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Akai Professional
MPC3000“The Akai MPC3000, released in 1995. It's the heart of my studio. Everything sounds better with the MPC.”
Said in Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Pooley (15 Questions), September 2022
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Ian Pooley has said the Akai MPC3000 is the heart of his studio, and that a Roland Space Echo adds a weird extra feeling to his tracks. He records hardware takes into Logic and has also said he used Ableton Live. He has been seen using an Akai MFC42 filter.
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Roland
Space Echo“Another machine that basically has a life on its own is the Roland Space Echo. It never fails to add that weird extra feeling to a track.”
Said in Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Pooley (15 Questions), September 2022
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Akai Professional
MFC42 analog filterSeen in Secret Weapons with Ian Pooley (EB.TV), December 2015
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Apple
Logic Pro“80% of my tracks are made on the machines, and then I just hit record in Logic for example and finalise the arrangement.”
Said in It just sounds better with Ian Pooley (Jaeger Oslo), September 2019
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Akai Professional
MPC3000“The Akai MPC3000, released in 1995. It's the heart of my studio. Everything sounds better with the MPC.”
Said in Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Pooley (15 Questions), September 2022
Has said they use
Roland
Space Echo“Another machine that basically has a life on its own is the Roland Space Echo. It never fails to add that weird extra feeling to a track.”
Said in Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Pooley (15 Questions), September 2022
Seen using
Akai Professional
MFC42 analog filterSeen in Secret Weapons with Ian Pooley (EB.TV), December 2015
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Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“80% of my tracks are made on the machines, and then I just hit record in Logic for example and finalise the arrangement.”
Said in It just sounds better with Ian Pooley (Jaeger Oslo), September 2019
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Records that shaped me
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Manuel Göttsching
E2-E4“it was groundbreaking for today's House music as we know it.”
Said in Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Pooley (15 Questions), September 2022
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What sampler does Ian Pooley use?
Ian Pooley has said the Akai MPC3000 is the heart of his studio and the one machine he could never live without, since you can make whole tracks on it alone.
What DAW does Ian Pooley use?
Ian Pooley has said he makes most tracks on his machines and then hits record in Logic to finish the arrangement. In a 2019 Groove interview he said he had also been using Ableton Live more.
What effects does Ian Pooley use?
Ian Pooley has named the Roland Space Echo as a machine with a life of its own, and Electronic Beats filmed him showing the Akai MFC42 analog filter as his secret weapon.
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Ian Pooley is the German house producer and DJ behind Meridian and Chord Memory, known for building tracks on hardware. This guide covers the sampler, effects, software and records he has named in interviews and studio videos.
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