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Sequential
Prophet-6“I think that we, the most used piece of gear would be the Prophet 6.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
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RÜFÜS DU SOL work in Ableton Live and told Tape Notes in 2025 that the Sequential Prophet-6 is their most used instrument, with an OB-6, UDO Super 6 and Xfer Serum. Surrender guitar was a Fender Jaguar with humbuckers, and live they have played Nord Electro 5Ds.
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Top 5Uses
Sequential
OB-6“So it’s like this OB6 patch that we used, and it just has this really interesting life to it”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
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UDO Audio
Super 6“we had the Super 6, this is a synth that we were playing a lot with on this record, that we love, like it’s so stereo and sounds so fat.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
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Moog
Minimoog Model D“We have the Sequential Prophet-6 and OB-6, and the Minimoog Model D, which were huge proponents of the sound of Solace”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
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Top 5Has said they use
Korg
MS-20 mini“We also have a Korg MS-20 Mini, which is sick”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
What studio gear RÜFÜS DU SOL uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Uses
Sequential
Prophet-6“I think that we, the most used piece of gear would be the Prophet 6.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Sequential
OB-6“So it’s like this OB6 patch that we used, and it just has this really interesting life to it”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
UDO Audio
Super 6“we had the Super 6, this is a synth that we were playing a lot with on this record, that we love, like it’s so stereo and sounds so fat.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Has said they use
Moog
Minimoog Model D“We have the Sequential Prophet-6 and OB-6, and the Minimoog Model D, which were huge proponents of the sound of Solace”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Has said they use
Korg
MS-20 mini“We also have a Korg MS-20 Mini, which is sick”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Has said they use
Sequential
Mopho x4“We have a Dave Smith Mopho - the x4 with the four oscillators”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
VT-3 Voice Transformer“a TB-3 and VT-3 - the new Roland AIRA products”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Software
Uses
Ableton
Live“basically using expression control in Ableton, so it’s like a random input, so each note gets panned slightly differently”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Xfer Records
Serum“That’s a Serum patch that we made.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Cableguys
ShaperBox“one of the biggest revolutionary plugins we’ve had has been ShaperBox and the way that you can manipulate and use things with that.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Soundtoys
EchoBoy“So that basically running that little like impulse thing into EchoBoy and then warping it, sort of like decapitating it a little bit.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Soundtoys
Decapitator
Uses
Slate + Ash
Choreographs“it’s a Slate and Ash plugin called Choreographs, which is a really sick contact plugin that we love.”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Uses
Teletone Audio
Scarbo“that’s actually Scarbo, which is by Teletone, who make these really sick boutique plugins we used a lot on this record”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Valhalla DSP
Valhalla reverb“So we have the piano, but we’re bringing up this Valhalla reverb on it”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
Has said they use
Output
Thermal“We used Output’s Thermal to beef up synths such as the Korg MS-20, the Prophet-6 and Minimoog”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Has said they use
XLN Audio
RC-20 Retro Color“Our go-to’s are the Soundtoys plug-ins, Valhalla reverbs and delays, and the RC-20 tape emulator.”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Battery“we use Battery pretty heavily for all the drum sequencing.”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Komplete“We started using Native Instruments' Komplete a while ago”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
“we use splice and ready-made things”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL, January 2025
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Recording
Uses
Thermionic Culture
Culture Vulture“me and Jon bought a bunch of outboard gear. So, we got like the culture vulture and those kind of things to run things through”
Said in Tape Notes: TN:150 RÜFÜS DU SOL (episode transcript), January 2025
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Has said they use
FLEA Microphones
FLEA 47“We routed a Flea-47 mic into a Neve preamp on Tyrone’s vocals with a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor to give his voice some warmth.”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Has said they use
Tube-Tech
CL 1B“We routed a Flea-47 mic into a Neve preamp on Tyrone’s vocals with a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor to give his voice some warmth.”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Also at
Has said they use
Korg
Kaoss Pad“We also sent his voice through a Korg Kaoss Pad in On My Knees, which made it sound claustrophobic and phonetic.”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Fender
Jaguar (with humbucker pickups)
Has said they use
“All guitar on the record is the Fender Jaguar with Humbucker pickups”
Said in MusicTech: RÜFÜS DU SOL dissect their new album Surrender, November 2021
Stage
Has said they use
Roland
TB-3“We use Ableton running MIDI lines to the MS-20 and TB-3 on stage.”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Also at
Has said they use
Nord
Nord Electro 5D“we bought some Nord Electro 5Ds recently, which have been awesome.”
