Kelly Moran uses Logic Pro, a Sequential Prophet-12, her only synth, a pair of Rode NT5 mics on piano and an RME Babyface interface. Her plugins include Kontakt, Delay Designer, Particle Reverb and Destroy FX Buffer Override. She has said she composes on a Yamaha Disklavier and a Boston grand.
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“It's the only synth I own, and I can't imagine needing another synth for a long time since I can do so much with it.”
“I honestly love a lot of the built-in effects in Logic, especially the delays.”
“I use Delay Designer all the time and just adjust the parameters by ear to make it sound the way I want it to.”
“I play it through Kontakt, and I'm always editing it to make it more dynamically sensitive.”
“I recently bought Particle Reverb by Kentaro, and it was worth every penny.”
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“It's the only synth I own, and I can't imagine needing another synth for a long time since I can do so much with it.”
“I honestly love a lot of the built-in effects in Logic, especially the delays.”
“I use Delay Designer all the time and just adjust the parameters by ear to make it sound the way I want it to.”
“I recently bought Particle Reverb by Kentaro, and it was worth every penny.”
“Buffer Override by Destroy FX. I downloaded it for free when I was 18 and still use it all the time.”
“For preliminary mixing at home, I have a pair of M-Audio Studiophile BX5 monitors!”
“I record everything using my Macbook Pro (2012 model).”
“I play it through Kontakt, and I'm always editing it to make it more dynamically sensitive.”
“It's super lightweight and portable, which makes it easy to bring on tour.”
“I have a pair of Rode NT5s that I've used to record all my piano music since college.”
“A few years ago, I upgraded my interface to an RME Fireface 400.”
“Yamaha loaned me a Disklavier initially because I was writing a duet for myself and another pianist”
“The most important part of my gear... my piano! I have a Boston piano that is a GP 178 Performance Edition II.”
“I started listening to this band called Telefon Tel Aviv, and I heard this song called Fahrenheit Fair Enough.”
Logic Pro. She told MusicTech in 2025 that she got Logic as a teenager so she could record and produce, and told MusicRadar that when she tried Ableton it felt counterintuitive.
A Sequential Prophet-12. She told MusicTech in 2025 it is the only synth she owns and her biggest studio investment.
She has named Native Instruments Kontakt for her sampled prepared piano instrument, Logic's Delay Designer, Particle Reverb by Kentaro and the free Buffer Override by Destroy FX.
An RME Babyface, which she takes on tour (MusicTech, 2025). In 2019 she said she recorded with an RME Fireface 400.
A pair of Rode NT5 small-diaphragm condensers, which she has used to record her piano music since college.
In a 2019 Magnetic feature she said she mixes at home on a pair of M-Audio Studiophile BX5 monitors.
Kelly Moran is a Brooklyn composer, pianist and producer on Warp Records, known for prepared piano and her work with the Yamaha Disklavier. This guide covers the pianos, synth, mics, interface and plugins she has named in interviews.
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