Top 5Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools HD“Pro Tools is definitely the main staple of my studio”
Said in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
Photo: Duk3L1xon (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Independent research by truerecs. Not affiliated with, endorsed or verified by Imogen Heap. Every item links to its public source.
35 items · Last checked What's in Imogen Heap's studio?
Imogen Heap has said Pro Tools is the main staple of her studio, with Logic and Ableton Live alongside it. She has said her Ellipse vocals went through a Neumann TLM 103 and an Avalon VT-737, and that she maps her MiMU gloves into Ableton Live over MIDI.
truerecs may earn from links on this page.
In stores now
Shop Imogen Heap's setup.
Top 5
Where to start with Imogen Heap's gear.
01
02
Top 5Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“You can easily get lost and spend hours even beginning a starting point in Logic, because you have so many options open to you.”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
03
Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
Live“running Ableton Live and triggering clips via a hard-wired Korg microKontrol”
Said in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
04
Top 5Has said they use
MiMU
MiMU Gloves“Choosing the midi channel and note or cc, I can automate anything within the program, wirelessly and fluidly.”
Said in Imogen Heap Exclusive Interview (MIDI.org), December 2015
05
Top 5Has said they use
Korg
microKONTROLSaid in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
No store page for this one.
What studio gear Imogen Heap uses: a sourced gear guide
Independent research by truerecs: every item links to the public source it comes from.
Studio
Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools HD“Pro Tools is definitely the main staple of my studio”
Said in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“You can easily get lost and spend hours even beginning a starting point in Logic, because you have so many options open to you.”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Digidesign
ICON D-Control work surface“But it looks great, and when people come they go 'Wow! It looks like a real studio!'”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Alesis
MasterLinkSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Native Instruments
MassiveSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Ultimate Sound Bank
Plugsound ProSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
EastWest
Symphonic Orchestra Gold“I know what sounds good with them, but I knew that I'd end up with a live cellist and violinist on it to give the impression that there's more live strings.”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Waves
TrueVerb“I love how you can have this little tiny sound that turns into a monster after a couple of hours of playing.”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Waves
SuperTap“I don't like reverbs; I prefer the space that you get with a delay, rather than the blanket filling up of noise you get with a reverb.”
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Said in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Waves
S1 Stereo ImagerSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Focusrite
D2 EQSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Focusrite
D3 compressorSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
SponsoredHas said they use
Soniccouture
Box Of TricksSaid in Imogen Heap Box Of Tricks (Soniccouture), September 2026
Has said they use
Array Mbira
Array MbiraSaid in Imogen Heap Box Of Tricks (Soniccouture), September 2026
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Stage
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“running Ableton Live and triggering clips via a hard-wired Korg microKontrol”
Said in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
Has said they use
MiMU
MiMU Gloves“Choosing the midi channel and note or cc, I can automate anything within the program, wirelessly and fluidly.”
Said in Imogen Heap Exclusive Interview (MIDI.org), December 2015
Has said they use
Korg
microKONTROLSaid in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Electrix
Repeater“quite lo-fi and not the best quality”
Said in In pictures: Imogen Heap's amazing home studio (MusicRadar), November 2009
No store page for this one.
Recording
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
sE Electronics
Reflexion FilterSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Focusrite
Liquid 4PreSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
TC-Helicon
VoiceWorks PlusSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
Has said they use
Line 6
PODxt guitar processorSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Joemeek
VC1 input channelSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Joemeek
SC2.2 stereo compressorSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
DigiTech
Vocalist Workstation EX“I set the Vocalist to a four-note polyphony, so even if I play 10 notes on the keyboard, it will only choose four of them.”
Said in How a crashed PC led to the creation of Hide and Seek (MusicRadar), July 2025
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Texas Instruments
Speak & Spell (circuit-bent)Said in How a crashed PC led to the creation of Hide and Seek (MusicRadar), July 2025
No store page for this one.
Keys
Has said they use
Steinway & Sons
Grand pianoSaid in Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse (Sound On Sound), December 2009
No store page for this one.
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Acacia
Cradle“Their album Cradle is still one of my all time favorites.”
Said in Aurgasm Interview: Imogen Heap, October 2005
Buy
Has said they love
Has said they love
Has said they love
Questions
About Imogen Heap's gear.
What DAW does Imogen Heap use?
Imogen Heap has said Pro Tools is the main staple of her studio and that she also has Logic and Ableton Live. She has said she arranges strings in Logic and runs Ableton Live on stage.
What plugins does Imogen Heap use?
For the Ellipse album she has said her mixing plugins were the Focusrite D2 EQ and D3 compressor and the Waves Renaissance Compressor, with Waves S1 for width, Waves SuperTap for delay and Waves TrueVerb for sound design.
What microphone does Imogen Heap use for vocals?
She has said her Ellipse vocals were recorded on a Neumann TLM 103 through an Avalon VT-737 tube channel, with an sE Electronics Reflexion Filter around the mic.
What MIDI controller does Imogen Heap use?
Imogen Heap has said she maps her MiMU gloves into Ableton Live over MIDI. On her earlier live setup she has said she triggered clips with a Korg microKONTROL.
What did Imogen Heap use to make Hide and Seek?
She has said Hide and Seek came from a DigiTech Vocalist Workstation EX harmonizer played from her keyboard, recorded into a small MiniDisc four-track.
Related gear guides
Setups that share gear with Imogen Heap.
Darude
Trance
64 itemsSee Darude's gear →
Drake
Rap
36 itemsSee Drake's gear →
Jon Hopkins
28 itemsSee Jon Hopkins's gear →
Diplo
EDM and big room
47 itemsSee Diplo's gear →
MK
Garage house and UK garage
47 itemsSee MK's gear →
Sub Focus
Drum and bass and jungle
44 itemsSee Sub Focus's gear →
IH
Imogen Heap
About this guide · Last checked
Imogen Heap is a British singer, songwriter and producer known for Hide and Seek and for the MiMU gesture gloves. This guide covers the studio and stage gear she has described in interviews, plus records she has named.
truerecs put this guide together from public videos, interviews and posts. Each item says how we know and links to the source. Imogen Heap didn't write it or choose anything on it. How we source gear guides.
Report an error or ask for removal. We fix or remove within 72 hours. You don't need to sign up.
Are you Imogen Heap?
Claim this page to make it yours: verify with your Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, keep what's right, drop what isn't, and add your own.
Claim this pagetruerecs gear guides are independent research from public sources, not made or approved by the artist. Store buttons on this page may be affiliate links: truerecs may earn a commission when you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. Imogen Heap isn't paid for them. Report an error or ask for removal. Full disclosure.