Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
Live“And so I got that and I just dragged it into Ableton.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
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Four Tet has said they work in Ableton Live on a laptop, with Omnisphere as the main synth plugin, Kontakt for harp and FabFilter Pro-L 2 and an Ozone Maximizer on the master. Drum loops came from an Arturia DrumBrute and Roland TR-8, and they travel with Sennheiser HD 25s.
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Spectrasonics
Omnisphere“Omnisphere, which is the synth, main synth plugin I use for absolutely everything.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
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Native Instruments
Kontakt“So the harp’s done with Kontakt, which has got all these like orchestral sounds.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
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Arturia
DrumBrute“it’s like a TR-8, Roland TR-8 and a drum brute, like two drum machines that have hooked together.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
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What studio gear Four Tet uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“And so I got that and I just dragged it into Ableton.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
Has said they use
Spectrasonics
Omnisphere“Omnisphere, which is the synth, main synth plugin I use for absolutely everything.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Kontakt“So the harp’s done with Kontakt, which has got all these like orchestral sounds.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
Has said they use
Arturia
DrumBrute“it’s like a TR-8, Roland TR-8 and a drum brute, like two drum machines that have hooked together.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
Has said they use
Has said they use
Digital Suburban
DexedSaid in New Energy | Four Tet (Bandcamp release notes), September 2017
Has said they use
Arturia
V CollectionSaid in New Energy | Four Tet (Bandcamp release notes), September 2017
Dynaudio
Dynaudio studio monitors
Has said they use
Dynaudio
Dynaudio studio monitors“sound fantastic for listening to a techno track”
Said in Four Tet / Kieran Hebden (Sound On Sound), August 2021
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Seen using
“I’m recording a bunch of stuff on the four track and putting it into the computer and making loops out of it”
Seen in Four Tet / Kieran Hebden (Sound On Sound), August 2021
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Has said they use
Said in Four Tet / Kieran Hebden (Sound On Sound), August 2021
Mackie
Mackie studio monitors
Seen using
Mackie
Mackie studio monitorsSeen in Four Tet on X: This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used, October 2017
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Seen using
Prism Sound
LyraSeen in Four Tet on X: This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used, October 2017
Has said they use
Yamaha
Tenori-OnSeen in Four Tet on the Yamaha Tenori-On (MusicRadar), May 2010
Has said they use
Seen using
Apple
MacBook ProSeen in Four Tet on X: This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used, October 2017
Has said they use
FabFilter
Pro-L 2“This has just got like the FabFilter Pro-L2 and it's got a Ozone Maximizer”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:140 Four Tet, July 2024
Has said they use
iZotope
Ozone“This has just got like the FabFilter Pro-L2 and it's got a Ozone Maximizer”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:140 Four Tet, July 2024
Has said they use
Soundtoys
MicroShift“I've used this plugin called Microshift on it, which makes things sound more three dimensional.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:140 Four Tet, July 2024
On the road
Has said they use
Sennheiser
HD 25“When I’m traveling around, I just have my DJ headphones with the HD25s with me”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
DJ booth
Seen using
PLAYdifferently
Model 1Seen in How I PLAY: Four Tet's MODEL 1 LIVE DJ Set-Up, March 2020
Stage
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM-800“I've got a Pioneer DJM-800 mixer and two laptops, one running Ableton Live.”
Said in Classic interview: Four Tet (MusicRadar), February 2022
Has said they use
Said in Classic interview: Four Tet (MusicRadar), February 2022
Has said they use
Red Sound
Cycloops loop samplerSaid in Classic interview: Four Tet (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM-600“I've got a Pioneer DJM600 DJ mixer, which has got a sampler on it as well”
Said in Four Tet (Sound On Sound), July 2003
Red Sound
SoundBITE Auto-Loop Module
Seen using
Red Sound
SoundBITE Auto-Loop ModuleSeen in Spin: Watch Four Tet Unlock the Secrets to Building a Better Live Show, May 2013
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Early studio
Has said they use
AudioMulch
AudioMulch“Audiomulch is so quick.”
Said in Four Tet (Sound On Sound), July 2003
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Has said they use
Syntrillium Software
Cool Edit Pro“I use Cool Edit for all my sample editing.”
Said in Four Tet (Sound On Sound), July 2003
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Waves
C1 Compressor“I use the TC Native EQ and the Waves C1 compressor quite a lot”
Said in Four Tet (Sound On Sound), July 2003
TC Electronic
Native EQ
Has said they use
Has said they use
Creative
Sound Blaster Live soundcard“I've got a Soundblaster Live soundcard in the PC”
Said in Four Tet (Sound On Sound), July 2003
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Island Records
Pink Moon by Nick Drake“I want to hear Nick Drake, Pink Moon in the greatest possible sound that has ever existed.”
Said in TN:140 Four Tet - Tape Notes, July 2024
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Questions
About Four Tet's gear.
What DAW does Four Tet use?
Four Tet has said they use Ableton Live, writing on a laptop and dragging samples straight in (Tape Notes, 2024). Early records were built in AudioMulch, Cool Edit Pro and Cakewalk Pro Audio, and they have said one project was finished in Pro Tools.
What plugins does Four Tet use?
Four Tet has said Spectrasonics Omnisphere is the main synth plugin, with Native Instruments Kontakt for harp, Soundtoys MicroShift for width, and FabFilter Pro-L 2 and an iZotope Ozone Maximizer on the master (Tape Notes, 2024). The New Energy notes also list Dexed and Arturia V Collection.
What is in Four Tet's studio?
Four Tet has said the studio room has Dynaudio speakers, a TASCAM Portastudio 246 and a Boss DS-2 (Sound On Sound, 2021). A 2017 photo of the New Energy setup shows a MacBook Pro, Mackie monitors and a Prism Sound Lyra interface, and they say most mixing now happens on laptop speakers.
What drum machines does Four Tet use?
Four Tet has said drum loops on the album Three came from an Arturia DrumBrute and a Roland TR-8 hooked together, recorded and then used as loops on the computer.
What headphones does Four Tet use?
Four Tet has said they carry Sennheiser HD 25 DJ headphones when traveling (Tape Notes, 2024).
What does Four Tet use live?
In 2013 Four Tet was seen playing live from Ableton Live with a Red Sound SoundBITE loop module, and has said a Boss SP-303 and a Red Sound Cycloops were part of the setup. A 2020 video shows a PLAYdifferently MODEL 1 mixer at the centre of the DJ rig.
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