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Future Retro
Revolution“It's a 303-style hybrid with circular step sequencing. Nice.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Mark Farina has said his studio runs on a Mackie Onyx 24x4 mixer with no computer, built around Akai MPCs (MPC4000, 2500, 500 and 2000), an E-mu XL-7, an Elektron Machinedrum, a Roland TR-8 and a Dave Smith Tempest, with Pioneer CDJ-2000s, a DJM-2000 and a Rane MP2015 for DJing.
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Teenage Engineering
OP-1“it gives much enjoyment using it in hotel rooms and on the plane.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Korg
volca sample“I used it on my new EP, coming out on Doin' Work.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Akai Professional
MPC 2500Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Akai Professional
MPC500Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
What drum-machines Mark Farina uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Mackie
Onyx 24x4
Has said they use
Mackie
Onyx 24x4“The mixer is a Mackie Onyx 24x4. I like the analogue-style mixers.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Has said they use
Future Retro
Revolution“It's a 303-style hybrid with circular step sequencing. Nice.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Jomox
Xbase 999
Has said they use
Jomox
Xbase 999“has that old Roland feel and punchiness to match.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Has said they use
Teenage Engineering
OP-1“it gives much enjoyment using it in hotel rooms and on the plane.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Korg
volca sample“I used it on my new EP, coming out on Doin' Work.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
E-mu
XL-7 Command Station
Has said they use
“I used it on 'Radio' on Om and on 'Dream Machine' as well.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Akai Professional
MPC4000
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC4000“I'm an old school MPC guy. I love these.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC 2500Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC500Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC2000“I used to just make everything on that, like my Landscape EP on Panhandle.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Korg
microSAMPLER
Has said they use
Korg
microSAMPLER“It's a different feel than the MPCs entirely.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Dave Smith Instruments
Tempest“Very complex sound control.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8“Spot on drums with easy control.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Elektron
Machinedrum“The Elektron Machinedrum has great sounds and feel. I use it all the time.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
Has said they use
Alesis
Midiverb IISaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Has said they use
Alesis
3630 compressorSaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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TC-Helicon
VoicePrism
Has said they use
TC-Helicon
VoicePrismSaid in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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DJ
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ-2000Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM-2000
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM-2000Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Rane
MP2015
Has said they use
Rane
MP2015“The second DJ setup has a Rane MP2015 mixer. I love this mixer!”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio, Mark Farina, April 2015
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Questions
About Mark Farina's gear.
What mixer does Mark Farina use in the studio?
A Mackie Onyx 24x4. He has said he likes analogue-style mixers.
What samplers does Mark Farina use?
Akai MPCs: an MPC4000, MPC2500, MPC500 and his old MPC2000, which he made his Landscape EP on. He also has a Korg microSAMPLER and Volca Sample.
What drum machines does Mark Farina use?
An Elektron Machinedrum he has said he plays all the time, a Roland TR-8, a Dave Smith Tempest and a Jomox XBase 999.
What DJ mixer does Mark Farina use?
A Rane MP2015 rotary mixer, which he has said he loves, and a Pioneer DJM-2000 with CDJ-2000s.
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