Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
Live“then I adjusted the pitch in Ableton to mirror the notes I was wanting.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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9 items · Last checked What DAW does NERO use?
NERO have said they use Ableton Live, with Joe Ray pitching vocals in Ableton and isolating them with RipX. Dan Stephens has said their synth collection includes a Yamaha CS-80, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, a Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.
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Top 5Has said they use
Yamaha
CS-80“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Top 5Has said they use
Roland
Jupiter-8“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Top 5Has said they use
Roland
VP-330 Vocoder Plus“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Top 5Has said they use
Moog
Minimoog Voyager“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
What studio gear NERO uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“then I adjusted the pitch in Ableton to mirror the notes I was wanting.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
Hit'n'Mix
RipX
Has said they use
Hit'n'Mix
RipXSaid in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Synths
Has said they use
Yamaha
CS-80“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
Has said they use
Roland
Jupiter-8“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
Has said they use
Roland
VP-330 Vocoder Plus“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
No store page for this one.
Has said they use
Moog
Minimoog Voyager“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
Has said they use
Moog
Moog One“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet X“We have a Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Syntrillium Software
Cool Edit
Has said they use
Syntrillium Software
Cool Edit“I had this basic piece of software called Cool Edit and started chopping loops around”
Said in Nero about production, technology and creativity (15 Questions), September 2024
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Questions
About NERO's gear.
What DAW does NERO use?
Joe Ray told 15 Questions in 2024 that he adjusted a vocal's pitch in Ableton, and he first started chopping loops in a basic program called Cool Edit.
What synth does NERO use?
Dan Stephens told 15 Questions their collection includes a Yamaha CS-80, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland VP-330, Minimoog Voyagers, a Moog One and a Sequential Prophet X.
What plugins does NERO use?
Joe Ray has said he used RipX to isolate a vocal before pitching it in Ableton, and Dan Stephens has said he bought a horn sample library while writing Into the Night.
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NERO are the London group of Dan Stephens, Joe Ray and singer Alana Watson, known for Promises and the albums Welcome Reality and Into the Unknown. This guide covers the DAW, software and analogue synths they named in a 2024 interview.
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