Top 5Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“And I’m still working with Logic.”
Said in Classic Album: Mousse T. on Gourmet De Funk (MusicRadar), August 2020
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Mousse T. has said he works in Logic and has used Pro Tools, with Arturia V Collection, Soundtoys EchoBoy and Waves SoundShifter plugins. His studio has a Mitec console, an SSL Duality, a Minimoog, a Yamaha CS-20, Akai samplers, Yamaha NS10 monitors and Sennheiser HD 25 headphones.
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Avid
Pro Tools“I work with Emagic Logic Audio and Digidesign Pro Tools”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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Arturia
V Collection“Synth heaven! Everything you basically want to own for real, right there!”
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Waves
SoundShifter“One of them I’m always using is the SoundShifter, for pitching samples, vocals, basslines etc.”
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Universal Audio
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection“Loving the Fairchild compressor collection, great for vocals, piano, bass, you name it!”
What studio gear Mousse T. uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“And I’m still working with Logic.”
Said in Classic Album: Mousse T. on Gourmet De Funk (MusicRadar), August 2020
Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools“I work with Emagic Logic Audio and Digidesign Pro Tools”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Mitec
EX-Series console
Has said they use
Mitec
EX-Series console“I still use the almost 40-year-old Mitec EX-Series console as a kind of summation for most of my signals coming out of my DAW and for all of my analogue recordings.”
Said in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Solid State Logic
Duality console
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
Duality console“I have in my studio the SSL Duality, which is great because it features all the analog goodies from the old times”
Said in Mousse T: Insights from a Top Music Producer (Sennheiser Pro Talk), April 2023
RME
RME soundcard
Has said they use
“I use an RME soundcard and a SSL 24-track Madi AX Converter with an Apogee clock.”
Said in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Solid State Logic
Alpha-Link MADI AX converterSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Apogee
Master clock
Has said they use
Apogee
Master clockSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Yamaha
NS-10“In the small studio where I do my mixing I only have NS10s, but they sound remarkably good in there.”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Has said they use
Sennheiser
HD 25“Headphones are really important for me. I used the HD 25’s”
Said in Mousse T: Insights from a Top Music Producer (Sennheiser Pro Talk), April 2023
Plugins
Has said they use
Arturia
V Collection“Synth heaven! Everything you basically want to own for real, right there!”
Has said they use
Waves
SoundShifter“One of them I’m always using is the SoundShifter, for pitching samples, vocals, basslines etc.”
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection“Loving the Fairchild compressor collection, great for vocals, piano, bass, you name it!”
Has said they use
Soundtoys
EchoBoy“Echo Boy is sooooo good for echoes, delays etc.”
Has said they use
Slate Digital
Revival“I really do dig Revival for sonic enhancement.”
Has said they use
Reveal Sound
SpireSaid in Producer Masterclass: Mousse T on how he remixed Quincy Jones' "Stomp" (MusicRadar), February 2022
Native Instruments
Pro-53
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Pro-53Said in Producer Masterclass: Mousse T on how he remixed Quincy Jones' "Stomp" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
DDMF
MetapluginSaid in Producer Masterclass: Mousse T on how he remixed Quincy Jones' "Stomp" (MusicRadar), February 2022
Prosoniq
North Pole
Has said they use
Prosoniq
North PoleSaid in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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DJ booth
Sennheiser
HD 8 DJ headphones
Has said they use
Sennheiser
HD 8 DJ headphones“beautiful headphone, crisp, good volume.”
Said in Mousse T: Insights from a Top Music Producer (Sennheiser Pro Talk), April 2023
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Recording
Has said they use
Sennheiser
MD 421“I am loving my Sennheiser microphones, like the MD 421, for instance”
Said in Mousse T: Insights from a Top Music Producer (Sennheiser Pro Talk), April 2023
Has said they use
Neumann
U 87“they're such solid, professional mics, and really versatile.”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Synths and keys
Yamaha
CS-20 synthesizer
Has said they use
Yamaha
CS-20 synthesizer“the CS20 from Yamaha, for instance which is a dinosaur, but it sounds amazing.”
