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Ableton
Live“Ableton is good for throwing down ideas quickly and getting stuff done fast when you’re on the road.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
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17 items · Last checked What DAW does Gorgon City use?
Gorgon City have named Ableton Live as their writing DAW and Logic Pro for recording vocals, Native Instruments Massive and Spectrasonics Trilian for basslines, Korg's Polysix plugin for pads, Reason's Thor synth, Dave Smith Prophet and Mopho hardware, and a budget sE Electronics sE2200a microphone for vocals.
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Apple
Logic Pro“The thing is, we still use Logic for recording the vocals.”
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Said in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Native Instruments
Massive“a lot of it comes from Massive; maybe three or four Massive sounds stacked on top of one another.”
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Spectrasonics
Trilian“We have got Trilian”
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Ableton is good for throwing down ideas quickly and getting stuff done fast when you’re on the road.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
Has said they use
Said in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Ableton
Filter Delay (Ableton Live audio effect)
Has said they use
“Ableton's got some fantastic filter delay effects.”
Said in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Has said they use
Native Instruments
Massive“a lot of it comes from Massive; maybe three or four Massive sounds stacked on top of one another.”
Has said they use
Spectrasonics
Trilian“We have got Trilian”
Has said they use
Reason Studios
Reason“I still use Reason for some of the synths”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
Has said they use
Reason Studios
Thor“You can’t get that anywhere else, so I sometimes use Reason just for that one synth.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
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Has said they use
“That synth-pad sound, it’s on every song and track on our first album.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet“Definitely the Prophet. Love Dave Smith’s synths.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
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Has said they use
Sequential
Mopho“We’ve got Mopho as well. That’s cool for some of the weirder sound.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
Recording
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“The thing is, we still use Logic for recording the vocals.”
Has said they use
Celemony
Melodyne“If you're working in the US, you'll definitely need Melodyne!”
Has said they use
sE Electronics
sE2200a condenser microphone“We’ve recorded on microphones that are worth 10 times more, but we still prefer the cheap one.”
Said in Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom (DJ Times), November 2016
Daily rituals
Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
Has said they use
Nintendo
Nintendo Switch“The Nintendo Switch has been getting a hammering, too.”
Said in Life in Lockdown #27: Gorgon City (DJ Times), April 2020
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Records that shaped me
Goldie
Goldie records
Has said they love
Goldie
Goldie records“A massive influence on both of us.”
Said in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Adam F
Adam F records
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Adam F
Adam F recordsSaid in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Ed Rush & Optical
Ed Rush & Optical records
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Ed Rush & Optical
Ed Rush & Optical recordsSaid in Gorgon City's Matt Robson-Scott on how they made it big with their distinctly British sound (MusicRadar / Computer Music), July 2016
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Questions
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What DAW does Gorgon City use?
Gorgon City have said they write in Ableton Live and record and process vocals in Logic Pro, then move the vocals back into Ableton. Kye Gibbon also still opens Reason for some of its synths, mainly Thor.
What plugins does Gorgon City use?
In a 2016 Computer Music interview Matt Robson-Scott named Native Instruments Massive and Spectrasonics Trilian for basslines, Logic's Space Designer reverb, Ableton's filter delay effects and Celemony Melodyne for vocals. Kye Gibbon named Korg's Polysix plugin for pads.
What synth does Gorgon City use?
In a 2016 DJ Times interview Kye Gibbon named a Dave Smith Prophet and a Mopho as the outboard synths they return to most, and said their track 'Money' started on the Mopho.
What microphone does Gorgon City use?
Kye Gibbon told DJ Times in 2016 that they recorded the vocals for their first two albums on an sE Electronics sE2200a, a microphone they prefer even over far more expensive ones.
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Gorgon City are the London house duo of Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott, known for vocal house and garage hits and the REALM label. This guide covers the DAWs, synths, plugins and microphone they have named in interviews, plus the records they grew up on.
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