“In fact, I did the Inspector Norse EP just through that synth.”

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What DAW does Todd Terje use?
Todd Terje has said he made the Inspector Norse EP just with an ARP 2600, and his studio includes an ARP Odyssey, Roland Jupiter-4 and Jupiter-8 and a Memorymoog. He has said he worked in Steinberg Cubase, calls u-he Diva his go-to soft synth and bought a Mopho x4, Tetra and Eventide Space for live.
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“In fact, I did the Inspector Norse EP just through that synth.”
“the Odyssey sounds great from almost every setting.”
“The Jupiter-4 was one of my first.”
“I mainly use it for hi-hats”
“I like the Boss DR-55 for the sound; I can get good samples out of it.”
“Well, I mostly use the sounds of a Linn Drum.”
“At the beginning, Cubase was a very easy way to get into music production”
“The Diva thing, by u-he - that's definitely my go-to synth.”
“Brainworx Digital V2 EQ, which is my bass surgery plug-in”
“The Valhalla Vintage Reverb is also really amazing; it's quite resource light as well.”
“And the Voxengo Elephant's really nice too; I use that for simple limiting.”
“The SPAN audio spectrum analyser is great to check what the music looks like.”
Live setup
About Todd Terje's gear.
What synth does Todd Terje use?
He has said he did the Inspector Norse EP just through an ARP 2600, and named an ARP Odyssey, Roland Jupiter-4, Jupiter-8 and Memorymoog. For his live set he bought a Dave Smith Mopho x4, Tetra and MFB Dominion X.
What DAW does Todd Terje use?
In 2014 he told MusicRadar he worked in Steinberg Cubase, while saying he was thinking of switching to Logic.
What plugins does Todd Terje use?
He has called u-he Diva his go-to synth and named Brainworx bx_digital V2 EQ, ValhallaVintageVerb, Voxengo Elephant for simple limiting and the Voxengo SPAN analyser.
What drum machines does Todd Terje use?
He has said he used an MFB Schlagzwerg mainly for hi-hats on Delorean Dynamite, likes the Boss DR-55 for samples and mostly works with LinnDrum sounds.
Todd Terje is Terje Olsen, the Oslo producer behind Inspector Norse, Delorean Dynamite and It's Album Time. This guide covers the vintage synths, drum machines, DAW and plugins he has named in interviews, plus the hardware he bought for his first live set.
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