Gernot Bronsert

Let’s talk about RAZOR again. This synthesizer designed by Errorsmith is still a stunning piece. The possibility to create sounds and modulations is quite endless. About 70 percent of our tracks are made using RAZOR. The tracks ‘Evil twin’ and ‘Greenlight go’ wouldn’t sound the same without the vocoder. For ‘WMF love song’, the middle break gives the track its character. ‘Wake me up when it’s over’ is all about the synths and basslines.

Most importantly, Modeselektor became re-acquainted with 20 boxes of accumulated MIDI gear, such as the Clavia Nord Lead 1, the Korg MS-10 (to reinforce sub-bass pressure, creatively detuned on “Blue Clouds”), a rare, original Electro-Harmonix vocoder (on “Green Light Go”)...

We have two workstations on two custom made tables placed in one line. The core of the setup is a MacBook Pro 13 with Ableton live, APC40 controller, and a MASCHINE. On the other side, we use a 12-channel analog mixer mic live-synched via MIDI, a KORG monologue, a delay pedal and each table has a MOD Devices – MOD Duo pedal for vocal effects. We have a third workspace on a platform with a little stompbox synth and a TR-909 for techno tracks.

(Q) You have been using REAKTOR in your live shows quite a lot, does this still play a part in the live setup? (A) Yes, we are still using Reaktor for live and in the studio.

The very latest piece of gear is the Casiotone MT-40 and the little [Korg] Volca Modular.

The core of the setup is a MacBook Pro 13 with Ableton live, APC40 controller, and a MASCHINE.

With the help of acousticians and Helmholz resonators, Modeselektor cleared a frequency hole and centered the space around Logic Pro, the RME Fireface 800 interface, API lunchbox preamps, and an Allen&Heath WZ 16:2 DX mixing board.

Four different monitor setups—Genelec 1038A, Genelec 8040A, Genelec 8020A, and Mackie HR824—plus four headphone types assure all the blinking LEDs add up to pitch-bent sound design that never loses track of the club''s arterial insistency.

We have two workstations on two custom made tables placed in one line. The core of the setup is a MacBook Pro 13 with Ableton live, APC40 controller, and a MASCHINE.

For each application, we try on both platforms: Floodverb vs. Erbe-Verb vs. blueSky pedal, for example. When we use a software synthesizer, we mostly go for RAZOR – it is still the best sounding software synth ever.

As for the gear that we can't live without... Main piece: computer Software: Logic (still) Drum machine: TR-808 (the lady) Basic synth: Korg MS-10 (the simple) … and tons of other gear.

As for the gear that we can't live without... Main piece: computer Software: Logic (still) Drum machine: TR-808 (the lady) Basic synth: Korg MS-10 (the simple) … and tons of other gear.

Modeselektor cleared a frequency hole and centered the space around Logic Pro, the RME Fireface 800 interface, API lunchbox preamps, and an Allen&Heath WZ 16:2 DX mixing board.

Most importantly, Modeselektor became re-acquainted with 20 boxes of accumulated MIDI gear, such as the Clavia Nord Lead 1, the Korg MS-10 (to reinforce sub-bass pressure, creatively detuned on “Blue Clouds”), a rare, original Electro-Harmonix vocoder (on “Green Light Go”), as well as one of every Roland drum machine.

modeselektor on the aiaiai site

At the bottom of the page, it says "Recommended by BoysNoize, Skrillex, Peaches, Modeselektor, SiriusMo, Mouse on Mars, Biohazard."

Gernot Bronsert of Modeselektor recently added the Casio Casiotone MT-40 to his collection, as mentioned in the Native Instruments Blog article "Who Else – Catching up with Modeselektor."

For each application, we try on both platforms: Floodverb vs. Erbe-Verb vs. blueSky pedal, for example. When we use a software synthesizer, we mostly go for RAZOR – it is still the best sounding software synth ever.

As for the gear that we can't live without... Main piece: computer Software: Logic (still) Drum machine: TR-808 (the lady) Basic synth: Korg MS-10 (the simple) … and tons of other gear.

The core of the setup is a MacBook Pro 13 with Ableton live, APC40 controller, and a MASCHINE.