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What DAW does Freemasons use?

Freemasons have said they use Logic and Ableton Live, KRK VXT6 monitors, a TL Audio M4 valve console and an Eventide Eclipse, with synths including a Moog Voyager, Nord Lead, Roland V-Synth and Alesis Andromeda. James Wiltshire has been seen using Akai S950, S1100 and S3200 samplers.

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What DAW does Freemasons use?

Freemasons have said they use Logic and Ableton Live. Russell Small has said James Wiltshire hands him a Logic session and he chops parts and runs them through Ableton Live (MusicRadar, 2009).

What studio monitors does Freemasons use?

James Wiltshire has said the Freemasons studio is based around KRK VXT6 monitors with the KRK Ergo room correction system (Sound On Sound, 2009).

What synth does Freemasons use?

James Wiltshire has said he has a Moog Voyager, a Nord Lead, a Roland V-Synth, an Alesis Andromeda, a Nord Modular and an original Rhodes. He has also been seen with an Oberheim Matrix in his Brighton studio (Sonic State, 2024).

What plugins does Freemasons use?

James Wiltshire has said the Abbey Road plugins, in particular the Brilliance Pack and the EQ, are among the Freemasons' essentials (Sound On Sound, 2009).

What MIDI keyboard does Freemasons use?

Freemasons have been seen using a Novation ReMOTE SL controller in their studio (MusicRadar, 2009).

What samplers does James Wiltshire of Freemasons use?

James Wiltshire has been seen using Akai S950, S1100, S3200 and S612 samplers, plus a LinnDrum and a Korg DDD-1, in his Brighton studio (Sonic State, 2024).

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Freemasons are the Brighton house duo James Wiltshire and Russell Small, known for Love On My Mind and their remixes for Beyonce. This guide covers their studio setup from 2009 interviews and James Wiltshire's later sampler studio.

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