Top 5Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools“The computer is as important as any instrument that we use. Well, the computer and Pro Tools.”
Said in Zero 7: Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people (MusicRadar), November 2020
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21 items · Last checked What DAW does Zero 7 use?
Zero 7 have named Pro Tools as the heart of their studio, mixed through an old Trident desk, alongside a Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Juno-106, Jen Synthetone SX-1000, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, Akai samplers and a 3M two-inch tape machine, plus boxes of vinyl including KPM library records.
Top 5
Where to start with Zero 7's gear.
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Atari
Atari 1040 ST“We run all the sequencers off the Atari. It never crashes, unless you knock it on the ground.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Top 5Has said they use
Akai Professional
S5000 samplerSaid in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Akai Professional
S1100“On our first remix, we used an Akai S1100, an Atari 1040 ST and a digital Tascam 8-track.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
What studio gear Zero 7 uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools“The computer is as important as any instrument that we use. Well, the computer and Pro Tools.”
Said in Zero 7: Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people (MusicRadar), November 2020
Trident Audio
Trident Flexi Mix 32-channel desk
Has said they use
Trident Audio
Trident Flexi Mix 32-channel desk“it's just nice to have the music run through something that's got more character than an average Mackie board”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Apple
Power Macintosh G3
Has said they use
Apple
Power Macintosh G3Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Has said they use
Atari
Atari 1040 ST“We run all the sequencers off the Atari. It never crashes, unless you knock it on the ground.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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3M
Two-inch tape machine
Has said they use
“We've got this old 3M two-inch tape machine.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Has said they use
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S5000 samplerSaid in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
Squier
Short-scale bass guitar
Has said they use
Squier
Short-scale bass guitarSaid in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Early studio
TASCAM
Digital 8-track recorder
Has said they use
TASCAM
Digital 8-track recorderSaid in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Has said they use
Akai Professional
S1100“On our first remix, we used an Akai S1100, an Atari 1040 ST and a digital Tascam 8-track.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
Has said they use
Akai Professional
S1000“Atari computer, Akai S1000 sampler, Juno-106 and a couple decent mics.”
Said in Zero 7: Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people (MusicRadar), November 2020
Synths and keys
Has said they use
Has said they use
Roland
Juno-106Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
Has said they use
“it's all over our album”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Has said they use
Nord
Nord Lead 2“It's a new synth that's supposed to be like old synths.”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
Has said they use
Arturia
Arturia software synthsSaid in Zero 7: Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people (MusicRadar), November 2020
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Has said they use
Fender
Rhodes electric pianoSaid in Interview: Henry Binns (Songwriting Magazine), February 2019
Has said they use
Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer electric pianoSaid in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Records that shaped me
KPM
KPM library albums
Has said they love
“I still love that feeling of finding an old KPM album at a car boot for 50 pence”
Said in Zero 7: Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people (MusicRadar), November 2020
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Madlib
In the Waiting Line (Madlib remix as Yesterday's New Quintet)
Has said they love
“It's not what you'd expect from a remix”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Bugs in the Attic
In the Waiting Line (Bugs in the Attic remix)
Has said they love
Bugs in the Attic
In the Waiting Line (Bugs in the Attic remix)“I love the one Bugs in the Attic did”
Said in Zero 7: simple joys (Remix magazine, archived), July 2002
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Questions
About Zero 7's gear.
What DAW does Zero 7 use?
Henry Binns told MusicRadar in 2020 that the computer and Pro Tools are as important as any instrument in the Zero 7 studio. In 2002 the duo listed Digidesign Pro Tools 4.3 on an Apple Power Macintosh G3, with sequencing on an Atari 1040 ST.
What synth does Zero 7 use?
In a 2002 Remix magazine studio list, Zero 7 named a Roland Jupiter-8, Roland Juno-106, Jen Synthetone SX-1000 and Clavia Nord Lead 2. Sam Hardaker said the Synthetone is all over their debut album. Henry Binns has also mentioned Arturia software synths.
What sampler does Zero 7 use?
Zero 7 have named three Akai samplers: an S1000 from their first studio, an S1100 on their first remix, and an Akai S5000 in their 2002 studio list.
What keyboards does Zero 7 play?
Henry Binns has said songs start on the piano or a Fender Rhodes, and the 2002 Zero 7 studio list includes both a Fender Rhodes and a Wurlitzer electric piano.
What mixing desk does Zero 7 use?
Zero 7 have said they mix most things off Pro Tools through an old Trident desk, listed in 2002 as a Trident Flexi Mix 32-channel monitor board that came from the RAK mobile.
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