Top 5Has said they use
Yamaha
DX7“Live, I use the Yamaha DX7 a lot.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Men I Trust's Dragos Chiriac has said they use a Yamaha DX7 live, plus a DX21, a Reface DX and a Sequential Six-Trak, with Arturia and Native Instruments plugins in Ableton Live. The band has said they use Strymon TimeLine, BigSky and Mobius pedals, Fender basses and Apogee interfaces.
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Yamaha
DX21“I also work with the DX21, which is a four operator FM synthesizer.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Top 5Has said they use
Yamaha
reface DX“The DX Reface, I own it too. It's much more simple.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Sequential
Six-Trak“I have a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, which is a simple Prophet kind of synth.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Ableton
Live“We use Ableton Live a lot. We all switched to it at the beginning of the band.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Synths
Has said they use
Yamaha
DX7“Live, I use the Yamaha DX7 a lot.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Yamaha
DX21“I also work with the DX21, which is a four operator FM synthesizer.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Yamaha
reface DX“The DX Reface, I own it too. It's much more simple.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Sequential
Six-Trak“I have a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, which is a simple Prophet kind of synth.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Studio
E-mu
E-MU hardware samplers
Has said they use
“We have some hardware E-MU and Akai samplers.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Akai Professional
12-bit hardware sampler
Has said they use
Akai Professional
12-bit hardware sampler“The samplers have a sound of their own, especially the older Akai one that works in 12-bits”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Has said they use
Ableton
Live“We use Ableton Live a lot. We all switched to it at the beginning of the band.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Apogee
Apogee audio interfaces
Has said they use
Apogee
Apogee audio interfaces“We're big fans of the Apogee line of interfaces. They're really great.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Has said they use
Neumann
MT 48“But I've upgraded from Apogee. I now have the Neumann MT 48. It's really crazy good, yeah.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Plugins
Has said they use
Arturia
V Collection“For music production, we use lots of the Arturia plugins. We love their sound a lot.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Native Instruments
FM8“I really love the FM8 synthesizer, which is basically a DX7, but a bit more powerful as a plugin.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Vintage Drummer and Studio Drummer“We use lots of the Native Instruments plugins. The kit from the '70s is really good; Vintage Drummer and Studio Drummer as well.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Pedalboards
Has said they use
Strymon
Timeline“We love the Timeline for delays”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Strymon
BigSky“We love the Big Sky reverbs”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Strymon
Mobius“the Mobius for everything that is modulation.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Guitars and basses
Has said they use
Fender
Stratocaster“Up until recently, we used mainly Stratocasters, really. We like having the pickups out-of-phase together”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Fender
Mustang Bass“We used a lot of the Fender Jazz Bass and the P-Bass in the past. And now we use mostly the Fender Mustang.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Fender
Jazz BassSaid in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
Has said they use
DR Strings
Fat-Beam bass strings“Jessy uses FAT-BEAM strings all the time because they have a shorter decay and the sound is a bit fatter.”
Said in Men I Trust Talk Dream Pop and DX7s (Reverb), September 2023
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Questions
About Men I Trust's gear.
What bass does Men I Trust use?
Men I Trust has said they use the Fender Mustang Bass (reverb.com, September 2023). Men I Trust has said they use the Fender Jazz Bass (reverb.com, September 2023). Men I Trust has said they use the Fender American Professional II Precision Bass (reverb.com, September 2023).
What DAW does Men I Trust use?
Dragos Chiriac has said they use Ableton Live, which the whole band switched to early on, mostly in the arrangement timeline and for mixing.
What synth does Men I Trust use?
Dragos Chiriac has said they use a Yamaha DX7 live and in the studio, along with a Yamaha DX21, a Yamaha Reface DX and a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak.
What plugins does Men I Trust use?
Dragos Chiriac has said they use Arturia's V Collection synths, Native Instruments FM8, and the Native Instruments Vintage Drummer and Studio Drummer drum plugins.
What audio interface does Men I Trust use?
The band has said they use Apogee interfaces and record bass and guitar straight in. Dragos Chiriac has said they moved up to a Neumann MT 48.
What bass does Jessy Caron use?
Dragos Chiriac has said the band now mostly plays a Fender Mustang Bass, after years on a Fender Jazz Bass and Precision Bass, with DR Fat-Beam strings and a pick.
What pedals does Men I Trust use?
Dragos Chiriac has said they use Strymon pedals, as do Emma and Jessy: the TimeLine for delay, the BigSky for reverb and the Mobius for modulation.
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Men I Trust are a dream pop band from Quebec: Emma Proulx, Jessy Caron and Dragos Chiriac, who also produces their records. This guide covers the synths, plugins, pedals, basses and interfaces the band has talked about.
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