, a Future Retro 777 for basslines and a Roland Juno-106, his oldest synth, plus a modular system with Cwejman, Vermona and Make Noise modules.
What studio monitors does Christian Burkhardt use?
He has said he monitors on Tannoy DMT15s powered by a Bryston amp with an ADAM 12-inch sub, checks midrange on Yamaha NS10s, and his site lists Amphion One18 monitors.
What drum machine does Christian Burkhardt use?
He has said a Jomox Xbase 888 is in nearly every one of his tracks, alongside an MFB Tanzbär that he sequences with his modular system.
Christian Burkhardt is a German house and techno producer and DJ with releases on Cocoon and his own CB Sessions label. This guide covers the studio he showed Attack Magazine and the mix and mastering chain listed on his own site.
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