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u-he
Diva“Diva is my go-to synth for most things.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Robby East has said u-he Diva is his go-to synth, with Xfer Serum for bass and Imagiro Piano 2 for keys. He has named Soundtoys Crystallizer and EchoBoy, Valhalla VintageVerb, TAL-Reverb-4, LFOTool, Saturn 2, Ozone Imager, The Oven and The God Particle, plus a Logic Pro compressor.
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Xfer Records
Serum“I tend to use Serum for bass because it gives me a little more control.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Imagiro
Piano 2“The imagiro piano is the main piano sound in Overwater.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Soundtoys
Crystallizer“Overwater heavily relies on atmospheric sounds and I’ve used Crystallizer for a bunch of them.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Soundtoys
EchoBoySaid in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Synths
Has said they use
u-he
Diva“Diva is my go-to synth for most things.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
Has said they use
Xfer Records
Serum“I tend to use Serum for bass because it gives me a little more control.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
Keys
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Imagiro
Piano 2“The imagiro piano is the main piano sound in Overwater.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Effects
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Soundtoys
Crystallizer“Overwater heavily relies on atmospheric sounds and I’ve used Crystallizer for a bunch of them.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Soundtoys
EchoBoySaid in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Valhalla DSP
ValhallaVintageVerbSaid in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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TAL Software
TAL-Reverb-4“I use this on synths or vocals mostly, it works on anything really.”
Said in How It Was Made: Robby East - Melody For The Misfits (This Never Happened), June 2024
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Mixing
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Xfer Records
OTTSaid in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Wavesfactory
TrackspacerSaid in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Cradle
The God Particle“Try putting The God Particle on your master, it brings in a lot of energy in the high end.”
Said in How It’s Made: Robby East feat. Jodie Knight - Overwater (This Never Happened), March 2024
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Maor Appelbaum Mastering and Hendyamps
The Oven“It has a very high quality and analog sound to it though. I tend to use this most on drums.”
Said in How It Was Made: Robby East - Melody For The Misfits (This Never Happened), June 2024
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Has said they use
Xfer Records
LFO Tool“I use this mostly for ducking the volume of all instruments when the kick hits”
Said in How It Was Made: Robby East - Melody For The Misfits (This Never Happened), June 2024
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Studio
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Apple
Logic ProSaid in How It Was Made: Robby East - Melody For The Misfits (This Never Happened), June 2024
Questions
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What synth does Robby East use?
Robby East has said u-he Diva is his go-to synth for most things, including plucks, pads, keys and atmospheres, and that he tends to use Xfer Serum for bass.
What piano plugin does Robby East use?
He has said Imagiro Piano 2 was the main piano sound on Overwater, and that he likes softer pianos where you can hear the felt, hammers and pedals.
What reverb and delay plugins does Robby East use?
He has named Soundtoys EchoBoy and Crystallizer, Valhalla VintageVerb and the free TAL-Reverb-4, which he grabs for grittier reverbs and its ducking function.
What DAW does Robby East use?
In his Melody For The Misfits breakdown he said he processed a lead with a Logic compressor, the stock compressor in Apple Logic Pro.
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Robby East is an Amsterdam melodic house producer who releases on Lane 8's This Never Happened label. This guide covers the synths, plug-ins and DAW he broke down in his own words for Magnetic Magazine's How It Was Made series.
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