Said in MusicRadar: Jon George of RÜFÜS talks gear, touring and recording sessions, January 2016
Has said they use
Shure
KSM9HS vocal microphone
Seen using
Seen in ALIA: Cam Trewin on Mixing Rüfüs Du Sol in The Domain, December 2022
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Shure
PSM1000 in-ear monitor system
Seen using
Seen in ALIA: Cam Trewin on Mixing Rüfüs Du Sol in The Domain, December 2022
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What we wear
ORO Los Angeles
Italian-made black suede boots
Has said they love
ORO Los Angeles
Italian-made black suede boots“they have these amazing Italian-made black boots, I’ve actually got a pair on right now.”
Said in Wonderland: Interview With Australian Alt-Dance Group RÜFÜS DU SOL, December 2019
Records that shaped us
Has said they love
Radiohead
Kid A“there’s still a record like Kid A, which is such an amazing example of the blend of live instrumentation”
Said in Consequence: RÜFÜS DU SOL on New Album Surrender and the Magic of Recording in the Desert, November 2021
Buy
Has said they love
“But I’ve been loving the new Tora album”
Said in Music Feeds: RÜFÜS DU SOL On Reconnection, Meditation & Crafting Music For A Post-Lockdown World, October 2021
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Questions
About RÜFÜS DU SOL's gear.
What DAW does RÜFÜS DU SOL use?
Ableton Live. In their 2025 Tape Notes session breakdowns of Pressure and Fire / Desire they work in Ableton, and Jon George told MusicRadar in 2016 that tracks start with hardware synths or soft synths through Ableton.
What instruments does RÜFÜS DU SOL use?
Jon George told Tape Notes in 2025 that the Sequential Prophet-6 is their most used gear, alongside an OB-6 and UDO Super 6. They have said they use a Minimoog Model D and Korg MS-20 mini, Tyrone said the guitar on Surrender is a Fender Jaguar with humbuckers, and they play Nord Electro 5Ds.
What plugins does RÜFÜS DU SOL use?
On Tape Notes in 2025 they use Cableguys ShaperBox, Soundtoys EchoBoy and Decapitator, Slate + Ash Choreographs, Teletone Audio Scarbo, Xfer Serum, Valhalla reverb and Splice samples. In 2021 they told MusicTech about Output Thermal and XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color.
What microphone does Tyrone Lindqvist use?
For the album Surrender, the band told MusicTech in 2021 that his vocals went through a FLEA 47 into a Neve preamp and a Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor. Live, their engineer named a Shure KSM9HS for the lead vocal in 2022.
What gear does RÜFÜS DU SOL use live?
Jon George told MusicRadar in 2016 that Ableton ran MIDI lines to a Korg MS-20 mini and a Roland TB-3 on stage, next to two Nord Electro keyboards. DJ Mag's 2019 feature described a Max for Live setlist patch, and in 2022 the band were on Shure PSM 1000 in-ears.
What records have influenced RÜFÜS DU SOL?
James Hunt told Consequence in 2021 that Radiohead's Kid A is an amazing blend of live instrumentation and programming, and Jon George told Music Feeds he had been loving Tora's album A Force Majeure.
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RÜFÜS DU SOL are Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt, an electronic trio from Sydney now based in the US. This guide covers the synths, plugins and vocal chain they have described in production interviews, their live rig, and the records and boots they have talked about.
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