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Native Instruments
Massive“Massive is the go-to but also Albino,predator, gladiator, I have a Virus TI2 now which is badass”
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Excision has said Native Instruments Massive is his go-to synth, alongside Tone2 Gladiator, Rob Papen Predator and an Access Virus TI2, with Audio Ease Altiverb in the studio. On stage he has described Serato Video bridged to Ableton Live, through a PK Sound Trinity rig.
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Access Music
Virus TI204
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Audio Ease
Altiverb“Altiverb is killer tho def using that in teh studio”
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Ableton
Live“We bridged Ableton to Serato and hacked a bunch of things in order to get the time code sent out to the lighting desk and trigger all the cues.”
Said in McClainJohnson.com: Interview, Excision, March 2016
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Studio: synths and plugins
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Massive“Massive is the go-to but also Albino,predator, gladiator, I have a Virus TI2 now which is badass”
Has said they use
Rob Papen
Predator
Has said they use
Has said they use
Access Music
Virus TI2Has said they use
Audio Ease
Altiverb“Altiverb is killer tho def using that in teh studio”
DJ and show setup
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“We bridged Ableton to Serato and hacked a bunch of things in order to get the time code sent out to the lighting desk and trigger all the cues.”
Said in McClainJohnson.com: Interview, Excision, March 2016
Has said they use
Serato
Serato Video“We use Serato music videos for 70 songs; usually I get through 55 in a set.”
Said in McClainJohnson.com: Interview, Excision, March 2016
Live sound
SponsoredHas said they use
PK Sound
Trinity line array“After they developed their Trinity Line Array in 2015, it was a no brainer to continue working with them”
Said in TPi: Excision's Partnership with PK Sound Reaches New Peak at 2019 Apex Tour, June 2019
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Slipknot
Iowa“slipknot - iowa”
Has said they love
The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land“The first electronic music I heard that stood out to me was the Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land.”
Said in McClainJohnson.com: Interview, Excision, March 2016
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Vex'd
Degenerate“It wasn't until 2005 that I discovered drum 'n' bass and the Vex'd album "Degenerate,”
Said in McClainJohnson.com: Interview, Excision, March 2016
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What synths does Excision use?
In his 2013 Reddit AMA he said Massive is the go-to, also naming Albino, Predator and Gladiator, and said he had just got an Access Virus TI2. He added that everything by Native Instruments is killer.
What plugins does Excision use for mixing?
In the same AMA he said he loves FabFilter for EQ and compression, and that Audio Ease Altiverb is killer and he was using it in the studio, though convolution reverb is too heavy for producing on a laptop on planes.
What does Excision DJ with?
He has described a Serato and Ableton setup: Serato music videos for about 70 songs, with Ableton bridged to Serato so time code could trigger the lighting cues while he kept a real DJ set.
What sound system does Excision tour with?
PK Sound, since his first US tour in 2011. TPi reported a 225,000 watt rig on the 2019 Apex tour built on PK Sound's Trinity line array, which Excision said translates what he creates in the studio.
What music inspired Excision?
He has named The Prodigy's The Fat of the Land as the first electronic music that stood out to him and Vex'd's Degenerate as the album that showed him what dubstep could do. In 2013 he called Slipknot's Iowa his favorite album.
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Excision is Jeff Abel, the Kelowna bass music producer and DJ behind X Rated, Apex and the Lost Lands festival. This guide covers the synths and plugins he named in his Reddit AMA, the Serato and Ableton show setup he has described, the PK Sound rig he tours with, and the records he says changed his music.
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