“We use Ableton Live as production software. It’s fast and versatile—love the “drag-and-drop” conception.”
What DAW does Supernova use?
Supernova have said they produce in Ableton Live, layering vinyl samples with a Prophet-5, Minimoog Voyager, Roland Juno-60 and Dave Smith Pro 2, then mix on UAD plugins through API or Dangerous Music summing. Live, they play Traktor and Ableton on two laptops into two Pioneer DJM-900s.
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Studio
“We use Ableton Live as production software. It’s fast and versatile—love the “drag-and-drop” conception.”
“We love to mix up vinyl samples with sounds pulled out from our hardware analog synths”
Mixing
“We use most of the UAD plug-ins to mix and master the tracks, but always going through some analog summing mixers from API or Dangerous Music.”
DJ booth
“We just request two [Pioneer] DJM-900 mixers, as we both play with laptop and controllers.”
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What DAW does Supernova use?
Ableton Live. Emiliano Nencioni told DJ Times in 2017 that it is fast and versatile and that they love its drag-and-drop approach. Live, one laptop runs Ableton next to a second running Traktor.
What synth does Supernova use?
Giacomo Godi named their hardware analog synths: a Sequential Prophet-5, Moog Minimoog Voyager, Roland Juno-60 and Dave Smith Pro 2.
What DJ setup does Supernova use?
They request two Pioneer DJM-900 mixers and play a hybrid set, one laptop on Native Instruments Traktor and one on Ableton Live, synced by hand.
Supernova are Giacomo Godi and Emiliano Nencioni, the Florence house and tech house duo who run Lapsus Music. This guide covers the DAW, analog synths, mixing chain and hybrid DJ setup they have named in interviews.
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