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ARP
ARP 2600“It's hard to choose, but it's probably the ARP 2600. It's the synth I have been dreaming of since I was a child”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
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Rodriguez Jr. has said the ARP 2600 is his favourite studio synth, alongside a Roland Jupiter-6, Juno-106, SH-101 and an original TB-303 run through an Eventide DSP4000. He starts tracks in Ableton Live, mixes in Logic and has toured with a Roland TR-8S and Moog Slim Phatty.
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Roland
Jupiter-6“most of the time for pads I use the Roland Jupiter 6 or the ELKA Synthex.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
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Roland
Juno-106“that's a Roland Juno 106 layered with the Native Instruments Strings Soundbank.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
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Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“That's an original Roland TB-303 going through an Eventide DSP4000.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
What synths Rodriguez Jr. uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
ARP
ARP 2600“It's hard to choose, but it's probably the ARP 2600. It's the synth I have been dreaming of since I was a child”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Roland
Jupiter-6“most of the time for pads I use the Roland Jupiter 6 or the ELKA Synthex.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Roland
Juno-106“that's a Roland Juno 106 layered with the Native Instruments Strings Soundbank.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“That's an original Roland TB-303 going through an Eventide DSP4000.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Has said they use
Has said they use
Moog
Sub 37“the only things I had left were the Yamaha DX7, the Moog 37, and an ARP 2600.”
Said in Rodriguez Jr has found freedom after 25 years as a producer (MusicTech), May 2023
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Has said they use
Yamaha
DX7“I could do a lot with these three machines.”
Said in Rodriguez Jr has found freedom after 25 years as a producer (MusicTech), May 2023
Has said they use
Sequential
OB-6 DesktopSaid in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Seen using
Roland
JD-800“I'm very lucky because this is how I learned programming and producing, you know.”
Seen in Rodriguez Jr.: Cover Story (Beatportal), May 2023
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“I have the habit of beginning my projects on Ableton Live because it's just so much fun”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“I prefer its layout for mixing, and it is also much easier to interface with external hardware in Logic.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Stage
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8S“I have a couple of controllers, a Roland TR-8S drum machine, a Moog Slim Phatty, and a MIDI keyboard.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Has said they use
Moog
Slim Phatty“I try to keep my setup as compact and efficient as possible.”
Said in Show Off Your Studio: Rodriguez Jr.'s Parisian paradise (MusicTech), May 2020
Seen using
Allen & Heath
Xone:K1Seen in How I Play: Rodriguez Jr. Interview + Live Rig Walkthrough (DJ TechTools), January 2016
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Seen using
Akai Professional
MPK261Seen in How I Play: Rodriguez Jr. Interview + Live Rig Walkthrough (DJ TechTools), January 2016
Seen using
RME
Fireface UCXSeen in How I Play: Rodriguez Jr. Interview + Live Rig Walkthrough (DJ TechTools), January 2016
NEO by Oyaide
d+ cables
SponsoredHas said they use
NEO by Oyaide
d+ cablesSaid in Rodriguez Jr. (NEO created by OYAIDE Elec. artist page), September 2021
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Boards of Canada
Music Has the Right to Children“I love Boards of Canada because of the memories with it.”
Said in Interview with Rodriguez Jr. on His New Album "Feathers & Bones" (Miami New Times), May 2023
Buy
Has said they love
Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxygene“He's our French electronic music hero and when you listen to his albums Oxygene or Equinoxe, they are extremely polished”
Said in Rodriguez Jr.: Cover Story (Beatportal), May 2023
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Questions
About Rodriguez Jr.'s gear.
What is Rodriguez Jr.'s favourite synth?
He told MusicTech in 2020 that his favourite piece of hardware is probably the ARP 2600, the synth he had dreamed of since discovering it on Jean-Michel Jarre's albums.
What DAW does Rodriguez Jr. use?
He has said he begins projects in Ableton Live and moves them to Logic once an idea takes shape, because he prefers Logic's layout for mixing and working with external hardware.
What does Rodriguez Jr. use in his live set?
In 2020 he said he tours with a couple of controllers, a Roland TR-8S drum machine, a Moog Slim Phatty and a MIDI keyboard. A 2016 DJ TechTools rig walkthrough showed Ableton Live, a Roland TR-8, an Allen & Heath Xone:K1, an Akai MPK261 and an RME Fireface UCX.
How did Rodriguez Jr. make the acid bassline on BLISSS?
He said it is an original Roland TB-303 going through an Eventide DSP4000, and that he does not like using clones.
What records influenced Rodriguez Jr.?
He has pointed to Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene and Equinoxe, and in a 2023 interview he said he loves Boards of Canada, playing Music Has the Right to Children on his turntable.
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Rodriguez Jr. is the live melodic house and techno project of French producer Olivier Mateu, who moved his studio from Paris to Miami. This guide covers the vintage synths, software and live rig he has named in interviews, plus the records that shaped him.
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