“We use Cubase for almost everything.”
What's in Noisia's studio?
Noisia have said they use Cubase for almost everything, with Superior Drummer for drums and FM8, Serum and a Moog Sub 37 for sounds. For saturation they named Klanghelm SDRR, iZotope Trash 2, u-he Satin, Waves NLS and Guitar Rig, and in 2020 they said they now use FabFilter Saturn 2.
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Studio: DAW and drums
“We use Cubase for almost everything.”
“For drums we like to use Superior Drummer as well as one-hit sample libraries or even synth-based drums.”
Synths
“Serum is a great new synth.”
“razor - it's cool. used it a couple of times for some weird sounds”
“the switch bass in "Incessant" that comes in after 16 on the drop is the Moog Sub 37, fed live into cubase through plugins”
Mixing and saturation
“saturator - SDRR, trash 2, u-he satin, Waves NLS, Guitar Rig etc”
“I now use FabFilter Saturn 2 for this, it does the same thing as SDRR”
“stereo widener - pro-q 2 to boost specific sections of the side signal, ozone 6 imager & exciter, trash 2, reverbs like Valhalla Room, etc”
Monitoring
“Also the Crane Song Avocet is getting a lot of mileage.”
Nik Roos's live show rig
“So that I can trigger the visuals from another laptop through Ableton Live.”
About Noisia's gear.
What DAW does Noisia use?
Cubase. Martijn van Sonderen told MusicRadar in 2011 that they use Cubase for almost everything, and their 2020 Foundations tutorial for VISION is worked in Cubase. Nik Roos has been seen running Ableton Live to trigger visuals for the Outer Edges show.
What synths does Noisia use?
In their 2015 AMA they named FM8 and Serum, called Serum a great new synth and said they had a Moog Sub 37 and a big modular. The switch bass in Incessant is the Sub 37 fed live into Cubase. In a 2013 Future Music video they also named Massive.
How does Noisia make drums?
They told MusicRadar they use Superior Drummer as well as one-hit sample libraries or synth-based drums, and said in their AMA that they mostly make their own sampled breaks in Superior Drummer or run it live in the project.
What saturation plugins does Noisia use?
Asked about saturators in 2015 they listed SDRR, Trash 2, u-he Satin, Waves NLS and Guitar Rig. For width they named FabFilter Pro-Q 2 on the side signal, Ozone 6 imager and exciter, and reverbs like ValhallaRoom.
What monitor controller does Noisia use?
In their 2015 AMA they said the Crane Song Avocet was getting a lot of mileage in the studio.
Noisia are the Groningen drum and bass trio of Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger, behind Split the Atom and Outer Edges and the VISION label. This guide covers the DAW, synths, saturation plugins and monitoring they have named in their Reddit AMA, interviews and studio videos.
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