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Roland
TR-909 Rhythm Composer“Our go-to machine for the 4-on-the-floor.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Octave One have said they use a Roland TR-909 as their go to machine for four on the floor, a Roland TR-8S live, a Minimoog Voyager RME for bass lines, Roland MKS rack synths, an Oberheim Matrix-1000, Arturia BeatStep Pro and KeyStep controllers and a Midas Verona console.
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Roland
TR-8S“I really like the Roland TR-8S because it's a throwback to old drum machines like the TR-909.”
Said in A Few Minutes with Octave One - Roland Articles, September 2023
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“The filters are really great for conditioning soft synths too.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Roland
MKS-80“Our studio consists of many rack-mount synths, including the Roland MKS-50, MKS-70, MKS-80, Oberheim Matrix 1000, and Studio Electronics ATC-X.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Has said they use
Roland
TR-909 Rhythm Composer“Our go-to machine for the 4-on-the-floor.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
Has said they use
“The filters are really great for conditioning soft synths too.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Has said they use
Roland
MKS-80“Our studio consists of many rack-mount synths, including the Roland MKS-50, MKS-70, MKS-80, Oberheim Matrix 1000, and Studio Electronics ATC-X.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Oberheim
Matrix-1000Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Studio Electronics
ATC-XSaid in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Arturia
BeatStep Pro“Because our studio is based on rackmount synths, we need controllers to trigger them.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Midas
Verona 48 console“This console is 8 bus and 48 tracks, and it's the centre of our studio universe.”
Said in Octave One - Attack Magazine, January 2020
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Avid
Pro ToolsSaid in Octave One's Lenny Burden looks back over a 30-year career in techno, December 2016
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Waves
Gold bundleSaid in Octave One's Lenny Burden looks back over a 30-year career in techno, December 2016
Stage
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8S“I really like the Roland TR-8S because it's a throwback to old drum machines like the TR-909.”
Said in A Few Minutes with Octave One - Roland Articles, September 2023
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What drum machine does Octave One use?
They called the Roland TR-909 their go-to machine for the 4-on-the-floor in a 2020 Attack Magazine studio tour. In 2023 Lenny Burden told Roland he likes the TR-8S because it is a throwback to machines like the 909.
What synth does Octave One use for bass?
A Minimoog Voyager RME, which they said was used primarily for bass lines on most of their recent releases, including tracks from the Locus of Control series.
What mixer does Octave One use in the studio?
A Midas Verona 48, an 8 bus, 48 track console they described as the centre of their studio universe.
What DAW does Octave One use?
In a 2016 MusicRadar interview Lenny Burden said they work in Pro Tools, describing it as a tape machine, and use Waves plugin bundles.
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