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Elektron
Monomachine SFX-60+“The Monomachine is amazing. It's the best-kept secret.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
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Mura Masa works in Ableton, where he has named its Drum Buss and Operator, and he has named an Elektron Monomachine, a Moog DFAM, a Moog One and a Korg MS-20 for synths and drums. He has said Antares Auto-Tune goes on almost everything, and he names Soundtoys EchoBoy and Decapitator and Waves' Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain among his plugins.
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Moog
DFAM“the bass with the bleeps above it, that's all Moog DFAM.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
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Moog
Moog One“I only really get the Moog One out when I want the one specific thing, really warm pads and things like that.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
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Korg
MS-20“The MS-20 is worth a mention.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
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Novation
AFX Station“I was half playing Metal Gear Solid, half messing around on the Novation AFX Station.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
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Synths and drum machines
Has said they use
Elektron
Monomachine SFX-60+“The Monomachine is amazing. It's the best-kept secret.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Moog
DFAM“the bass with the bleeps above it, that's all Moog DFAM.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
Has said they use
Moog
Moog One“I only really get the Moog One out when I want the one specific thing, really warm pads and things like that.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Korg
MS-20“The MS-20 is worth a mention.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Novation
AFX Station“I was half playing Metal Gear Solid, half messing around on the Novation AFX Station.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
Plugins and software
Has said they use
Ableton
Drum Buss“The Ableton 11 Drum Buss is crazy. It does nuts things to drums, it just makes them sound better.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
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Has said they use
Ableton
OperatorSeen in Genius Deconstructed: The Making of Mura Masa's What If I Go?, 1:15, April 2018
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Native Instruments
Massive“that main synth patch is a Massive patch”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
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Arturia
Analog Lab“I've been using that all over this album”
Seen in Tape Notes: Mura Masa's Secret Sauce & Advice for Young Producers, 1:03, December 2022
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Cradle
The Prince“Frank Dukes, the producer, has made this soft synth for a company called Cradle, called The Prince. It's really interesting.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Antares
Auto-Tune“Antares Auto-Tune, I gotta be honest, that goes on almost everything.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
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Synchro Arts
Revoice Pro“There's a lot of Revoice and crazy X-Noise processing and things like that.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
Has said they use
Waves
X-Noise“There's a lot of Revoice and crazy X-Noise processing and things like that.”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
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“Whatever that combination is, I settled on it, and it makes everything sound better.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Soundtoys
EchoBoy“A lot of Soundtoys, as well. Shout out Soundtoys - I love Echoboy.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they use
Soundtoys
Decapitator“then probably run through Decapitator, the SoundToys one, then Devil-Loc, with a limiter on the end of it”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
Has said they use
Soundtoys
Devil-Loc“then probably run through Decapitator, the SoundToys one, then Devil-Loc, with a limiter on the end of it”
Said in MusicRadar: Mura Masa talks us through every track on his new album, demon time, October 2022
Has said they use
Goodhertz
Trem ControlSeen in Tape Notes: Mura Masa Ableton Toolbox & Track Breakdown, 2:40, December 2022
Has said they use
Spitfire Audio
London Contemporary Orchestra Strings“I was using this library that's all single note recordings of the London Contemporary Orchestra”
Said in Dazed: Mura Masa takes us track by track through R.Y.C., January 2020
Records that shaped him
Has said they love
James Blake
CMYK“CMYK-era James Blake, that was my door into that world of minimal electronics.”
Said in MusicRadar: In the studio with Mura Masa, pop's mischief-maker-in-chief, September 2022
Has said they love
Television
1880 or So“I used the Television sample ("1880 or So") because I wanted to leave phantoms of the music that I grew up listening to”
Said in Dazed: Mura Masa takes us track by track through R.Y.C., January 2020
Questions
About Mura Masa's gear.
What synth does Mura Masa use?
In his 2022 MusicRadar studio interview he named the Elektron Monomachine as the best-kept secret, a Moog One for warm pads and a Korg MS-20 for solo bits and arpeggios. He made the demon time title track's main loop on a Moog DFAM and the 2gether synth on a Novation AFX Station.
What DAW does Mura Masa use?
Ableton Live. He started on Ableton as a teenager in Guernsey, built What If I Go? around Ableton's Operator, and told MusicRadar that the Ableton 11 Drum Buss does nuts things to drums.
What plugins does Mura Masa use?
He has named Antares Auto-Tune, Soundtoys EchoBoy, Decapitator and Devil-Loc, the Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain, Native Instruments Massive, Cradle's The Prince, Synchro Arts Revoice Pro, Waves X-Noise, Goodhertz Trem Control and Arturia Analog Lab.
How does Mura Masa process vocals?
He told MusicRadar that Antares Auto-Tune goes on almost everything, sometimes with a long retune speed just for its digital sheen. On slomo he and his mix engineer used a lot of Revoice and X-Noise processing.
What music influenced Mura Masa?
He has called CMYK-era James Blake his door into minimal electronics, and he sampled Television's 1880 or So on R.Y.C. to leave traces of the music he grew up on.
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Mura Masa is Alex Crossan, the Guernsey-born, London-based producer behind Love$ick, R.Y.C., demon time and Curve 1. This guide covers the synths, drum machines and plugins he has named in studio interviews and track breakdowns, plus the records he points to as formative.
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