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Steinberg
Cubase“I have always worked with Cubase to make music, and I use Ableton Live for the live show.”
Said in Vice: Laurent Garnier interview, July 2010
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Laurent Garnier has said he has always made music in Cubase, with Native Instruments Battery for drums. In his studio he named two Yamaha DX100s, a Roland Juno-106 and JD-800, a Nord Lead 2 and a Studio Electronics SE-1 for bass, with Mackie HR824 monitors. As a DJ he praised Pioneer's CDJ-1000 and edits tracks in Sound Forge.
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Native Instruments
Battery“I use Battery quite a lot for my drums.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Native Instruments
Absynth“Absynth of course and the Waldorf and the FM7.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Boris FX
Sound Forge“I edit a lot of tracks now in my computer with Sound Forge and burn CDs of my edits.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ-1000“It's creating a real revolution”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Steinberg
Cubase“I have always worked with Cubase to make music, and I use Ableton Live for the live show.”
Said in Vice: Laurent Garnier interview, July 2010
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Native Instruments
Battery“I use Battery quite a lot for my drums.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Absynth“Absynth of course and the Waldorf and the FM7.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Nord
Nord Lead 2“I like the texture of the Nord Lead.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Yamaha
DX100“I have two, man! I use them all the time.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Roland
Juno-106“The Juno 106 I use a lot.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Studio Electronics
SE-1“I use that a hell of a lot for bass and that's the same, a lot of knobs to tweak.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Roland
JD-800“I've been using it for more than 10 years and there's a hell of a lot of it on the new album.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Korg
MS-20Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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E-mu
Vintage KeysSaid in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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E-mu
Planet PhattSaid in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Novation
Drum StationSaid in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Mackie
32:8 mixing console“It's just convenient.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Yamaha
03DSaid in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Mackie
HR824“For monitors, I use the Mackie HR824s. I love them.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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AKG
C414Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
DJ setup
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Boris FX
Sound Forge“I edit a lot of tracks now in my computer with Sound Forge and burn CDs of my edits.”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ-1000“It's creating a real revolution”
Said in Sound On Sound: Laurent Garnier, Producing The Cloud Making Machine (Tom Doyle), April 2005
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Records he loves
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Sid Vicious
My Way“That record has got so much balls. It's one of my big ones”
Said in Discopogo archive: Laurent Garnier, An Audience With (2000), February 2000
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DJ Rolando
Knights of the Jaguar“In electronic music 'Knights of the Jaguar' is my record of the year”
Said in Discopogo archive: Laurent Garnier, An Audience With (2000), February 2000
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Terranova
Close the Door“Terranova's 'Close the Door' is my album of the year.”
Said in Discopogo archive: Laurent Garnier, An Audience With (2000), February 2000
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What DAW does Laurent Garnier use?
He told Vice in 2010 that he has always worked with Cubase and that he used Ableton Live for the live show. In 2005 he told Sound On Sound he ran Cubase SX because it is quite simple, and edited DJ tracks in Sound Forge.
What synths does Laurent Garnier use?
In Sound On Sound (2005) he named two Yamaha DX100s he said he used all the time, a Juno-106, a JD-800 he had used for over 10 years, a Nord Lead 2 and a Studio Electronics SE-1 for bass. Vice (2010) lists a Juno-106, Nord Lead, DX-100 and SE-1.
What DJ equipment does Laurent Garnier use?
In 2005 he praised Pioneer's CDJ-1000, saying it was creating a real revolution with its loop and cue functions, and burned CD edits made in Sound Forge. In 2017 Spill magazine reported he enjoys using Pioneer mixers and plays digital tracks from USB.
What plugins does Laurent Garnier use?
He told Sound On Sound in 2005 that he used Battery a lot for drums, and named Absynth, the FM7, Model E, the Arturia instruments and Lounge Lizard as plugins he likes.
What are Laurent Garnier's favourite records?
In a 2000 reader Q&A he said Sid Vicious' My Way has so much balls and is one of his big ones, and named UR's Knights of the Jaguar his record of the year and Terranova's Close the Door his album of the year.
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