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Ableton
Live“Ableton has been my sole DAW since version 4.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Chymera has said Ableton Live has been his sole DAW since version 4. He builds tracks on a Moog Minitaur for bass, a Vermona Mono Lancet, DSI Tetra, Nord Rack 2, Oberheim Matrix-1000 and Roland Juno-106 and JP-08, records through a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, and leans on TAL and Valhalla plugins, monitoring on Alesis Monitor One MKIIs and Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones.
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Ableton
Push 2“It's dead handy for throwing stuff down really quickly.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Moog
Minitaur“it's made the bassline in pretty much every track since.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Sequential
Tetra“when I do, it really makes a difference.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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What synths Chymera uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Ableton has been my sole DAW since version 4.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Ableton
Push 2“It's dead handy for throwing stuff down really quickly.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Has said they use
Moog
Minitaur“it's made the bassline in pretty much every track since.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Sequential
Tetra“when I do, it really makes a difference.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Vermona
Mono Lancet
Has said they use
Vermona
Mono Lancet“finds its way onto virtually every track that I make.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
Juno-106“I use it mainly for pads and long textural sections.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Oberheim
Matrix-1000“This machine has been my go-to pad merchant since the early days”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Focusrite
Saffire Pro 40“I love being able to route all my hardware straight into their own channels in Ableton.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Behringer
Ultragain
Has said they use
Behringer
UltragainSaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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ESI
M8UXL
Has said they use
ESI
M8UXL“The ESI M8UXL is my main MIDI interface.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Has said they use
Nord
Nord Rack 2“It's my go-to polysynth.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Akai Professional
LPK25
Has said they use
Akai Professional
LPK25Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Has said they use
TAL Software
TAL-BassLine-101Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
TAL Software
TAL-U-NO-LX“After the TAL UNO LX it's my favourite software polysynth.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Has said they use
Valhalla DSP
VintageVerb“these are my go-to reverbs in almost every track.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Valhalla DSP
Shimmer
Has said they use
Valhalla DSP
ShimmerSaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Has said they use
Native Instruments
Monark“The NI Monark is a clone and a damn good one I must say”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Korg
Polysix plugin
Has said they use
Korg
Polysix plugin“I've been using the Korg Polysix plugin for years and years.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Alesis
Monitor One MKII
Has said they use
Alesis
Monitor One MKII“I've used these monitors since 2003.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
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Has said they use
Audio-Technica
ATH-M50“I use these every single day.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Chymera, March 2016
Questions
About Chymera's gear.
What DAW does Chymera use?
Ableton Live, his sole DAW since version 4, with an Ableton Push 2.
What bass synth does Chymera use?
A Moog Minitaur, which he has said has made the bassline on pretty much every track since 2012.
What synths does Chymera use?
A Vermona Mono Lancet, DSI Tetra and Mopho, Nord Rack 2, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Roland Juno-106 and JP-08, and an Access Virus for his early tracks.
What plugins does Chymera use?
TAL-BassLine-101 and TAL-U-NO-LX, Valhalla VintageVerb and Shimmer, NI Monark and the Korg Polysix plugin.
What headphones does Chymera use?
Audio-Technica ATH-M50, which he has said he relies on every day.
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Chymera is the alias of Irish producer Brendan Gregoriy, a Berlin-based techno and house artist who also records ambient music as Merrin Karras. This guide covers the synths, interfaces, plugins, monitors and headphones in his living-room studio.
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