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Apple
Logic Pro“So, that's why I still use Logic today because it's just what we started out with first.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Disclosure have said they make tracks in Logic Pro, with a Roland TR-8S, Juno-106, Novation Peak, Roland Boutique synths and u-he Diva, an SSL SiX and Fusion, and UAD plugins. They mix on Neumann KH 310 monitors. Live, they ran Ableton Live and MainStage with a Roland Gaia, an SPD-SX and a Fender Jazz bass.
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Universal Audio
Apollo audio interface“It'd just be me and Howard rolling around to different studios with my Apollo.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Roland
TR-8S“I've got it plugged in with the USB, which is super useful cause it sends all the stems into Logic.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Native Instruments
Battery“I pretty much switched from Ultrabeat to Battery.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Top 5Has said they use
Roland
SH-01A“I think it's a great copy of the real thing and the fact that it has sliders rather than knobs, even though it's smaller, it's not difficult to use.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“So, that's why I still use Logic today because it's just what we started out with first.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8S“I've got it plugged in with the USB, which is super useful cause it sends all the stems into Logic.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Battery“I pretty much switched from Ultrabeat to Battery.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Roland
SH-01A“I think it's a great copy of the real thing and the fact that it has sliders rather than knobs, even though it's smaller, it's not difficult to use.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Roland
TB-03“the TB-03's knobs are spread out quite nicely”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Roland
D-05“The D-05 you don't have to worry about that, 'cause it's all just presets”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
Juno-106“That's been on tour with us. I think, to be honest, it's on, like, permanent loan.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Moog
Little Phatty“there's a Moog Little Phatty at my house”
Said in Disclosure talk studios, plugins and live techno jams (MusicRadar), December 2015
Has said they use
u-he
Diva“For this album, the one we used a lot was Diva by u-he; I love it.”
Said in Disclosure talk studios, plugins and live techno jams (MusicRadar), December 2015
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
SiX“It's got very, very clean preamps on it and a decent bit of EQ.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Neumann
KH 310“I'll make tunes on the Neumanns always 'cause it's the most full sound”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Yamaha
NS-10“They sound like crap but they're so useful, low volume, for getting the vocals and the synths all in the right place.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Avantone Pro
Active MixCube“The Avantones are even more boxy, but good for focusing in on the vocals and the synths.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Has said they use
Universal Audio
API 2500 plugin“I really like the API 2500 compressor. I use that almost every time on the drum bus.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
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Has said they use
Universal Audio
Studer A800 plugin“With the Studer, you turn up the input, close your eyes and when you hear it doing what you want to do, like squelchy hi-hats, you're in a good place.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Sonnox Oxford Inflator“It's one fader and it just does all the magic for you.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Capitol Chambers“The plug-in compares pretty damn well, I've got to say.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
FabFilter
Saturn“If I'm going for a more subtle saturation thing, I'll probably use the FabFilter Saturn.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Softube
Drawmer S73“Softube do a good one, their [Drawmer] S73 mastering compressor”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Apple
Ultrabeat
Has said they use
Has said they use
Korg
Polysix“We had a lot of Korg stuff, like the Polysix and the Mono/Poly.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Disclosure, November 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8“I had the TR-8 for ages but the TR-8S is a little better”
Said in Sound On Sound: Disclosure, November 2020
Neumann
KH 750 DSP subwoofer
Has said they use
Neumann
KH 750 DSP subwooferSaid in Sound On Sound: Disclosure, November 2020
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Has said they use
SSL
Fusion“I love it having Fusion set up as an insert and being able to activate it on the SiX whenever I need it”
Recording
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Apollo audio interface“It'd just be me and Howard rolling around to different studios with my Apollo.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Shure
SM58“That is a [Shure] SM58 going through a real Distressor and then through the UAD Distressor on nuke.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Has said they use
Empirical Labs
Distressor“That is a [Shure] SM58 going through a real Distressor and then through the UAD Distressor on nuke.”
Said in Disclosure (Sound On Sound), November 2020
Universal Audio
Distressor plugin
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Distressor pluginSaid in Sound On Sound: Disclosure, November 2020
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Seen using
Stage
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Ableton running the parts we can't play”
Said in XLR8R: Five Minutes at Moogfest with Disclosure, October 2012
Seen using
Apple
MainStageSeen in Audio Media International: Dissecting Disclosure's live set-up, July 2015
RME
MADIface XT
Seen using
RME
MADIface XTSeen in Audio Media International: Dissecting Disclosure's live set-up, July 2015
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Seen using
RME
Fireface UCSeen in Audio Media International: Dissecting Disclosure's live set-up, July 2015
Roland
Gaia
Seen using
Roland
GaiaSeen in EDMTunes: The Disclosure Guys Give Fans A Tour Of Their Live Set-Up, April 2016
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Seen using
Seen using
Questions
About Disclosure's gear.
What DAW does Disclosure use?
Disclosure have said they have used Logic since a college music tech course, made the early records with Logic's stock plugins, and still record singers into their own Logic setup with a laptop and a Universal Audio Apollo.
What synths does Disclosure use?
Disclosure have said they use a Roland Juno-106 on long-term loan from their godfather, a Novation Peak, an Alesis Andromeda A6, Roland Boutique SH-01A, TB-03, D-05 and SE-02 modules, a Moog Little Phatty, and the u-he Diva plugin for Juno-style sounds.
What plugins does Disclosure use?
Disclosure have said they use UAD's API 2500, Studer A800, Sonnox Oxford Inflator and Capitol Chambers, FabFilter Saturn, the Softube Drawmer S73 and Native Instruments Battery, plus u-he Diva for synths.
What studio monitors does Disclosure use?
Guy Lawrence has said they write on Neumann KH 310 monitors with a KH 750 sub, then check mixes on Avantone Active MixCubes and Yamaha NS10s. Settle was mixed on Cerwin-Vega hi-fi speakers and small Tannoys.
What microphone does Disclosure use?
Guy Lawrence has said they record singers on a Neumann U87 at home and ask for a Neumann M49 in other studios, and used a Shure SM58 through a Distressor for slowthai's vocal on My High.
What hardware does Disclosure use live?
Guy said in 2012 that Ableton ran the parts they could not play. A 2015 Audio Media report had Howard on MainStage and Guy on Ableton Live via RME MADIface XT interfaces, and 2016 coverage showed Howard with a Roland Gaia and a Fender Jazz bass, plus a Roland SPD-SX in the rig.
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Disclosure are brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, the UK duo behind Latch, White Noise, You & Me and the albums Settle, Caracal, Energy and Alchemy. This guide covers the DAW, synths, drum machines, monitors, mics and plugins they have named in interviews, from the Settle years to now, plus the live rig shown on tour.
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