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Buchla
Music Easel“My current live setup includes the Buchla Music Easel, Oberheim SEM, a microphone, OP-1”
Said in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith uses a Buchla Music Easel and a Buchla 200e system at the center of her music, with an Oberheim SEM, a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and Ableton Live on stage. She has also named the Moog Subharmonicon, Minimoog Model D, Genelec monitors and the Buchla 252e.
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Oberheim
SEMSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Live Set-Up - Bristronica 25 (Sonicstate), October 2025
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Teenage Engineering
OP-1Said in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Ableton
LiveSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Live Set-Up - Bristronica 25 (Sonicstate), October 2025
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Novation
Launchpad“I like using the Novation Launchpad and how you can map it to whatever you want.”
Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Buchla
Music Easel“My current live setup includes the Buchla Music Easel, Oberheim SEM, a microphone, OP-1”
Said in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Oberheim
SEMSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Live Set-Up - Bristronica 25 (Sonicstate), October 2025
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Teenage Engineering
OP-1Said in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Ableton
LiveSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Live Set-Up - Bristronica 25 (Sonicstate), October 2025
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Novation
Launchpad“I like using the Novation Launchpad and how you can map it to whatever you want.”
Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
Buchla 200e
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Buchla
200e modular systemSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith talks Buchla | SOS Podcast, 23:21, August 2025
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Seen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith talks Buchla | SOS Podcast, 28:48, August 2025
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Buchla
296e Spectral ProcessorSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith talks Buchla | SOS Podcast, 36:58, August 2025
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Buchla
227e System InterfaceSeen in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith talks Buchla | SOS Podcast, 43:37, August 2025
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Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Moog
Subharmonicon“the Moog Mother, Subharmonicon, Model D, and the Buchla 200e”
Said in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Moog
Minimoog Model DSaid in Three Questions With Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (Synth History), January 2026
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Moog
GrandmotherSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Sequential
Prophet-5“I feel very fulfilled and like I can make lots of music with all of that”
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EDP
WaspSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Roland
SH-101Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Make Noise
Pressure PointsSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Mannequins (Whimsical Raps)
Just FriendsSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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ALM Busy Circuits
Akemie's TaikoSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Universal Audio
Apollo audio interface“I use the [Universal Audio] Apollo”
Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Genelec
M040 studio monitors“Yeah, I really like those a lot. They're great.”
Said in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
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Genelec
7360A SAM Studio SubwooferSaid in Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Producing Ambient Music (Sound On Sound), September 2020
Records that shaped me
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Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians“That was probably the most impactful thing I've ever heard in my life in terms of the whole music creation experience.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Laraaji
Essence/Universe“It just feels like floating in a crowd of crystals.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Syntonic Research (Irv Teibel)
Environments“I love these records so much.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Frank Sinatra
The Voice“But this one is just so subtle, and the arrangements are really beautiful.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Arvo Part
Tabula Rasa“The first time I heard this record, I remember I felt the depths of my heart.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Laurie Spiegel
The Expanding Universe“I'm really drawn to 'Patchwork' and all three parts of 'Appalachian Grove'.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Raymond Scott
Soothing Sounds for Baby“made me realise that I could create more than just bleeps and bloops with these machines.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Panda Bear
Person Pitch“it sounded like somebody fully doing their own thing, and embracing that freedom.”
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Joe Hisaishi
Castle in the Sky (soundtrack)“I really love the melodies on this record.”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Ray Lynch
Deep Breakfast“it feels like candy when you're listening to it.”
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Claire Hamill
Voices“I just love the textures on this record”
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Midori Takada
Through the Looking Glass“I like this album as a whole experience”
Said in Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's Baker's Dozen (The Quietus), October 2017
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Questions
About Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's gear.
What synth does Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith use?
The Buchla Music Easel is at the heart of her live and studio work, alongside a Buchla 200e system. In 2026 she also named the Oberheim SEM in her live setup and the Moog Subharmonicon and Minimoog Model D at home.
What DAW does Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith use?
Ableton Live. She told Sound On Sound she likes how seamless it is to go between recording and live performance, and a 2025 Sonicstate rig rundown shows her running Ableton for looping and effects on stage.
What studio monitors does Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith use?
Genelec M040 monitors with a Genelec 7360A subwoofer, according to her 2020 Sound On Sound interview, where she said she hasn't changed them since she got them.
What audio interface does Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith use?
She told Sound On Sound she uses four interfaces, including a Universal Audio Apollo for UAD plug-ins, plus a Native Instruments interface and two MOTU interfaces for sending CV.
What plugins does Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith use?
She told Sound On Sound in 2020 that when mixing she moves between Ableton's stock EQs, Waves and UAD plug-ins, running the UAD ones through her Universal Audio Apollo.
What records influenced Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith?
In her 2017 Quietus Baker's Dozen she picked Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, Laraaji's Essence/Universe, Laurie Spiegel's The Expanding Universe, Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa and Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass, among others.
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