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Access Music
Virus TI“I borrowed a polyphonic synth, this Access Virus TI to produce”
Said in MusicRadar: How TEED went back to basics with a bedroom set-up and a borrowed synth, December 2025
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TEED made about 80% of the synths on Always With Me with an Access Virus TI borrowed from a friend, and he still uses plugins such as Cableguys ShaperBox and FabFilter Saturn. He has a small Roland D-5 behind him, and has said his first synths were a Roland Alpha Juno and Juno-106 and that he has used a TR-505 a lot throughout his career.
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ShaperBoxSaid in MusicTech: TEED on using one synth for 80% of his album, December 2025
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FabFilter
SaturnSaid in MusicTech: TEED on using one synth for 80% of his album, December 2025
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Roland
D-5“I also have a small D-5 unit behind me”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
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Alpha Juno“the first synths I owned were the Roland Alpha Juno and a JUNO-106”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
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Always With Me studio
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Access Music
Virus TI“I borrowed a polyphonic synth, this Access Virus TI to produce”
Said in MusicRadar: How TEED went back to basics with a bedroom set-up and a borrowed synth, December 2025
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Cableguys
ShaperBoxSaid in MusicTech: TEED on using one synth for 80% of his album, December 2025
Uses
FabFilter
SaturnSaid in MusicTech: TEED on using one synth for 80% of his album, December 2025
Roland synths
Uses
Roland
D-5“I also have a small D-5 unit behind me”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
Has said they use
Roland
Alpha Juno“the first synths I owned were the Roland Alpha Juno and a JUNO-106”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
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Has said they use
Roland
Juno-106“the first synths I owned were the Roland Alpha Juno and a JUNO-106”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
Has said they use
Roland
TR-505“I've used the Roland TR-505 a lot throughout my career because I love the drum pads”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
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Roland
Jupiter-8“I have a friend who lives around the corner who has a JUPITER-8, so I'm always going over there to use his gear”
Said in Roland Articles: A Few Minutes with TEED, December 2025
When the Lights Go setup
Has said they use
Ableton
Live 12Said in MusicTech: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs proves that he's still got it, August 2022
Has said they use
Yamaha
CP-80Said in MusicTech: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs proves that he's still got it, August 2022
Has said they use
Korg
MS-20Said in MusicTech: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs proves that he's still got it, August 2022
Has said they use
Oberheim
OB-6Said in MusicTech: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs proves that he's still got it, August 2022
2013 live rig
Seen using
Novation
UltraNovaSeen in DJ TechTools: Behind The Booth, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Gear Talkthrough, February 2013
Seen using
Akai Professional
APC40Seen in DJ TechTools: Behind The Booth, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Gear Talkthrough, February 2013
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DigiTech
DigiDelaySeen in DJ TechTools: Behind The Booth, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Gear Talkthrough, February 2013
Records he has named
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DJ Hype
And Remember FolksSaid in MusicTech: TEED on using one synth for 80% of his album, December 2025
Has said they love
Inland Knights
How's You“Great new track from Inland Knights that I can't stop playing.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
Has said they love
Crooked Man
Don't Leave Me This Way“Just rips! So simple and tough.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
Has said they love
XL Regular
What?“Slick track and I feel like I can go anywhere from here.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
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Isaac Carter & Callum Asa
Last Call“beautiful track with a huge bass line.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
Has said they love
Clark
Janus Modal“One of the highlights from his brilliant new album. Beautiful work.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
Has said they love
Donsurf & Oliver Night
Lickshot“More noise for this kind of thing please. Broken beat forever.”
Said in DJ Mag: Selections: TEED, January 2026
Questions
About TEED's gear.
What synth did TEED use on Always With Me?
He told MusicRadar he borrowed an Access Virus TI and that about 80% of the synths on the record are made with it. MusicTech reports the Virus belongs to his friend Chris Stracey of Bag Raiders.
What plugins does TEED use?
MusicTech reported in December 2025 that he still has plugins such as Cableguys ShaperBox and FabFilter Saturn after selling most of his hardware.
What Roland gear has TEED used?
He told Roland his first synths were an Alpha Juno and a Juno-106, that he has used the TR-505 a lot throughout his career, and that he has a small D-5 behind him. He also borrows a friend's Jupiter-8.
What gear did TEED sell?
MusicTech reported that he sold his Rhodes, MS-20 and OB-6 when money dried up in the pandemic. In 2022 MusicTech had described an LA set up built around Ableton with a Yamaha CP-80, Korg MS-20 and OB-6.
What was in TEED's live rig?
In a 2013 DJ TechTools Behind The Booth video he showed his live setup, which DJ TechTools tagged with a Novation UltraNova, an Akai APC40, a DigiTech DigiDelay and Ableton Live.
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TEED is Orlando Higginbottom, the British producer, DJ and singer formerly known as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, behind Trouble, When the Lights Go and Always With Me. This guide covers the synths, plugins and live gear he has named in interviews with MusicRadar, MusicTech, Roland and DJ TechTools, plus records he has picked for DJ Mag.
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