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Ableton
Live“right now I use Ableton and Pro Tools to finish.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Nick Hakim uses Ableton Live to start songs and Pro Tools to finish them, recording through an Apogee Symphony and monitoring on HEDD Audio Type 20 speakers. Hakim also uses an original Roland SP-404 and a Yamaha U1 piano, and has said they use an Akai MPC 2000XL for demos.
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Avid
Pro Tools“right now I use Ableton and Pro Tools to finish.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Apogee
Symphony“The Apogee Symphony is just like something that I've been using for a long time”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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HEDD Audio
Type 20 studio monitors“Yeah, but I have the HEDD Audio Type 20s at home.”
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Roland
SP-404“I have the original one and I'm like, I love it so much.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Uses
Ableton
Live“right now I use Ableton and Pro Tools to finish.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Uses
Avid
Pro Tools“right now I use Ableton and Pro Tools to finish.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Uses
Apogee
Symphony“The Apogee Symphony is just like something that I've been using for a long time”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Uses
HEDD Audio
Type 20 studio monitors“Yeah, but I have the HEDD Audio Type 20s at home.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Uses
Roland
SP-404“I have the original one and I'm like, I love it so much.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Keeley
Caverns Delay Reverb V2“I have the Caverns which is incredible! I started using it like an outboard effect at home sending all kinds of things through it.”
Said in Nick Hakim (Keeley Electronics artist page), March 2023
Demos
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC 2000XL“It was just like a 6-channel cassette recorder, MPC 2000 XL, SM57 going into Chorus Echo, and just like a Yamaha U1 upright piano.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Shure
SM57“It was just like a 6-channel cassette recorder, MPC 2000 XL, SM57 going into Chorus Echo, and just like a Yamaha U1 upright piano.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Has said they use
Roland
RE-301 Chorus Echo“into the Chorus Echo 301, then into the Vestax, into each channel”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Keys
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Yamaha
U1 upright piano“Well, I have a U-1 and I love it so much”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Recording
Has said they use
Neumann
U 67“I have used like a 67 and a 47 on my voice, and I love it.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
Has said they use
Neumann
U 47“I have used like a 67 and a 47 on my voice, and I love it.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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“Which I've used that mic a lot on some recordings for my voice”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Electro-Voice
635A“On Green Twins I used an Electro-Voice 635a on basically every song for all my vocals.”
Said in Nick Hakim Releases His Brand New Psychedelic Album (Wonderland), May 2020
Has said they use
Sennheiser
MD 441“I used really nice ribbon mics and a beautiful Senhiser 441 that I found in Barcelona for 45 euros.”
Said in Nick Hakim Releases His Brand New Psychedelic Album (Wonderland), May 2020
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Jorge Ben
Forca Bruta“It's phenomenal. It's one of my favorite records for sure.”
Said in My Forever Studio: Nick Hakim has your gear on long-term loan (MusicTech), September 2026
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Lewis
L'Amour“I love these recordings so much because it's literally piano, vocal, and then like a gorgeous synth on top”
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Robert Wyatt
Old Rottenhat“We were listening to a lot of Portishead and Robert Wyatt, he has this album called Old Rottenhat”
Said in Q&A: Nick Hakim On His Debut Album, Dealing With Pressure, & Nick Drake (Stereogum), May 2017
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Shuggie Otis
Inspiration Information“A lot of early Stones and Shuggie Otis, like Inspiration Information”
Said in Q&A: Nick Hakim On His Debut Album, Dealing With Pressure, & Nick Drake (Stereogum), May 2017
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What DAW does Nick Hakim use?
Nick Hakim uses Ableton Live and Pro Tools. In a 2026 MusicTech podcast he said Ableton starts his songs and Pro Tools is where he finishes them, after earlier years in Reason, Logic and Pro Tools.
What audio interface does Nick Hakim use?
Nick Hakim uses an Apogee Symphony, which he told MusicTech in 2026 he has been using for a long time, paired with external preamps.
What studio monitors does Nick Hakim use?
Nick Hakim uses HEDD Audio Type 20 monitors at home, according to his 2026 MusicTech interview. His album I Can See was mixed on ATC speakers at Sonic Ranch.
What sampler does Nick Hakim use?
Nick Hakim uses an original Roland SP-404 and has said they use an Akai MPC 2000XL, which drives the drums on most of the demos that became I Can See.
What microphone does Nick Hakim use?
Nick Hakim has said they use a Shure SM57 for demos, an Electro-Voice 635A for nearly every vocal on Green Twins, and a Sennheiser MD 441 and ribbon mics on Will This Make Me Good.
What records does Nick Hakim love?
Nick Hakim has said they love Jorge Ben's Forca Bruta, Lewis's L'Amour, Robert Wyatt's Old Rottenhat and Shuggie Otis's Inspiration Information.
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