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Apple
Logic Pro“The D/A (digital to analogue) converter inside is amazing and this is the last thing that converts from Logic to my speakers.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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MJ Cole has said he mixes from Logic through a Crane Song Avaset II into ATC SCM25A Pro monitors. He has called the Prophet 6 his go-to synth and writes on a Yamaha U1 piano and a Rhodes Mark I, with Josephson C42 mics into a Neve 1073.
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Yamaha
U1 upright piano“I use it to write all the time and the track ‘Liquid’ on the EP was recorded using this piano.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Neve
1073 Mic Preamp“I run it with mono out, sometimes through the guitar pedals and it all goes through Neve 1073.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Sequential
Prophet-6“I love the Prophet and it’s my go-to synth at the moment.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Sequential
Prophet 8“I also have both the Prophet 8 and Prophet 12.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“The D/A (digital to analogue) converter inside is amazing and this is the last thing that converts from Logic to my speakers.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
Crane Song
Avaset II Monitor Controller
Has said they use
Crane Song
Avaset II Monitor Controller“Overall, its a great piece of gear but the main thing is the converters inside which I miss when I don’t have them.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Klark Teknik
DN6000 Audio Spectrum Analyser
Has said they use
Klark Teknik
DN6000 Audio Spectrum Analyser“I’ve had one of these for 20 years, I think that this one here is probably about 20 years old.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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ATC
SCM25A Pro Studio Monitors
Has said they use
“I’m kind of addicted to ATC speakers and have a pair in the studio and at home.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Uses
Fender
Rhodes electric piano“I’ve likely got less now than before but the stuff I do have is essential for me - a Fender Rhodes, some Neve compressors, microphones and microphone presets.”
Said in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
Keys
Has said they use
Yamaha
U1 upright piano“I use it to write all the time and the track ‘Liquid’ on the EP was recorded using this piano.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
Fender Rhodes
Rhodes Mark I Stage 73
Has said they use
Fender Rhodes
Rhodes Mark I Stage 73“It’s a Mark 1 with a slightly harder sound.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Recording
Josephson
C42 Microphone
Has said they use
Josephson
C42 Microphone“The microphones are Josephson C42 which are similar to the Neumann KM 84 and I run it through a Tube-Tech valve pre amp.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Has said they use
Neve
1073 Mic Preamp“I run it with mono out, sometimes through the guitar pedals and it all goes through Neve 1073.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Synths
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet-6“I love the Prophet and it’s my go-to synth at the moment.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet 8“I also have both the Prophet 8 and Prophet 12.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
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Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet-12“I also have both the Prophet 8 and Prophet 12.”
Said in Attack Magazine: My Studio: MJ Cole, January 2019
Early setup
Cheetah
SX16 Sampler
Has said they use
Cheetah
SX16 Sampler“This was when I clubbed together with a mate to buy my first sampler, the Cheetah SX16.”
Said in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
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Has said they use
Atari
Atari ST“I was also a bit of a gamer and started trying to make music on a Commodore 64, then the Atari ST and got into dance music from there.”
Said in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
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Commodore
Commodore 64
Has said they use
Commodore
Commodore 64“I was also a bit of a gamer and started trying to make music on a Commodore 64, then the Atari ST and got into dance music from there.”
Said in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
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Has said they use
Steinberg
CubaseSaid in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
Yamaha
SY22 Synthesizer
Has said they use
Yamaha
SY22 SynthesizerSaid in MusicRadar: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere, February 2026
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Questions
About MJ Cole's gear.
What DAW does MJ Cole use?
MJ Cole told Attack Magazine in 2019 that his monitor controller converts the audio from Logic to his speakers. He told MusicRadar his early setup featured Cubase on an Atari ST.
What synth does MJ Cole use?
He told Attack Magazine the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6 was his go-to synth, and that he also has the Prophet 8 and Prophet 12. His early setup included a Yamaha SY22.
What studio monitors does MJ Cole use?
He has said his nearfield monitors are ATC SCM25A Pro speakers, run with a big MK sub, and that he has a pair of ATCs in the studio and at home.
What sampler did MJ Cole use for Sincere?
He told MusicRadar his first sampler was a Cheetah SX16, bought with a friend, and that Sincere was built on an Atari ST in his Twickenham bedroom before a studio mixdown.
What piano does MJ Cole play?
He has said he writes on a 1984 Yamaha U1 upright piano, which he used to record the track Liquid, and keeps a Rhodes Mark I Stage 73 set up next to it.
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