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FL Studio“FL Studio is at the heart of my current setup. I use it to chain an array of my favorite VST plug-ins and build my songs around it.”
Said in Matthew Dear (Image-Line artist page), September 2026
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Matthew Dear has said FL Studio is at the heart of his setup, and that he relies heavily on an Eventide H8000, a Roland Chorus Echo and a Korg Polysix. His New York studio was shown with a Moog Voyager, Roland SH-101, Elektron Octatrack, Doepfer Dark Time and Barefoot monitors.
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Eventide
H8000“I rely heavily on an Eventide H8000, a Roland Chorus Echo, and a Korg Polysix.”
Said in In Interview: Ghostly International's Matthew Dear (The Skinny), November 2010
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Chorus EchoSaid in In Interview: Ghostly International's Matthew Dear (The Skinny), November 2010
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Moog
Minimoog Voyager“You'd be hard-pressed to find bigger bass than the Moog Voyager.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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FL Studio“FL Studio is at the heart of my current setup. I use it to chain an array of my favorite VST plug-ins and build my songs around it.”
Said in Matthew Dear (Image-Line artist page), September 2026
Has said they use
Eventide
H8000“I rely heavily on an Eventide H8000, a Roland Chorus Echo, and a Korg Polysix.”
Said in In Interview: Ghostly International's Matthew Dear (The Skinny), November 2010
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Roland
Chorus EchoSaid in In Interview: Ghostly International's Matthew Dear (The Skinny), November 2010
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Moog
Minimoog Voyager“You'd be hard-pressed to find bigger bass than the Moog Voyager.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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Elektron
Octatrack“This thing has a mind of its own. The more you push it, the more intelligent it gets.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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Doepfer
Dark Time“This little box is the perfect pairing of digital and analogue.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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Barefoot Sound
Studio monitors“You can fake a lot of tricks with inexpensive gear, but not with speakers.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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“The Cluster Flux can bend hi-hats into some beautifully elastic rhythms.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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Retro Instruments
Sta-Level“My vocals get fattened up in here. So warm and mellow, but huge.”
Seen in In pictures: Matthew Dear and his New York studio (MusicRadar), October 2012
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What DAW does Matthew Dear use?
FL Studio. On his Image-Line artist page he says FL Studio is at the heart of his setup and that he chains his VST plugins in it and builds songs around it.
What synths does Matthew Dear use?
He has named the Korg Polysix as a staple, and his New York studio feature showed a Moog Voyager, a Roland SH-101 and an Elektron Octatrack, with a Doepfer Dark Time sequencer.
What effects does Matthew Dear use on his vocals?
He told The Skinny he relies on an Eventide H8000, a Roland Chorus Echo and a Korg Polysix, and his studio tour showed a Retro Instruments Sta-Level that he said fattens up his vocals.
What studio monitors does Matthew Dear use?
His 2012 studio feature in MusicRadar showed Barefoot monitors, with his note that you can fake a lot of tricks with inexpensive gear, but not with speakers.
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