Four Tet
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Four Tet discusses his use of the Red Sound SoundBITE Auto-Loop Module XL at 2:10 of this video from the Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013 series. He says, "You can see the phasing a little bit. Which is actually a beautiful thing about it. It's not perfect. It gives the whole thing a sense of movement. All these things make feel a little more alive."
This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used.
A Boss SP-303 Dr. Sample can be seen to the left of Four Tet's hand at 3:42 of this YouTube video from the Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013 series.
"This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used"
On Four Tet's Bandcamp page for his new album, New Energy, there's a note at the bottom that says, "Created on a laptop computer using Ableton Live software to control and mix VST plugins as well as manipulations of audio recordings. Plugins used for sound generation include Omnisphere, Kontakt, Dexed and** Arturia V Collection**. "
Four Tet refers to Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro as "one of the greatest pieces of software ever made " at 3:30 of this YouTube video from the Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013 series.
In this youtube video starting at 2:49, you can see the Arturia Drumbrute Analog Drum Machine.
@34:10 Kieran Hebden says the bass sound was done in Spectrasonics' Omnisphere.
Four Tet explains his use of the Monome Sixty-Four Midi Controller in his live sets from 1:00 in this YouTube video from the Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013 series.
In this article Keiran says, "I really like Audiomulch, it's one on my favourite bits of software. It's so stripped-down, and you can really abuse it. Reason just makes trance music, and you're not really allowed to piss around with it too much and everything's got this horrible reverbed sound, and I kind of hate it — Audiomulch is my preferred version of that idea(...)"
On Four Tet's Bandcamp page for his new album, New Energy, there's a note at the bottom that says "Created on a laptop computer using Ableton Live software to control and mix VST plugins as well as manipulations of audio recordings. Plugins used for sound generation include Omnisphere, Kontakt, Dexed and Arturia V Collection. "
Kieran Hebden talks about his love of the Yamaha Tenori-On and how it was used in his new album.
This is where I recorded and mixed the album and all the gear I used.
At 1:25 in this YouTube video (How I PLAY: Four Tet's MODEL 1 LIVE DJ Set-Up), Four Tet explains the sends on his current live setup.
he touches the headphones on 6:26, but he actually uses them for every live set :)
On Four Tet's Bandcamp page for his new album, New Energy, there's a note at the bottom that says, "Created on a laptop computer using Ableton Live software to control and mix VST plugins as well as manipulations of audio recordings. Plugins used for sound generation include Omnisphere, Kontakt, Dexed and Arturia V Collection. "
Four Tet demonstrates his use of Ableton Live 9 in his live sets at 0:22 of this YouTube video from the Red Bull Music Academy New York 2013 series.
at 2:06 he discusses how he uses the SoundBITE Pro
On Four Tet's Bandcamp page for his new album, New Energy, there's a note at the bottom that says, "Created on a laptop computer using Ableton Live software to control and mix VST plugins as well as manipulations of audio recordings. Plugins used for sound generation include Omnisphere, Kontakt, Dexed and** Arturia V Collection**. "
Monitors on his studio where he recorded the 2017 album.
Visible in this January 28, 2018 Instagram post.
At 6:53 in this YouTube video (Episode 19 of the "Beat This" series), you can see an RME Fireface UCX positioned to the left of Four Tet's laptop.
Visible in this January 22, 2018 Instagram post, this March 24, 2020 Twitter post and this photo from this August 2021 Sound on Sound interview.
Four Tet talks about how he composes "Sing" just in the computer "using mainly Pro Tools"
Mentioned in this March 20, 2020 Twitter reply.
Giorgia Mastropasqua @ConfusioneTDI Which audio interface do you use?
Four Tet @ConfusioneTDI @FourTet
At 1:25 in this YouTube video (How I PLAY: Four Tet's MODEL 1 LIVE DJ Set-Up), Four Tet explains the sends on his current live setup.
Visible in this photo from this August 2021 Sound on Sound interview.
Visible in this photo from this August 2021 Sound on Sound interview.
"Brainworx XL is the limiter at the end of every track. I just use it to bring the level up really. I try to avoid compression."
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