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Steinberg
Cubase“I've always used Cubase since the very beginning.”
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Ben Watkins of Juno Reactor has said he has always used Steinberg Cubase. He has named a Korg Mono/Poly, MS-20 and DW-8000, a Roland MC-202 and TB-303, Akai S1000 samplers, Oberheim Matrix-1000s and an Alesis Andromeda A6, plus a Raindirk Symphony desk and an Amek Media 51 console.
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Korg
Mono/Poly“I have many old synths I bought years ago like the Korg Mono Poly which is a great work horse”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
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What studio gear Juno Reactor uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Steinberg
Cubase“I've always used Cubase since the very beginning.”
Amek
Media 51 mixing console
Has said they use
“I have a Amek Media 5.1 mixing console which is great and have a very transparent sound”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
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TC Electronic
System 6000 reverb
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TC Electronic
System 6000 reverb“TC system 6000 do all of my reverbs”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
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Cyclosonic
FS-1 Cyclosonic Panner
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Cyclosonic
FS-1 Cyclosonic Panner“I have lots of old rack equipment like the FS 1 Cyclosonic Panner which can be amazing.”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
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Bible of Dreams studio
Raindirk
Symphony mixing desk
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Raindirk
Symphony mixing desk“That desk was amazing. It had this really beautiful EQ.”
Said in Juno Reactor's Ben Watkins on the 1997 Goa trance classic Bible of Dreams (MusicRadar), March 2024
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Korg
EX-8000
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Akai Professional
S1000“I had a couple of Akai 1000s.”
Has said they use
Oberheim
Matrix-1000“And some Oberheim Matrix 1000s.”
Synths
Has said they use
Korg
Mono/Poly“I have many old synths I bought years ago like the Korg Mono Poly which is a great work horse”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
Has said they use
Alesis
Andromeda A6“the Andromeda A6 is amazing”
Said in Juno Reactor interview with Ben Watkins (Australian Musician), May 2015
Questions
About Juno Reactor's gear.
What DAW does Juno Reactor use?
Ben Watkins has said Bible of Dreams was all Cubase 2.0 on an early Macintosh, and that he has always used Cubase since the very beginning.
What synth does Juno Reactor use?
He has named a Korg MS-20, Mono/Poly, DW-8000 and EX-8000, a Roland MC-202 and TB-303, Oberheim Matrix-1000s and an Alesis Andromeda A6. He has called the Mono/Poly a great work horse.
What sampler does Juno Reactor use?
For the Bible of Dreams era he has said he had a couple of Akai 1000 series samplers.
What mixing desk does Juno Reactor use?
He has said a Raindirk Symphony desk gave Bible of Dreams its sound, and in 2015 he said his analogue studio ran an Amek Media 51 console.
What outboard does Juno Reactor use?
In 2015 he named an API 2500 compressor, a TC Electronic System 6000 for reverbs and an FS-1 Cyclosonic Panner for spatial effects.
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Juno Reactor is the project led by British producer Ben Watkins, known for Goa trance albums like Bible of Dreams and scores for the Matrix films. This guide covers the synths, desks and outboard he has named in interviews.
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