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What DAW does Surgeon use?

Surgeon uses a Torso T-1 sequencer, Torso S-4 sampler, 1010music Blackbox and Allen & Heath Xone:96 mixer live, per a 2025 Superbooth rig feature. He has said he uses the SOMA Pulsar-23 in his techno live sets, plus SOMA Lyra-8, Cosmos and Terra, and Ableton Live.

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What live rig Surgeon uses: a sourced gear guide

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“The outboard gear I'm using when I mix the separate recordings from the modular is mainly a Lexicon PCM91”

Said in In the Studio: Surgeon (XLR8R), October 2014
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What gear does Surgeon use live?

At Superbooth 2025 Surgeon's live rig was a Torso T-1 sequencer, a Torso S-4 for granular sampling, a 1010music Blackbox, an Allen & Heath Xone:96 mixer and a Benidub Digital Echo on the mixer returns.

What drum machine does Surgeon use?

Surgeon has said he has used the SOMA Pulsar-23 in his techno live sets ever since he got it, and that he always uses it for Surgeon and other live techno collaborations.

What SOMA synths does Surgeon use?

In SOMA's interview series he said he has used the Pulsar-23, Lyra-8, Ornament-8, Cosmos and Terra, mostly for The Transcendence Orchestra, with the Pulsar-23 in his Surgeon live sets.

What DAW does Surgeon use?

Surgeon told XLR8R he started on a very early version of Ableton Live and still uses it, including as a multi-track recorder for modular jams.

What records influenced Surgeon?

In The Quietus Baker's Dozen he picked records including The Cure's Pornography, King Tubby's Freedom Sounds In Dub, Robbie Basho's Visions Of The Country, Alice Coltrane's World Galaxy and Ivor Cutler's Dandruff.

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Surgeon is UK techno producer and live performer Anthony Child. This guide covers the hardware in his live techno rig, his SOMA instruments, his older modular and outboard studio, and records he has said shaped him.

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