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Prophet '08“I've been using the Prophet 08 synthesizer for many years. While it's not an unusual instrument, I still find it endlessly inspiring.”
Said in Hania Rani 2025 Tour Interview (Kawai Australia), March 2025
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Hania Rani uses a Sequential Prophet '08, a synth she has played for years and wrote several Ghosts tracks on. She has said she works in Ableton Live, plays Hoffmann upright and grand pianos and a Roland FP-7 on tour, plus an Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1UW and a Strymon TimeLine.
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Live“Simply Ableton Live.”
Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Machinedrum SPS-1UW“The Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1UW was also used in a lot of the recordings.”
Said in Hania Rani on bringing synths and drum machines into contemporary classical (MusicRadar), September 2023
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Prophet '08“I've been using the Prophet 08 synthesizer for many years. While it's not an unusual instrument, I still find it endlessly inspiring.”
Said in Hania Rani 2025 Tour Interview (Kawai Australia), March 2025
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Said in Hania Rani 2025 Tour Interview (Kawai Australia), March 2025
Has said they use
Elektron
Machinedrum SPS-1UW“The Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1UW was also used in a lot of the recordings.”
Said in Hania Rani on bringing synths and drum machines into contemporary classical (MusicRadar), September 2023
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Roland
FP-7 stage pianoSaid in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Hoffmann
Upright piano (line T)Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Hoffmann
Grand piano (line P)Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Studio
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Ableton
Live“Simply Ableton Live.”
Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Roland
Juno-60“I was working a lot with Juno-60 back then”
Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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Neumann
KM 184Said in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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DPA Microphones
4099 instrument microphoneSaid in In the studio with Hania Rani (Headphone Commute), September 2023
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What synth does Hania Rani use?
A Sequential Prophet '08. She told Kawai in 2025 that she has used it for many years and still finds it endlessly inspiring, and told MusicRadar that a couple of tracks on Ghosts were made only with it.
What piano does Hania Rani play?
Her 2023 touring setup included two acoustic Hoffmann pianos, an upright from line T and a grand from line P, plus a Roland FP-7 stage piano. On her 2025 Tokyo dates she played a Shigeru Kawai grand.
What DAW does Hania Rani use?
Ableton Live. She has said it was the first software she got into and she stayed with it, while studio recording sessions use Pro Tools.
What microphones does Hania Rani use?
She has listed Coles, Schoeps, Neumann KM 184 and DPA 4099 mics, along with piano pickups, as part of the setup she has used for years.
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Hania Rani is a pianist, composer and singer from Gdansk, Poland, known for the albums Esja, Ghosts and Non Fiction and the Sentimental Value score. This guide covers the pianos, synths, software and microphones she has named in interviews from 2023 to 2025.
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