“chop them up and piece them together using (Steinberg) Recycle.”

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What DAW does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Steinberg Cubase Audio and ReCycle, with a 16 track Pro Tools rig as their tape machine for vocals, Apple Mac Quadras, Akai S1000, S1100 and S3200 samplers, Waldorf Wave and Oberheim synths, a Roland TR-808 and TB-303, a Euphonix CS2000 desk and Meyer HD-1 monitors.
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“we turned to Cubase which we have been using ever since.”
“chop them up and piece them together using (Steinberg) Recycle.”
“My input to Steinberg has been things like 'Time Bandit' where you can actually timestretch with BPM.”
“I've used the Mac from the very beginning.”
Recording
“The Pro Tools is our tape machine, and we record the vocals with it”
Synths
Samplers
Drum machines
Effects rack
About SNAP!'s gear.
What DAW does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Steinberg Cubase Audio, which Luca Anzilotti said they moved to after the Commodore 64 and Atari, plus a 16 track Pro Tools system for recording vocals (The Mix, 1994).
What plugins does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Steinberg ReCycle to chop and rebuild samples, and Luca Anzilotti said he gave Steinberg input on Time Bandit, a BPM timestretch tool (The Mix, 1994).
What synth does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Waldorf Wave and MicroWave synths, an Oberheim Matrix-1000 and Xpander, a Studio Electronics SE-1, a MIDI retrofitted Minimoog, a Prophet-5, a Roland Juno-106 and a Novation Bass Station (The Mix, 1994).
What samplers does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Akai S1000, S1100 and S3200 samplers plus an E-mu Emulator III XS Turbo, according to the studio equipment list in The Mix (1994).
What studio monitors does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use Meyer Sound HD-1 monitors for nearfield listening and UREI 815C main monitors, alongside a Euphonix CS2000 desk (The Mix, 1994).
What drum machine does SNAP! use?
SNAP! has said they use a Roland TR-808, plus a Roland TB-303 and a Yamaha RY10, all on their 1994 studio equipment list in The Mix.
SNAP! is the Frankfurt eurodance project of producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, behind The Power and Rhythm Is a Dancer. This guide covers the studio gear listed in a 1994 studio feature, from Cubase and Pro Tools to Akai samplers and Waldorf synths.
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