What DAW does Chromeo use?

“We use Cubase and only a handful of plug-ins, which we sometimes get rid of to send our mixer pure, unprocessed stems.”

“For vocals we do ProTools, always have.”

“I just want vocals that have this unpretentious quality to them.”

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“There’s no latency. It does MIDI very well.”

“Our secret weapon on the first album was the cheesiest keyboard of them all”

“It had three sounds, but it was analog and I could do the portamento G Funk sound on it”

“It’s a little magic trick on the machine.”

“We start all our demos with a beat from this.”

“As soon as you use it you hear all of those classic Prince records.”

“We used this on our Eagles cover and on the track J’ai Claque La Porte”

“It’s very ’90s - new jack swing. Almost.”

“It’s the most versatile, the chorus sounds incredible, it’s straightforward, has great pads, great bass sounds”

“it’s like a Prophet 5 with added stability and width.”

“Lastly, I would go for the Roland Jupiter-8. The monster poly-synth.”

“Used properly it’s the warmest and most comforting synth to play with.”

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“I would start with Korg Mono/Poly, probably the most underrated and most versatile synth ever made.”

“It’s our go-to whenever we need a bassline to feel modern.”

“No one in 1981 ever made funk music with this”

“I might want it from the Memorymoog and not from the Prophet-5.”

“Probably my Moog Prodigy. It just sounds great.”

“This is one of my first synths and we still use it heavily.”

“This is serial number 9, which is important”

“This is the bass sound on Don’t Turn The Lights On and on Hot Mess as well”

“This is the big brother of all the Sequential Circuits synths in the studio”

“This is ‘the Prince synth’ with such a massive sound”

“It’s our Michael McDonald and Hall & Oates special!”

“Having the talk box on there was really important because it’s one of the Chromeo trademarks.”

“That old-ass piece of gear made our vocals come to life in a way they never had up until then.”

“Wayfarers (above) are all I ever wear and have always worn.”

“That old Balmain blazer, I bought it in 2010.”

“You saw my boots are busted.”

“I haven't worn sneakers since 2000.”

“I'm wearing man heels or Repettos.”

“I never, ever wash my jeans.”

“I travel a lot, and I'm a carryon kind of guy because I like to travel with my essentials.”

“You can put everything in that duffel.”

“I use Kiehl's Creative Cream Wax”

“Fiji water. Fiji all the time.”

“He's like the Eames of Brazil.”

“Systems give you a sense of control.”

“When I was a teenager and Check Your Head came out, that was life changing.”

“we used to listen to that non stop.”

“The first Jamiroquai album too, that was crucial.”

“It was my first musical awakening.”

“Not only does he show his setup, but it’s listed in the credits.”

“There were a couple of records like Discovery by Daft Punk and the Darkdancer album by Stuart Price”