“I use Ableton for ideas”

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What DAW does PNAU use?
PNAU's Nick Littlemore has said they use Ableton Live for ideas and Pro Tools for editing and tracking, with Melodyne for pitch work. On the synth side they have said they use a Yamaha CS-80, a Rhodes Chroma, Kawai 100F monosynths, an E-mu SP-1200 and an 1890 Bechstein upright piano.
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“I use Ableton for ideas”
“The [Yamaha] CS-80 is definitely one of the main things.”
“I've got another big polysynth which is the Rhodes Chroma”
“I've got a setup of these monosynths, they're called Kawai 100Fs”
“For generating something quickly, that would be my go to.”
“I've got a Bechstein upright from 1890 which I got in London”
Records that shaped me
“There are plenty of records that hit me hard”
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What DAW does PNAU use?
PNAU's Nick Littlemore has said they use Ableton Live for ideas and Avid Pro Tools for the hours of editing and tracking, in a 2020 Happy Mag interview.
What synth does PNAU use?
Nick Littlemore has said they use a Yamaha CS-80, calling it one of the main things in the studio, along with a Rhodes Chroma polysynth and a set of Kawai 100F monosynths.
What plugins does PNAU use?
Nick Littlemore has said they use Celemony Melodyne, describing a process of editing phone recordings in Melodyne and running them back through the CS-80.
What drum machine does PNAU use?
Nick Littlemore has said they use an E-mu SP-1200, which they have owned for a long time and call their go-to for generating something quickly.
PNAU is the Australian dance trio of Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore, known for Chameleon and the Elton John and Dua Lipa hit Cold Heart. This guide covers the studio gear Nick Littlemore has named in interviews, plus a record that hits hard for them.
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