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Reason Studios
Reason“I love this program. I come from a straight analogue background”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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DJ Pierre has said he works in Reason and Ableton Live with an Ableton Push and Novation Launchkey 49, a Roland TB-3, TR-8 and System-1, a Tascam DM-3200 mixer, an Apogee Quartet and ADAM A7X monitors. Acid Tracks was built on a Roland TB-303 with a TR-707 and TR-727.
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A7XSaid in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Roland
TB-3“Lately the TB-3 has become my most enjoyable piece of gear to play with in the studio.”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Studio
Has said they use
Reason Studios
Reason“I love this program. I come from a straight analogue background”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
Has said they use
Ableton
Push controller
Has said they use
Ableton
Push controllerSaid in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
Novation
Launchkey 49 (controlling Reason)
Has said they use
“With the Novation Launchkey 49 I'm able to control every function in Reason with the controller.”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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TASCAM
DM-3200 digital mixer
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TASCAM
DM-3200 digital mixer“I've always been a Tascam man from the moment I bought the 2524 back in my Wild Pitch days.”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
Has said they use
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ADAM Audio
A7XSaid in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
Event
20/20 studio monitors
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Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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KRK
12s subwoofer
Has said they use
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Synths and drum machines
Has said they use
Roland
TB-3“Lately the TB-3 has become my most enjoyable piece of gear to play with in the studio.”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Roland
System-1 (for his Juno-106 Wild Pitch bass patch)
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Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Korg
microKORG“you can't beat the vocoder for some quick and simple live vocoding!”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
DJ booth
Native Instruments
Traktor with Kontrol F1
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Traktor with Kontrol F1Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
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Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
RMX-1000“This lil wonder box has all the effects you need in the DJ booth; anything more is too much.”
Said in DJ Pierre: My Studio (Attack Magazine), March 2015
Classic Phuture and Wild Pitch gear
Roland
TB-303 Bass Line (the Acid Tracks synth)
Has said they use
“For me, it was all about the texture.”
Said in Artists give their take on the TB-303 (MusicTech), March 2024
Roland
TR-707 and TR-727 drum machines
Has said they use
Said in Lifetime Achievement: DJ Pierre and Phuture (Roland), March 2022
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Roland
TR-808 (shared around early Chicago house producers)
Has said they use
“It was like a community”
Said in Lifetime Achievement: DJ Pierre and Phuture (Roland), March 2022
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Roland
Juno-106 (his Wild Pitch bassline)
Has said they use
“That was the keyboard for me. I had to have that 106 bassline.”
Said in Lifetime Achievement: DJ Pierre and Phuture (Roland), March 2022
Questions
About DJ Pierre's gear.
What DAW does DJ Pierre use?
He has said he works in Propellerhead Reason, controlled by a Novation Launchkey 49, and in Ableton Live run from an Ableton Push, per Attack Magazine in 2015.
What synth does DJ Pierre use?
He has said the Roland TB-3 became his most enjoyable studio piece, alongside a Roland System-1 and a Korg microKORG. Acid Tracks came from a Roland TB-303, and his Wild Pitch basslines from a Juno-106.
What drum machine does DJ Pierre use?
He has said a Roland TR-8 is the foundation of his studio. Phuture's Acid Tracks beat used a Roland TR-707 and TR-727, per Roland in 2022.
What studio monitors does DJ Pierre use?
ADAM A7X and Event 20/20 monitors with a KRK 12s subwoofer, per his 2015 Attack Magazine studio tour.
What audio interface does DJ Pierre use?
An Apogee Quartet, feeding a Tascam DM-3200 digital mixer, per Attack Magazine in 2015.
What DJ gear does DJ Pierre use?
He has said he DJs with Traktor with a Native Instruments Kontrol F1 and a Pioneer RMX-1000 effects unit.
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DJ Pierre is the Chicago producer and DJ whose work in Phuture on Acid Tracks launched acid house. This guide covers his studio from Attack Magazine's 2015 My Studio feature plus the Roland machines behind Phuture and his Wild Pitch records.
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