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Ableton
Live“I was quite an early adopter of the whole Ableton Live thing, and I really got into that.”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
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Sasha has said he was an early adopter of Ableton Live and that the Access Virus has been the one constant synth in his studio. He has also named a Roland System-8, Arturia MatrixBrute, Pioneer DJ Toraiz SP-16, Eventide H9, Melodyne, Mixed In Key and Soundtoys plugins.
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Celemony
Melodyne“I use it for a wide variety of things, from changing the pitch of a sample to extracting MIDI from remix stems.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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Mixed In Key
Mixed In Key“Being able to search samples by key is a very powerful and fast way of working.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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FabFilter
FabFilter plug-insSaid in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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Eventide
H3000 Factory“Eventide hardware has been a key factor on all the Involver records to date.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
What studio gear Sasha uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“I was quite an early adopter of the whole Ableton Live thing, and I really got into that.”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
Has said they use
Celemony
Melodyne“I use it for a wide variety of things, from changing the pitch of a sample to extracting MIDI from remix stems.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
Has said they use
Mixed In Key
Mixed In Key“Being able to search samples by key is a very powerful and fast way of working.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
Has said they use
FabFilter
FabFilter plug-insSaid in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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Eventide
H3000 Factory“Eventide hardware has been a key factor on all the Involver records to date.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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Eventide
Blackhole“These two plugins were released last year and were key tools in achieving the album’s sound.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
Soundtoys
Native Effects bundle
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Soundtoys
Native Effects bundle“The sound quality is incredible - it’s the best of the analogue world in a digital package.”
Said in Sasha's music software (MusicRadar / Computer Music), April 2013
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Akai Professional
MPC3000“I started off using an MPC3000 and doing virtually everything on there just with a sampler”
Said in Sasha Talks (The Ransom Note), August 2021
Synths
Has said they use
Access Music
Virus TI“It’s the synth we rely on most for lead synth lines, pads and string lines.”
Said in In pictures: Sasha's live setup revealed (MusicRadar), June 2017
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Roland
System-8“This is just a monster.”
Said in In pictures: Sasha's live setup revealed (MusicRadar), June 2017
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Arturia
MatrixBrute“We’re doing a lot of our analogue sequences on it and it’s got a really unique sound.”
Said in In pictures: Sasha's live setup revealed (MusicRadar), June 2017
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ARP
ARP 2600“I’ve got an ARP2600, which is a beautiful old vintage synth”
Said in Sasha Talks (The Ransom Note), August 2021
Live show
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
Toraiz SP-16“We use this to sequence a lot of the electronic drums, hi-hats and drum fills. I love the sound of this machine.”
Said in In pictures: Sasha's live setup revealed (MusicRadar), June 2017
Has said they use
Roland
RD-800“This is my trusty Roland piano.”
Said in In pictures: Sasha's live setup revealed (MusicRadar), June 2017
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DJ booth
Has said they use
Eventide
H9 Harmonizer“I carry an H9 pedal with, which can pretty much do everything.”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
RMX-1000“I really enjoy playing with the Pioneer RMX1000 decks”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
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Native Instruments
Traktor Pro“I liked using Traktor in remix mode, so that you could use the CDJs to control tracks.”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ-1000“it took two nights for the thing to become transparent.”
Said in Superstar DJ Sasha, After the Star Fades (Red Bull Music Academy), July 2016
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Dropbox
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Dropbox
Dropbox“we realised we could sync everything with Dropbox and started to work like this.”
Said in Fifteen Questions interview with Sasha, May 2018
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Pete Lazonby
Sacred Cycles“records that I’d played in Ibiza years ago and that meant something to me”
Said in Sasha cover feature: Future Sound of Sasha (DJ Mag), January 2017
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What DAW does Sasha use?
Ableton Live. He told 15 Questions he was an early adopter of Ableton Live, and he told Red Bull Music Academy that discovering it in 2003 gave his DJing a shot in the arm.
What plugins does Sasha use?
For Computer Music he named Celemony Melodyne, Mixed In Key, FabFilter plugins, Eventide's H3000 Factory and Blackhole, and the Soundtoys Native Effects bundle.
What synth does Sasha use?
He has called the Access Virus the one keyboard that stayed constant in his studio, and has also named a Roland System-8, an Arturia MatrixBrute, a Roland JD-800 and an ARP 2600.
What DJ gear does Sasha use?
He has said he plays from USB sticks on CDJs, and that he likes to bring a Pioneer RMX-1000 and an Eventide H9 pedal to the booth. Earlier he DJed with Traktor and Ableton Live.
What piano does Sasha play?
A Roland RD-800, which he called his trusty Roland piano while rehearsing his 2017 re:Fracted live show at the Barbican.
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