Said in Mousse T: Insights from a Top Music Producer (Sennheiser Pro Talk), April 2023
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
SH-09“Then the Roland SH-09, which you hear on a lot of my stuff”
Said in Classic Album: Mousse T. on Gourmet De Funk (MusicRadar), August 2020
Has said they use
Nord
Nord Lead 2“I used a Clavia Nord Lead 2 for a few of those old synth sounds”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Has said they use
Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer electric pianoSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Fender
Rhodes electric piano“I was playing the Rhodes on it, and a bit of bass.”
Said in Classic Album: Mousse T. on Gourmet De Funk (MusicRadar), August 2020
Has said they use
Yamaha
Grand pianoSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Yamaha
Upright piano
Has said they use
Yamaha
Upright pianoSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Samplers
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S1000Said in Producer Masterclass: Mousse T on how he remixed Quincy Jones' "Stomp" (MusicRadar), February 2022
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S1100Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S3000Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
Has said they use
“it's that funny little Doctor Sample machine, which I like using because it sounds really nasty.”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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Outboard
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
G Series bus compressor
Has said they use
Solid State Logic
G Series bus compressor“Also, I work with busses, like my drum bus with which I use an SSL G and a Precision compressor.”
Said in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Lexicon
Lexicon 480L reverb“I used a Lexicon 480L for Tom's vocal”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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Has said they use
Ensoniq
DP/4+ effects processorSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Roland
Dimension DSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Vintagedesign
CL1 MKII compressor
Has said they use
Vintagedesign
CL1 MKII compressorSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
Vintagedesign
CA-73 preampSaid in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they use
“I love the BSS for drums and complete mixes, and it's incredible for club music because it's really aggressive.”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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Has said they use
“I use the SE50 on everything to varying degrees.”
Said in MOUSSE T: Recording Tom Jones' 'Sex Bomb' (Sound On Sound), August 2000
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Donna Summer
I Feel Love“I knew instantly that I wanted to do music for the dance floors.”
Said in Mousse T.: "The studio is my safe space. It’s my big kindergarten where I get to play around - it’s total freedom!" (MusicRadar), February 2022
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Has said they love
Peggy Lee
Fever (Peggy Lee)“I always loved Peggy Lee’s Fever”
Said in Classic Album: Mousse T. on Gourmet De Funk (MusicRadar), August 2020
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Questions
About Mousse T.'s gear.
What DAW does Mousse T. use?
Mousse T. has said he is still working with Logic. Around the time of Sex Bomb in 2000 he also named Digidesign Pro Tools alongside Emagic Logic Audio.
What plugins does Mousse T. use?
He has named Arturia V Collection, Waves SoundShifter, the Universal Audio Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection, Soundtoys EchoBoy and Slate Digital Revival. In a remix masterclass he also worked with Reveal Sound Spire and Native Instruments Pro-53.
What synth does Mousse T. use?
Mousse T. has said his studio holds a Yamaha CS-20, a Prophet-10, a Minimoog and a Roland SH-09, which he says you hear on a lot of his records. He has also named a Clavia Nord Lead 2 from the Sex Bomb sessions.
What headphones does Mousse T. use?
In a Sennheiser Pro Talk interview he named the Sennheiser HD 25 for studio work and the Sennheiser HD 8 DJ for DJing.
What studio monitors does Mousse T. use?
For the Sex Bomb mixes he said he only had Yamaha NS10s in his small mixing room, checking mixes on other speakers in the larger rooms at Peppermint Park.
What audio interface does Mousse T. use?
Mousse T. has said he runs an RME soundcard with an SSL MADI AX converter and an Apogee clock, summing through his Mitec EX-Series console.
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Mousse T. is the Hanover house producer and DJ behind Horny and Sex Bomb, and he runs the Peppermint Jam label and studios. This guide covers the DAWs, plugins, synths, samplers, outboard and headphones he has named in interviews, plus records that shaped him.
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