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What gear does MGMT use?

Reverb notes studio footage of MGMT recording Electric Feel on a Wurlitzer 200A, a Yamaha CS-60 and a Korg Mono/Poly, with a Moog Little Phatty live. Andrew VanWyngarden told Tape Op he fell in love with the Neumann M 49 for Loss of Life, and the band have said they made early records in Logic and Reason.

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What synth did MGMT use on Electric Feel?

Reverb's 2018 article notes studio footage of the band recording Electric Feel with a Wurlitzer 200A, a Yamaha CS-60 and a Korg Mono/Poly for the main synth lead. Live, they have used a Moog Little Phatty Stage II.

What microphone does Andrew VanWyngarden sing into?

He told Tape Op that during the Loss of Life sessions he found a mic he fell in love with, the Neumann M 49. The band also used a FLEA 49 clone, and it became the vocal sound for the whole album.

What DAW did MGMT use?

Ben Goldwasser told Tape Op they brought Apple Logic sessions with about 90 unlabeled tracks to Dave Fridmann for Oracular Spectacular. Andrew VanWyngarden told Stereogum the Kids synth sound came from Reason.

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MGMT are Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, the duo behind Oracular Spectacular, Little Dark Age and Loss of Life. This guide covers the synths and keys seen in their Oracular Spectacular sessions, the vocal mics VanWyngarden named in Tape Op, and the software they made their early records in.

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