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"It's a weighted keyboard, 88 keys. It's a lovely keyboard," says Junkie XL, at 1:40 in this video.

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"It's a very nice fader service with just 8 faders. I've got them standard assigned to mod wheel, expression, volume, cc 16 controller, filter control and then here we see close, room, surround," says Junkie XL, about his JLCooper Fademaster Pro, at 2:28.

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At 4:21 Junkie XL Introduces his Korg DRV-3000 Reverberator

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In this video at 5:57 see E-mu E6400 Ultra sampler

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Here he is using predator to remix Cities in Dust

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While scrolling theough his template, at 6:32 there's a folder section labelled "CS Strings 1 Old Library...". The initials "CS" (which stands for Cinematic Strings) and he's using the old library rather than using the lastest one known as Cinematic Strings 2.

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Junkie XL tweeted about his 3,800 track template by saying, "Homemade libraries for Kontakt... Together roughly 1 TB in Sound design instruments... #iFilmscoring"

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You can see Junkie XL and Warren Huart talk about the Jazz Chorus 120

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In the YouTube video by Produce Like A Pro, Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg) is shown using the Roland Super JV-1080 sound module.

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Junkie XL posted to twitter, "But the waves api bundle plus cubase own eq are really warm and great too!!!" while showing a screenshot of the Waves API.

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In this image of Junkie XL's studio, we can see two Dynaudio AIR25s mounted to the wall.

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On February 2nd 2015, Junkie XL Tweets "I will post a series of pictures later of my new cubase 8 template! #iFilmscoring". Late on, Tom tweets this photo with the same hashtag.

In this video Composing for Strings (Part 1) - Studio Time: S2E1, Junkie XL can be seen using Cubase throughout.

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In this image you can see the FabFilter Timeless under Altiverb.

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"These controllers give me options to talk directs into Cubase. That is very hard to do with any other touch service program because they're made by Steinberg, so you can access certain parameters which you cannot with key switches or touch screens," says Junkie XL, about his Steinberg CMC-CHs at 5:02 in this video about his workstation setup.

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At 4:24 Junkie XL introduces his Korg A1 Reverberator

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At 6:22 Junkie XL, while introducing his Jupiter-6, mentions "this is the Jupiter-6: the smaller brother of the Jupiter-8, which I also have but it's on repair right now so, unfortunately, it couldn't be here"

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Junkie XL utilizes the reFX Nexus 2 plugin, renowned for its versatile sound and extensive expansion packs. It's an essential tool for electronic dance music, offering exceptional basses, pads, leads, and drums. Additionally, Junkie XL finds it invaluable for film scoring, thanks to its range from true analog to digital sounds, as noted by reFX.

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"Then, I have a massive collection of samplers going back to one of the very first ones that came out, which was the Mirage. I'm working now on a movie with Peter Jackson—I can't tell anything about the movie at this point—but I'm using a lot of these older samplers because they give me a lot of quality. I'm using the ASR-10, Ensoniq, the Mirage. I'm using the Emulator II. It's all really good for that stuff."

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You can see 2 of them at 1:06

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The white keyboard at 1:39

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You can see it at 3:16 in the Video

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In video at 22:12 Tom shows Roland S-770 sampler

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In this video at 11:52 can see Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2

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Listed on Reverb.com in November 2020.

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Listed for sale on Reverb.com in November 2020.

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"Here's the FX page... Over 120 unique reverbs, delays, compression, and eq for 48 separate quad outputs! #iFilmscoring"

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Junkie XL talks about his Orange Thunderverb 200 at 2:04 in this video.

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"The Fat Boost just makes the output level way hotter than it normally would be," says Junkie XL, at 3:53 in this video.

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"With Massive, we are able to produce insane basslines, soundscapes and other freaky stuff that is hard to make with any other machine. Again the bar has been raised for synths for your DAW..." says Junkie XL, on Massive's artist page.

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Throughout this video, Pro Tools can be seen on the screen in the far right of what appears to be Junkie XL's studio.

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