Air

The Gibson J-45 can be seen used throughout this whole performance of Cherry Blossom Girl in San Francisco.

the Moog can be seen 3:36 into this video. This video was shot inside Air's Atlas Studio in Paris. Courtesy of The Gardian Uk for the documentary.

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus some photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus give photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

Famous drum machine made by Linn. S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

There were no plug?ins in their computer, so I installed several that I needed to work. I also made them buy some outboard [two Chandler Germanium compressors and an Alan Smart C2] and a PreSonus FaderPort, to work easier.”

"On this record, we play every instrument we ever used in our career, and new ones too,” adds Dunckel. "Vibraphone, for example, or Mellotron, heavily filtered most of the time. We had bought some new instruments that we had never used in our records until then: a Moog Source, a PPG Wave 2.2, a Prophet 5, a Vermona DRM1, an Elektron Monomachine SFX60. We even bought a Vox guitar amplifier, for its warm sound and its tremolo, and a vintage Neumann microphone too, to record our voices.

There is also 'modern' audio gear in the racks: two Avalon VT737 input channels, two Chandler Germanium compressors, a Demeter Stereo Tube Direct and two Urei 1176 compressors, along with some vintage Ibanez (AD230), Ensoniq (DP4), Korg (SDD2000) and Roland (SBF325) effects — an essential ingredient of the AIR sound from the beginning. In the studio itself, there's a Yamaha grand piano, a drum kit, a vibraphone, some kalimbas, a Neumann U47 microphone and Godin's collection of guitar and bass amps.

There is also 'modern' audio gear in the racks: two Avalon VT737 input channels, two Chandler Germanium compressors, a Demeter Stereo Tube Direct and two Urei 1176 compressors, along with some vintage Ibanez (AD230), Ensoniq (DP4), Korg (SDD2000) and Roland (SBF325) effects — an essential ingredient of the AIR sound from the beginning. In the studio itself, there's a Yamaha grand piano, a drum kit, a vibraphone, some kalimbas, a Neumann U47 microphone and Godin's collection of guitar and bass amps.

There is also 'modern' audio gear in the racks: two Avalon VT737 input channels, two Chandler Germanium compressors, a Demeter Stereo Tube Direct and two Urei 1176 compressors, along with some vintage Ibanez (AD230), Ensoniq (DP4), Korg (SDD2000) and Roland (SBF325) effects — an essential ingredient of the AIR sound from the beginning. In the studio itself, there's a Yamaha grand piano, a drum kit, a vibraphone, some kalimbas, a Neumann U47 microphone and Godin's collection of guitar and bass amps.

AIR's success spread to England and the US, where their first tour was documented in a film by Mike Mills, appropriately named Eating, Sleeping, Waiting & Playing, and Sofia Coppola asked them to write the music for her breakthrough movie, Virgin Suicides. Even though the album was still recorded at Saint?Nom — on an Akai DR16 this time — and mixed by Alf, it sounded different.

"I recorded direct, then reamped through an Ampeg SVT. The mic is again a Neumann U47. I use old basses, like the Fender Mustang, into a Neve 33135 mic pre and a UREI 1176 compressor. We're not a band so we don't need a lot of mics. We used one or two Neumann U47s for each instrument for the whole record. We did that on Moon Safari as well, using an AKG C 414. We also used the Neumann for vocals and drums with a Royer R122 for cymbals. The treble of the U47 would feed back too much but the Royer has a really nice high treble. We have three U47s, all vintage."

At 1:12 Nicolas Godin play an Hammond Organ L-112 Spinnet which was very popular in the UK

The item can be seen from 3:12 to 3:18. Pleyel pianos are made in Paris, France and are considered as luxury pianos.

The item can be seen 0:22 into this video. This video was shot inside Air's Atlas Studio in Paris. Courtesy of The Gardian Uk for the documentary.

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

Seen and heared tweaking in the music video La Femme D'Argent beginning at 2:39.

In the ARTE Concert video titled "Air en concert sous la Coupole Niemeyer à Paris," Air can be seen using a Roland MKS-70, positioned beneath the Moog Source.

In the ARTE Concert video of Air performing at the Coupole Niemeyer in Paris, the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Synthesizer is visible above the Rhodes keyboard on stage.

In the ARTE Concert performance titled "Air en concert sous la Coupole Niemeyer à Paris," the band Air is seen using the Fender Rhodes Mark II Stage Piano 73, positioned beneath the Nord Lead 2.

in this picture at the right you can see a Prophet VS Module.

The main reverb on this album is an AKG BX20 they own — they have a BX5 too. It's mono, and it's on every track. Whenever we needed stereo reverb, Jean?Benoît added his Lexicon 200, always using the same preset. No reverb plug?in was ever used!

There were no plug?ins in their computer, so I installed several that I needed to work. I also made them buy some outboard [two Chandler Germanium compressors and an Alan Smart C2] and a PreSonus FaderPort, to work easier.”

There is also 'modern' audio gear in the racks: two Avalon VT737 input channels, two Chandler Germanium compressors, a Demeter Stereo Tube Direct and two Urei 1176 compressors, along with some vintage Ibanez (AD230), Ensoniq (DP4), Korg (SDD2000) and Roland (SBF325) effects — an essential ingredient of the AIR sound from the beginning. In the studio itself, there's a Yamaha grand piano, a drum kit, a vibraphone, some kalimbas, a Neumann U47 microphone and Godin's collection of guitar and bass amps.

There is also 'modern' audio gear in the racks: two Avalon VT737 input channels, two Chandler Germanium compressors, a Demeter Stereo Tube Direct and two Urei 1176 compressors, along with some vintage Ibanez (AD230), Ensoniq (DP4), Korg (SDD2000) and Roland (SBF325) effects — an essential ingredient of the AIR sound from the beginning. In the studio itself, there's a Yamaha grand piano, a drum kit, a vibraphone, some kalimbas, a Neumann U47 microphone and Godin's collection of guitar and bass amps.