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Roland
Jupiter-8“that Jupiter-8, I think. Which I used quite a lot.”
Said in Giorgio Moroder lecture, Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013, May 2013
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Giorgio Moroder has said he made I Feel Love on a Moog modular, used a Roland Jupiter-8 a lot and sequenced in MOTU Digital Performer. He has said he plays his DJ sets from Ableton Live, and Novation built his signature MoroderNova synth from the MiniNova he took on tour.
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“I've had a go with virtual sounds, especially woodwind, on the Yamaha VL-1.”
Said in Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder (Future Music, FM51, December 1996), March 2024
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Moog
Moog modular synthesizer
Has said they use
“Everything except the voice was created by the Moog.”
Said in Library of Congress interview with Giorgio Moroder, writer/producer of I Feel Love, October 2015
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Has said they use
Roland
Jupiter-8“that Jupiter-8, I think. Which I used quite a lot.”
Said in Giorgio Moroder lecture, Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013, May 2013
Has said they use
“I've had a go with virtual sounds, especially woodwind, on the Yamaha VL-1.”
Said in Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder (Future Music, FM51, December 1996), March 2024
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Has said they use
“I use [MOTU] Digital Performer for my sequencing.”
Said in Classic interview - Giorgio Moroder (Future Music, FM51, December 1996), March 2024
Harrison
Harrison mixing desk
Has said they use
Harrison
Harrison mixing desk“I knew how to operate the Harrison desk that I had”
Said in Giorgio Moroder: Electric Dreams With Donna Summer (Sound On Sound), March 1998
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Signature gear
SponsoredSeen using
Novation
MoroderNovaNo store page for this one.
Stage
Seen using
Writing and demos
Has said they use
DJ booth
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“It has a little more life, a little more creative”
Said in Giorgio By Moroder (Electronic Sound), November 2016
Musicland Studios
Helios
Helios mixing desk
Has said they use
Helios
Helios mixing desk“I had a nice, very, very, small desk called Helios”
Said in Giorgio Moroder lecture, Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013, May 2013
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Home studio
Solid State Logic
E-Series console
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
E-Series console“In my house I still have the old SSL”
Said in Giorgio Moroder: Electric Dreams With Donna Summer (Sound On Sound), March 1998
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Sony
24-track digital tape machines
Has said they use
Said in Giorgio Moroder: Electric Dreams With Donna Summer (Sound On Sound), March 1998
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What I wear
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RetroSuperFuture
Super x Giorgio Moroder sunglassesSeen in The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder (Out), May 2015
Emporio Armani
Jacket
Seen wearing
Emporio Armani
JacketSeen in The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder (Out), May 2015
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Calvin Klein
T-shirt
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Calvin Klein
T-shirtSeen in The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder (Out), May 2015
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The North Face
Fleece vest
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The North Face
Fleece vestSeen in The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder (Out), May 2015
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Wendy Carlos
Switched-On Bach“The record that triggered my imagination with the synthesizer was an album called Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos”
Said in Giorgio Moroder: I was always interested in the hits (The Talks), December 2014
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Questions
About Giorgio Moroder's gear.
What synth did Giorgio Moroder use on I Feel Love?
Giorgio Moroder told the Library of Congress in 2015 that everything on I Feel Love except Donna Summer's voice came from the Moog, the big modular Moog he had used since 1971.
What DAW does Giorgio Moroder use?
In a 1996 Future Music interview Giorgio Moroder said he sequenced in MOTU Digital Performer. For his DJ sets since the mid 2010s he has said he works in Ableton Live, which lets each set come out a little different.
What synth does Giorgio Moroder use?
Giorgio Moroder has said he used a Moog modular and a Roland Jupiter-8 a lot. In 2015 Novation released his signature MoroderNova, based on the Novation MiniNova he took on tour.
What sunglasses does Giorgio Moroder wear?
Giorgio Moroder was seen wearing his own Super x Giorgio Moroder shield sunglasses by RetroSuperFuture in a 2015 Out magazine shoot, a signature collaboration with the Italian eyewear brand.
What mixing desk did Giorgio Moroder use?
Giorgio Moroder has said he had a small Helios desk at Musicland in Munich, later a Harrison desk, and that he kept the SSL E-Series desk from his Oasis studio in Los Angeles at his house.
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Giorgio Moroder is the Italian producer behind Donna Summer's I Feel Love, the Midnight Express and Scarface soundtracks and the Daft Punk track named after him. This guide covers the synths, sequencers and desks he has named in interviews, his DJ setup and what he has been seen wearing.
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