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Yamaha
CS-80“I got it in New York a while ago now and these are behemoths, they weigh about 220 pounds”
Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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13 items · Last checked What gear does Empire of the Sun use?
Nick Littlemore has named a Yamaha CS-80, a Rhodes Chroma, Kawai 100F monosynths and an E-mu SP-1200 as core studio tools. For his solo album Luke Steele used a Black Corporation Deckard's Dream, a Roland CR-78 and a Tube-Tech CL 1B, and the band's tour kit has run Radial direct boxes.
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Rhodes
Chroma“I've got another big polysynth which is the Rhodes Chroma, which I don't use quite as much but it does have some really beautiful sounds”
Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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Kawai
Synthesizer 100FSaid in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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E-mu Systems
SP-1200Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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Avid
Pro ToolsSaid in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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Nick Littlemore's studio
Has said they use
Yamaha
CS-80“I got it in New York a while ago now and these are behemoths, they weigh about 220 pounds”
Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
Has said they use
Rhodes
Chroma“I've got another big polysynth which is the Rhodes Chroma, which I don't use quite as much but it does have some really beautiful sounds”
Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
Has said they use
Kawai
Synthesizer 100FSaid in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
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E-mu Systems
SP-1200Said in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
Has said they use
Avid
Pro ToolsSaid in Happy Mag: Adventures in sound and psychedelia with Nick Littlemore, April 2020
Luke Steele's studio
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Black Corporation
Deckard's DreamSaid in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
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Eventide
H3000Said in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
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Bricasti Design
M7Said in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
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Roland
CR-78Said in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
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Yamaha
NS-10Said in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
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FabFilter
Pro-Q 3Said in Mix: Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele Flies Solo, August 2022
Tour kit
Seen using
Radial Engineering
JDISeen in ProSoundWeb: Empire of the Sun illuminates with Radial gear on the road, December 2011
Questions
About Empire of the Sun's gear.
What synths does Nick Littlemore play?
He told Happy Mag the Yamaha CS-80 is one of his main tools, bought in New York and weighing about 220 pounds. He also has a Rhodes Chroma polysynth and a setup of Kawai 100F monosynths.
What sampler does Nick Littlemore use?
Happy Mag quotes him calling the E-mu SP-1200, which he has had for a long time, his go-to sampler.
What DAW does Nick Littlemore work in?
He told Happy Mag he works in Ableton for ideas and in Pro Tools for the hours of editing and tracking, and that he loves both systems.
What gear did Luke Steele use for his solo album?
Mix lists a Black Corporation Deckard's Dream, a Roland CR-78, a Telefunken ELA M 251E mic into a Neve 1073 and a Tube-Tech CL 1B, Eventide H3000 and Bricasti M7 effects, Yamaha NS-10 monitors and Pro Tools.
What gear does Empire of the Sun tour with?
ProSoundWeb reports the band's manager running Radial JDI and J48 direct boxes, a JS-3 splitter, a Tonebone Classic Tube Overdrive on vocals and an SW8 auto-switcher on the world tour.
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Empire of the Sun are the Australian duo of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. This guide covers the synths, samplers and studio gear Littlemore and Steele have named in Happy Mag and Mix, plus the Radial boxes in the band's tour rig.
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