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Ableton
Live“Ableton's our host”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
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13 items · Last checked What DAW does Walker & Royce use?
Walker & Royce have said they use Ableton Live as their host DAW, with soft synths such as u-he Diva, u-he Bazille, Native Instruments FM8, Reaktor, Vital and Omnisphere. In hardware they have named the Novation Peak, Novation Summit and Behringer 2600, and Pioneer CDJs with an RMX-1000 for club sets.
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Diva“some reliable standbys are the new Diva by u-He, Native Instruments FM8, and a lot of the stuff for Reaktor.”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
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Native Instruments
FM8Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
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Native Instruments
Reaktor“The lead synth in the new track we did with Louisahhh!!! is a Reaktor patch.”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
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Vital Audio
Vital“The newest we love is called Vital. Specifically, the lead synth from "Cheap Thrills" is a patch we got from there”
Said in No Big Deal: an Interview with Walker & Royce (Perfect Circuit), March 2024
What studio gear Walker & Royce uses: a sourced gear guide
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Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Ableton's our host”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
Has said they use
u-he
Diva“some reliable standbys are the new Diva by u-He, Native Instruments FM8, and a lot of the stuff for Reaktor.”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
Has said they use
Native Instruments
FM8Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
Has said they use
Native Instruments
Reaktor“The lead synth in the new track we did with Louisahhh!!! is a Reaktor patch.”
Said in Interview: Walker and Royce's Chicago Debut at Primary (5 Magazine), March 2013
Has said they use
Vital Audio
Vital“The newest we love is called Vital. Specifically, the lead synth from "Cheap Thrills" is a patch we got from there”
Said in No Big Deal: an Interview with Walker & Royce (Perfect Circuit), March 2024
Has said they use
Novation
Peak“The [Novation] Peak has been great, as it's really our holistic synth on everything. We love the built-in distortion too!”
Said in No Big Deal: an Interview with Walker & Royce (Perfect Circuit), March 2024
Has said they use
Spectrasonics
Omnisphere“being able to map it to Omnisphere has been killer.”
Said in No Big Deal: an Interview with Walker & Royce (Perfect Circuit), March 2024
Has said they use
Novation
Summit
Has said they use
Novation
Bass Station“I like my desk not being cluttered with all this junk”
Has said they use
Behringer
2600“I've also got the Behringer ARP 2600, which is really cool for making this angry, distorted FM-ish kind of stuff.”
Has said they use
u-he
Bazille“They all sound a bit different, but they're also specific”
DJ booth
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ players“3 CDJ's, Pioneer mixer and our Pioneer RMX 1000”
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
RMX-1000Questions
About Walker & Royce's gear.
What DAW does Walker & Royce use?
Walker & Royce have said they use Ableton Live. Sam Walker told 5 Magazine that Ableton is their host, and he worked at Ableton in New York from 2007 to 2010.
What plugins does Walker & Royce use?
They have said they use u-he Diva, Native Instruments FM8 and Reaktor, and more recently Vital, u-he Bazille and Omnisphere. The lead synth on "Cheap Thrills" came from a Vital patch.
What synth does Walker & Royce use?
They have said the Novation Peak is their all-round hardware synth. Sam Walker has also said he has a Novation Summit, a Novation Bass Station that he plays as a MIDI keyboard, and a Behringer 2600.
What MIDI keyboard does Walker & Royce use?
Sam Walker has said he plays his Novation Bass Station as a MIDI keyboard in the studio.
What DJ gear does Walker & Royce use?
Gavin Royce has said their ideal club setup is three Pioneer CDJs, a Pioneer mixer and their own Pioneer RMX-1000 effects unit.
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