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What DAW does Makaya McCraven use?

Makaya McCraven has said he chops and rearranges his live recordings in Ableton Live, and re-performs samples on an Ableton Push. In his Chicago home studio he has said he keeps a Roland Juno-60, a Minimoog, a Rhodes and a Wurlitzer, and Sennheiser lists the e 901 mic.

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What DAW does Makaya McCraven use?

Ableton Live. He told Ableton he started using Live early on and chops tracks freehand in Arrangement View or builds clips in Clip View to shape his records.

What MIDI controller does Makaya McCraven use?

An Ableton Push. He has said he chops samples across Push and re-performs them with a virtual instrument.

What synth does Makaya McCraven use?

In a 2020 Ableton interview he described a Roland Juno-60 sitting on his piano and a Minimoog sitting on his Wurlitzer in his Chicago studio.

What keyboards are in Makaya McCraven's studio?

He has described a piano, a Rhodes with an Akai sampler resting on it, and a Wurlitzer, along with a Roland Juno-60 and a Minimoog.

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Makaya McCraven is a Chicago-based drummer and producer who builds albums like Universal Beings and In These Times from recorded improvisations. This guide covers the software, controller, keyboards and microphone named in his own interviews and brand pages.

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