Top 5Has said they use
Akai Professional
S950“With just these two devices and a mixer, you could produce a song.”
Said in heise online: How Fatboy Slim produced hits on the Atari ST, January 2026
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20 items · Last checked What DAW does Fatboy Slim use?
Fatboy Slim made his biggest records on an Atari 520 ST running C-Lab Creator with Akai S950 samplers, and he still uses the Atari setup. He moved to a MacBook Pro and Ableton Live around 2012, has said everybody needs a real Roland TB-303, and DJs on Pioneer CDJs after years on Serato control vinyl.
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Akai Professional
S900Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Ableton
Live“Ableton is a fantastic piece of kit.”
Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Apple
MacBook ProSaid in heise online: How Fatboy Slim produced hits on the Atari ST, January 2026
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Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“Everybody needs a 303. Though people might not know it, what they need is a real 303, not a clone”
Said in MusicTech: Fatboy Slim says modern gear has too many options, October 2022
What studio gear Fatboy Slim uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Atari
520 ST
Uses
Atari
520 ST“I've been making music on the Atari for over 20 years.”
Said in heise online: How Fatboy Slim produced hits on the Atari ST, January 2026
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C-Lab
Creator
Has said they use
C-Lab
Creator“By today's standards it is very rudimentary but it did everything you could do”
Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Has said they use
Akai Professional
S950“With just these two devices and a mixer, you could produce a song.”
Said in heise online: How Fatboy Slim produced hits on the Atari ST, January 2026
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S900Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Ableton is a fantastic piece of kit.”
Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
Has said they use
Apple
MacBook ProSaid in heise online: How Fatboy Slim produced hits on the Atari ST, January 2026
Has said they use
Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“Everybody needs a 303. Though people might not know it, what they need is a real 303, not a clone”
Said in MusicTech: Fatboy Slim says modern gear has too many options, October 2022
Seen using
Has said they use
Roland
TR-626
Has said they use
Roland
TR-626Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Has said they use
Roland
JX-3PSaid in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
Roland
MC-500 sequencer
Has said they use
Roland
MC-500 sequencerSaid in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Roland
S-10 sampler
Has said they use
Roland
S-10 samplerSaid in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Fostex
E16 16-track tape recorder
Has said they use
Said in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Seen using
Roland
Space EchoSeen in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
Eventide
Harmonizer
Seen using
Eventide
HarmonizerSeen in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Seen using
Nord
Nord Lead RackSeen in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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Keyfax
PhatBoy MIDI controller
Seen using
Keyfax
PhatBoy MIDI controllerSeen in MusicRadar: Fatboy Slim's career in gear, from tape to Atari to Ableton, September 2023
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DJ booth
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ players“I could finally dance up and down in the booth without the decks jumping. Major game changer.”
Said in gearnews: Fatboy Slim on CDJs, July 2024
Serato
Serato with control vinyl
Has said they use
“I was using Serato with control vinyl for ages because my whole life I had learned to mix on decks”
Said in gearnews: Fatboy Slim on CDJs, July 2024
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Questions
About Fatboy Slim's gear.
What DAW does Fatboy Slim use?
For decades he sequenced on an Atari 520 ST running C-Lab Creator, the software that became Logic. Around 2012 he moved to Ableton Live on a MacBook Pro, which he has called a fantastic piece of kit, and he still returns to the Atari.
What sampler does Fatboy Slim use?
The Akai S950. He has said the Atari and the S950 with a mixer were enough to make You've Come A Long Way, Baby. He also used an Akai S900 and a Roland S-10 earlier on.
What synth does Fatboy Slim use?
The Roland TB-303, which he has said everybody needs as a real unit rather than a clone. His studio has also held a Roland JX-3P, a Nord Lead rack and an Eventide Harmonizer.
What drum machine does Fatboy Slim use?
His studios have included the Roland TR-909, TR-808 and TR-626.
What DJ gear does Fatboy Slim use?
Pioneer CDJs. He has said he DJed with Serato and control vinyl for years before switching, and that CDJs let him dance in the booth without the decks jumping.
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Fatboy Slim is the Brighton DJ and producer Norman Cook, the big beat pioneer behind The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You and Right Here, Right Now. This guide covers the Atari and Akai setup he built his hits on, his Roland machines, the move to Ableton, and his DJ booth.
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