Chad Hugo's Gear

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Chad Hugo walks through some of his favorite presets with the Moog Slim Phatty in this video from UniqueSquared. Chad was one of the artists that Moog partnered with to release presets for with the Slim Phatty, as seen on Moog's website.

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You can see Chad using the Triton Extreme in this picture

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In the YouTube video titled "Chase Chad laptop beat" by NeRdArMyViDeOs, Chad Hugo is seen using Apple Logic Pro on his laptop, showcasing his beat-making process.

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Throughout most of the video Chad Hugo explains how he creates a groove using Ableton Live.

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Around 1:20-1:22 you can see chad holding the Korg Mircrokorg

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You can see Chad with two Akai APC40s bolted together

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You can see Chad using the Minimoog Voyager live

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He mentions the sequential multi-trak in this GQ article (In Search of Chad Hugo) "Like when he recalls his first professional DJ gigs (“I had a Casio keyboard SK5 and a little microphone…”), or when he met Pharrell (“I had a TASCAM 4-track Portastudio at the crib, Casio keyboards, a sequential multi-track…”), "

He also mentions his first keyboard being a sequential in a pitchfork article (The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo on the Music That Made Him) "My first keyboard was a Sequential—I have it right here actually. [rolls chair over to the keyboard] It’s synth-based, really low sine wave stuff, and it was part of my love for machines."

https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/the-music-that-made-the-neptunes-chad-hugo/

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In the image provided, Chad Hugo is clearly seen holding a Gibson Flying V T guitar.

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In the image available on Equipboard, Chad Hugo is seen playing a Guild S-200 Thunderbird Electric Guitar.

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At 1:20 in the video titled "How Teddy Riley discovered Pharrell and The Neptunes | Hip Hop Evolution," Chad Hugo explicitly mentions that he owns a Casio SK-1, as documented by Bringing Down The Band on YouTube.

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At 0:18 in the video titled "N.E.R.D ROCKSTAR LIVE ON CONAN 2002" by The Vault on YouTube, Chad Hugo is visibly using a Roland AX-7 Midi Controller Keytar.

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In the video titled "N.E.R.D ROCKSTAR LIVE ON CONAN 2002," Chad Hugo is seen using the Vestax PMC-07 Pro at the 1:17 mark. This video is provided by The Vault on YouTube.

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In the video titled "N.E.R.D ROCKSTAR LIVE ON CONAN 2002" by The Vault on YouTube, Chad Hugo is seen using a Technics SL-1200 turntable at the 1:17 mark.

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In the image provided, Chad Hugo is visibly using a Roland Lucina AX-09 synthesizer.

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In this photo circa 2005 in Scratch Magazine Chad Hugo is seen on the Ensoniq ASR-10. Furthermore, in the 25 December 2022 article published on MusicRadar (https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-of-2022-chad-hugo) Chad states :“It was all with the [Ensoniq] ASR 10 and the [Akai] MPC60… Chopping up drums, loading the sounds, having the sound palette. All recorded at Master Sound Studio here in Virginia Beach.”

Master Sound Studio was their private studio.

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