Aphex Twin – Drukqs album cover

Aphex Twin – Drukqs

Album 2001

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2001 album Drukqs.

Music from Drukqs

Gear Used On Drukqs

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Aphex Twin – Drukqs (2001). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Software Plugins and VSTs used by Aphex Twin on Drukqs

DAW Software

PlayerPro Tracker

In the comments, Aphex Twin wrote about Drukqs: "mostly written in Playerpro for the mac, my fave tracker, wish it would be brought back, had some amazing features and i helped code a bunch of top dsp fx for it"

This is also shown in a Vimeo video, where it is one of the DAWs that plays a beatless version of Vordhosbn from Drukqs: https://vimeo.com/223378825

Pianos used by Aphex Twin on Drukqs

Upright Pianos

Yamaha MX100A Disklavier Upright Piano

'Avril 14th' and several other songs off 'Drukqs' were recorded using the Yamaha Disklavier, a standard Yamaha acoustic piano rigged to accept MIDI data, meaning you can write on computer and have an acoustic piano perform it.

Grand Pianos

Yamaha DC7A Disklavier

'Avril 14th' and several other songs off 'Drukqs' were recorded using the Yamaha Disklavier, a standard Yamaha acoustic piano rigged to accept MIDI data, meaning you can write on computer and have an acoustic piano perform it.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Aphex Twin on Drukqs

Production & Groove

Sequential Circuits Studio 440

In the video "Aphex Twin - Live @ Osmoze, Paris 1993" by Luan Corrêa on YouTube, Aphex Twin can be seen using the Sequential Circuits Studio 440. It's clearest between about 8:49 to 11:15. At one pont you can even see the model number and branding on the back of the unit.