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Avid
Pro Tools“So what I was able to do with the 4-track was I would dump into Pro Tools and edit it in Pro Tools.”
Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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6 items · Last checked What DAW does Sufjan Stevens use?
Sufjan Stevens has said they used a Tascam Portastudio cassette 4-track, Avid Pro Tools and Propellerhead ReBirth, and learned songwriting on an Ovation nylon-string guitar. Tape Op reported he tracked an entire record with Shure SM57 microphones and an AKG C 1000.
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TASCAM
Portastudio cassette 4-track
Top 5Has said they use
“That same week I went out and bought a Tascam Portastudio [cassette] 4-track.”
Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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Reason Studios
ReBirth RB-338
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Reason Studios
ReBirth RB-338Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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Recording
TASCAM
Portastudio cassette 4-track
Has said they use
“That same week I went out and bought a Tascam Portastudio [cassette] 4-track.”
Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools“So what I was able to do with the 4-track was I would dump into Pro Tools and edit it in Pro Tools.”
Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
Reason Studios
ReBirth RB-338
Has said they use
Reason Studios
ReBirth RB-338Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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Seen using
Guitars
Ovation
Nylon-string guitar
Has said they use
Ovation
Nylon-string guitar“So he left one of those Ovation nylon string guitars with the plastic in the back.”
Said in Sufjan Stevens: So wrong but so right (Tape Op #70), March 2009
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Questions
About Sufjan Stevens's gear.
What DAW does Sufjan Stevens use?
Sufjan Stevens told Tape Op in 2009 that he took a Pro Tools class in college and would dump his 4-track recordings into Pro Tools to edit them, a method he said he hadn't really changed.
What microphones does Sufjan Stevens use?
Tape Op's 2009 feature says his Michigan and Illinois era recordings were made with Shure SM57s and an AKG C 1000, mixed on headphones.
What did Sufjan Stevens record his first album on?
He told Tape Op that A Sun Came was mostly done on a Tascam Portastudio cassette 4-track, and that coworkers gave him Propellerhead's ReBirth software.
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Sufjan Stevens
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Sufjan Stevens is the American songwriter behind Illinois, Carrie and Lowell and Javelin. This guide covers the home recording setup he described to Tape Op in 2009.
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