Top 5Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“I go into Logic. So, I record the vocal into the BAE Neve preamp clone, into the Pultec clone, through my UAD interface and into Logic.”
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Jordan Rakei has said they use Apple Logic Pro, a Roland Juno-60, a Sequential Prophet Rev2 and a Neumann U87 running into a BAE Neve-style preamp and a Warm Audio EQP-WA. Rakei has also said they use ATC SCM25A monitors, Moog Grandmother and Matriarch synths and an Akai MPC 2500.
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Top 5Seen using
Universal Audio
LUNASeen in Jordan Rakei - A Song From Nothing (#7 UA LUNA Challenge), September 2020
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Top 5Has said they use
Roland
Juno-60“The main sound in Oasis is the Juno-60.”
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Top 5Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet Rev2 (16-voice)“I've got an original Juno-60 and a Prophet Rev 2... the 16-voice one, which is amazing.”
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Top 5Has said they use
Moog
Grandmother“you got the Grandmother synthesiser, you got the Matriarch Moogs, you got the Juno and tape delay”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“I go into Logic. So, I record the vocal into the BAE Neve preamp clone, into the Pultec clone, through my UAD interface and into Logic.”
Seen using
Universal Audio
LUNASeen in Jordan Rakei - A Song From Nothing (#7 UA LUNA Challenge), September 2020
Has said they use
Roland
Juno-60“The main sound in Oasis is the Juno-60.”
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet Rev2 (16-voice)“I've got an original Juno-60 and a Prophet Rev 2... the 16-voice one, which is amazing.”
Has said they use
Moog
Grandmother“you got the Grandmother synthesiser, you got the Matriarch Moogs, you got the Juno and tape delay”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
Has said they use
Moog
Matriarch“you got the Grandmother synthesiser, you got the Matriarch Moogs, you got the Juno and tape delay”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
Has said they use
Yamaha
Motif Rack ES“Probably the Motif Rack ES which is sort of like a multi-tamberal synthesiser”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC 2500“I bought that the same time as buying the MPC 2500, and also getting my iMac.”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
Has said they use
Universal Audio
UAD plugins“Plugins these days are amazing, though, and we managed to create most of the things we needed with the UAD stuff.”
Has said they use
ATC
SCM25A Pro“audio interfaces and my monitors are ATC SCM25A's”
Said in 'I have a different approach every time': Talking Tech with Dan Kye (Stamp The Wax), November 2020
Stage
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Keys
Has said they use
Fender
Rhodes electric piano“So, the big things for me are an upright piano and a Fender Rhodes, which were my main songwriting points for Origin.”
Recording
Has said they use
Neumann
U 87“sit on the chair with a U87 mic that goes into a Neve preamp clone made by BAE, which is amazing.”
BAE Audio
Neve-style mic preamp
Has said they use
BAE Audio
Neve-style mic preamp“sit on the chair with a U87 mic that goes into a Neve preamp clone made by BAE, which is amazing.”
Said in Jordan Rakei: For this album, I tried to finish writing a song a day (MusicRadar), July 2019
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Has said they use
Warm Audio
EQP-WA Tube Program Equalizer“I have the Warm Audio EQP-WA tube equaliser, which is the Pultec clone. I use that on my voice.”
Has said they use
Universal Audio
UAD audio interface“I go into Logic. So, I record the vocal into the BAE Neve preamp clone, into the Pultec clone, through my UAD interface and into Logic.”
Said in Jordan Rakei: For this album, I tried to finish writing a song a day (MusicRadar), July 2019
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Jeff Buckley
Grace“Grace, In Rainbows, Voodoo and the Fat Freddy's Drop one.”
Said in Late Night Love Affair: A Conversation with Jordan Rakei (Albumism), May 2021
Has said they love
Radiohead
In Rainbows“Grace, In Rainbows, Voodoo and the Fat Freddy's Drop one.”
Said in Late Night Love Affair: A Conversation with Jordan Rakei (Albumism), May 2021
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Has said they love
D'Angelo
Voodoo“Grace, In Rainbows, Voodoo and the Fat Freddy's Drop one.”
Said in Late Night Love Affair: A Conversation with Jordan Rakei (Albumism), May 2021
Has said they love
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly“Kendrick, hmm, I think those still are my favorite albums.”
Said in Late Night Love Affair: A Conversation with Jordan Rakei (Albumism), May 2021
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Has said they love
Late Night Tales
Late Night Tales: Floating Points“I think I really fell in love with them after the one Floating Points did and from there I went back to explore and delve deeper.”
Said in Late Night Love Affair: A Conversation with Jordan Rakei (Albumism), May 2021
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Questions
About Jordan Rakei's gear.
What DAW does Jordan Rakei use?
Jordan Rakei has said they use Apple Logic Pro, telling MusicRadar in 2019 that he switched from Cubase and records vocals through his interface into Logic. He was also seen using Universal Audio LUNA in his A Song From Nothing series.
What synth does Jordan Rakei use?
Jordan Rakei has said they use an original Roland Juno-60 and a 16-voice Sequential Prophet Rev2, plus a Moog Grandmother and Moog Matriarch in his London studio. His early beats were built on a Yamaha Motif Rack ES.
What audio interface does Jordan Rakei use?
Jordan Rakei has said they use a Universal Audio (UAD) interface, recording vocals through a BAE Neve-style preamp and a Warm Audio EQP-WA before they reach Logic.
What studio monitors does Jordan Rakei use?
Jordan Rakei has said they use ATC SCM25A monitors, which he described as his latest studio purchase in a 2020 Stamp The Wax studio tour.
What microphone does Jordan Rakei use?
Jordan Rakei has said they use a Neumann U87 for vocals, kept set up in his writing room so he can record ideas as they come.
What albums shaped Jordan Rakei?
Jordan Rakei has said they love Jeff Buckley's Grace, Radiohead's In Rainbows, D'Angelo's Voodoo and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, along with the Late Night Tales compilation by Floating Points.
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Jordan Rakei is a New Zealand born, London based singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer who also records as Dan Kye. This guide covers the synths, vocal chain, monitors and software he has named in interviews and his own videos, plus records he keeps returning to.
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