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“For the longest time, I've been using Digital Performer, and I used a AKAI S6000 sampler, which still used the zip disks”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
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Todd Edwards has said he worked for years in MOTU Digital Performer with an Akai S6000 sampler, then switched to Pro Tools with Native Instruments Komplete and Melodyne. His early shuffle came from an Ensoniq EPS keyboard, and he has said a Roland Juno-106 was the one thing Komplete did not beat.
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Pro Tools“I just switched up to ProTools”
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Celemony
Melodyne“I also bought Melodyne; I've been using that.”
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Roland
Juno-106“It was better than anything that I had, with the exception of a Juno 106”
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Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life“If I didn't know Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, that song would have never came to fruition”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
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“For the longest time, I've been using Digital Performer, and I used a AKAI S6000 sampler, which still used the zip disks”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
Akai Professional
S6000 sampler
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Akai Professional
S6000 sampler“For the longest time, I've been using Digital Performer, and I used a AKAI S6000 sampler, which still used the zip disks”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
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Avid
Pro Tools“I just switched up to ProTools”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
Native Instruments
Komplete (Kontakt)
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Native Instruments
Komplete (Kontakt)“I just invested in Kontakt Komplete. Only for a sampler, until I heard all the sounds that came with it.”
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Celemony
Melodyne“I also bought Melodyne; I've been using that.”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
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Roland
Juno-106“It was better than anything that I had, with the exception of a Juno 106”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
Ensoniq
EPS sampler keyboard
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Ensoniq
EPS sampler keyboard“I had an old Ensoniq EPS keyboard, which had about 15 to 30 seconds of sampling time, but the quantise on there was amazing.”
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Records that shaped me
Enya
Enya records
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Enya
Enya records“I also loved Enya, and she used her vocals as musical elements”
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Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life“If I didn't know Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, that song would have never came to fruition”
Said in Todd Edwards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, New York 2013), May 2013
Masters At Work
Kenny Dope Gonzalez drum programming
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Masters At Work
Kenny Dope Gonzalez drum programming“I was very heavily influenced by Masters At Work, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez's drum programming.”
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What DAW does Todd Edwards use?
In 2013 he said he had used MOTU Digital Performer for the longest time and had just switched to Pro Tools.
What sampler does Todd Edwards use?
He has said he worked with an Akai S6000 sampler, still on zip disks, before moving to Native Instruments Kontakt in Komplete. His early tracks were made on an Ensoniq EPS keyboard, whose triplet shuffle quantise he credits for the sound.
What synth does Todd Edwards use?
He has said Native Instruments Komplete beat everything in his studio except his Roland Juno-106.
What music influenced Todd Edwards?
He has said he was heavily influenced by Masters At Work and Kenny Dope Gonzalez's drum programming, by MK's vocal cuts, by Enya's use of vocals as instruments, and by Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life.
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Todd Edwards is the New Jersey producer and singer often called a godfather of UK garage, known for his micro-sampled vocal collages and his work with Daft Punk. This guide covers the samplers, DAWs and records he named in his Red Bull Music Academy lecture.
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