Top 5Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet '08 Desktop“Pretty much every track uses my Prophet '08 desktop module”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
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Ross From Friends told MusicRadar that pretty much every track on Tread used his Prophet '08 desktop module, alongside a Roland TR-8S, a Eurorack modular and Klark Teknik EQs. He builds his own tools in Max for Live inside Ableton, and Attack saw an Oberheim OB-6 in his South London studio in 2023.
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Roland
TR-8S“I also use a Roland TR-8S, which has all the classic 707, 808 and 909 sounds.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
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Top 5Seen using
Oberheim
OB-6Seen in Attack Magazine: Ross From Friends On 'The One', Production & Pressure, June 2023
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Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
Live 12“so I made my own software in Max/MSP linked to Ableton through Max for Live.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
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Ableton
Max for Live“it's all done within Max for Live.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
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Studio
Has said they use
Sequential
Prophet '08 Desktop“Pretty much every track uses my Prophet '08 desktop module”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
Has said they use
Roland
TR-8S“I also use a Roland TR-8S, which has all the classic 707, 808 and 909 sounds.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
Seen using
Oberheim
OB-6Seen in Attack Magazine: Ross From Friends On 'The One', Production & Pressure, June 2023
Has said they use
Ableton
Live 12“so I made my own software in Max/MSP linked to Ableton through Max for Live.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
Has said they use
Ableton
Max for Live“it's all done within Max for Live.”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
Outboard
Has said they use
Klark Teknik
EQP-KT“At the moment I'm using Klark Teknik EQs, which are unbelievably good knock-offs of these mad, high-end Pultecs”
Said in MusicRadar (Future Music): Ross From Friends on Thresho and Tread, December 2021
Live show
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FMR Audio
RNC1773 compressor“We also added a Really Nice Compressor on the master channel to act as a limiter”
Said in DJ Mag: Ross from Friends, How I Play Live, October 2018
Live show: John Dunk's keys
Has said they use
Korg
microKORG“John plays saxophone and a microKorg with a delay pedal”
Said in DJ Mag: Ross from Friends, How I Play Live, October 2018
Books and records
Has said they love
Nicholas Pileggi
Wiseguy“I read "Wiseguy" just because I'm super into 20th Century mobster stuff.”
Said in XLR8R: 20 Questions: Ross From Friends, May 2018
Also at
Has said they love
JPEGMAFIA
Veteran“I'm rinsing the new Jpegmafia album, Veteran, at the moment. Such an expressive, genius album.”
Said in XLR8R: 20 Questions: Ross From Friends, May 2018
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What synths does Ross From Friends have?
He told MusicRadar in 2021 that pretty much every track used his Prophet '08 desktop module, and that he also runs a Eurorack modular. Attack was shown an Oberheim OB-6 in his studio in 2023.
What drum machine does Ross From Friends use?
He named a Roland TR-8S in his 2021 MusicRadar interview, saying it has all the classic 707, 808 and 909 sounds.
What is Thresho?
Thresho is a Max for Live device Ross From Friends built himself. It records audio automatically when a signal crosses a level, and he told MusicRadar he used it to capture jams for Tread.
What outboard does Ross From Friends run samples through?
He told MusicRadar he was running sounds through Klark Teknik EQs, an Alesis MIDIverb, a dbx compressor, a Roland Space Echo and a cheap spring reverb tank.
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Ross From Friends is Felix Clary Weatherall, the London producer behind Family Portrait and Tread on Brainfeeder, and the Bubble Love alias. This guide covers the synths, drum machine, outboard and software he has named in MusicRadar, Attack and DJ Mag interviews, plus the book and album he named to XLR8R.
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