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The Knocks have named Ableton Live as the center of their HeavyRoc studio, with an Access Virus TI and Roland Juno-106 behind most bass and synth lines, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Empirical Labs Distressors, a Neumann U87 for vocals, and Pioneer CDJ-2000s with a DJM-900 Nexus for DJ sets.
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Virus TI“Probably 80-percent of the bass or synth line on the album is made on an Access Virus TI, that and the Juno.”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Juno-106Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Spectrasonics
Omnisphere 2“We’ll use the Omnisphere with its borderline trance-y sound, but we’ll pad it or layer it with warm analog pieces.”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Virus TI“Probably 80-percent of the bass or synth line on the album is made on an Access Virus TI, that and the Juno.”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Juno-106Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Spectrasonics
Omnisphere 2“We’ll use the Omnisphere with its borderline trance-y sound, but we’ll pad it or layer it with warm analog pieces.”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Komplete 7
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Native Instruments
Komplete 7Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Waves
Diamond Bundle“We use the Waves Diamond Bundle and send the settings to our mixer to get it to sound the way we wanted using our same chains.”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Empirical Labs
Distressor“We pretty much run everything through our Empirical Labs EL8X distressors.”
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Recording
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Neumann
U 87 Ai“We use the Neumann U87 mic”
Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
Great River Electronics
Mic preamp
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Mic preampSaid in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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Stage
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Access Music
Virus TI SnowSaid in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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DJ booth
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ-2000Said in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM-900NXSSaid in The Knocks: Make It “Classic” (DJ Times), April 2016
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What DAW does The Knocks use?
Ableton Live 9 was the central piece of The Knocks' HeavyRoc studio in Manhattan in 2016, and on stage B-Roc runs Ableton with a Native Instruments Maschine triggering sounds.
What synth does The Knocks use?
JPatt told DJ Times that about 80 percent of the bass and synth lines on their album 55 came from an Access Virus TI and a Roland Juno-106. Their studio also had a Moog Little Phatty, and JPatt plays a Virus TI Snow live.
What plugins does The Knocks use?
DJ Times listed Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 and Native Instruments Komplete 7 in their studio, and B-Roc said they mix with the Waves Diamond Bundle and send those settings to their mixer.
What microphone does The Knocks use?
B-Roc said they record vocals on a Neumann U87 into a Great River Electronics preamp and then a Distressor. On stage they sing through Shure SM58 microphones.
What DJ gear does The Knocks use?
For DJ sets, DJ Times listed four Pioneer CDJ-2000 players and a Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus mixer, played from USB sticks.
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The Knocks are the New York duo of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson, who make disco-flavored indie dance and pop records. This guide covers the studio, stage and DJ gear named in a DJ Times feature on their HeavyRoc studio in Manhattan.
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