Mark Ronson
British DJ and producer
Mark Ronson's Gear
At 0:58 into his studio tour, the TC Electronic Dynamic Digital Delay can be seen as Mark Ronson talks about the vintage analog gear he is able to use in the studio.
In this video, Mark Ronson plays a guitar with a picture of the Uptown Funk album cover under the strings. this can also be seen on the inner sleeve of the Uptown Special album. It can be best seen at 0:20 in the video
“I actually have original dbx 160 hardware compressors in my studio – but I only have two of those, so once I run out of analog channels I use the Waves dbx 160 in the box to get that sound.”
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At the 0:58 minute mark of this video the Empirical Labs Distressor is shown in Mark Ronson's studio
In this Sound on Sound Article it says Mark Ronson uses a Hohner Clavinet D6
Exerpt: As far as hardware instrumentation at Allido goes, Ronson has a collection of synths and vintage keyboards that are constantly in use, including a Moog Voyager, a Roland Juno 106, a Nord Electro and a Hohner Clavinet D6, alongside his trusty Wurlitzer, Rhodes and upright pianos. "It's cool when you have a keyboard that nobody has or isn't using much any more," he says. "One of them I put all over Robbie Williams' 'Lovelight' is the Roland String Ensemble. It comes in with the second chorus and phases through the whole thing doing the big string line. Then there's the gated sound at the beginning of the track, which is me just scratching a synth sound on a [Pioneer] CDJ1000."
In this article by Waves, Mark Ronson states
"In terms of plugins, Waves have been part of my workflow since I ran my first session in Pro Tools back in 2000 with Nikka Costa. The Waves stuff was our bread and butter on those, especially the Renaissance series. The Renaissance EQ and Renaissance Vox plugins are things I learned on; I know them so well, they’re engraved in me like muscle memory. They’re great, they don’t take up a load of my CPU and I can use them quickly and move along with what I’m doing.
The one plugin I use the most is probably the CLA-3A compressor. That was something I picked up from [producer] Jeff Bhasker when we were working on “Uptown Funk.” You throw it on a vocal or a bass track, and it makes everything a little tougher and also makes the mix just a little more centered."
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"In my main room I'm using a Mac Pro running Mac OS 10.6.7 with Pro Tools HD and a Pro Control desk."
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Mark Ronson used a Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar before transitioning to his career as a DJ, as noted in a New York Magazine article.
This article states that Mark Ronson uses Technics SL1200 turntables.
In an Instagram post, Mark Ronson mentions using a Yamaha CS-80 while working on music inspired by Greta Gerwig's film.
Mark Ronson, a renowned music producer and guitarist, explicitly showcases his use of the Mu-Tron Bi-Phase, a phaser effects pedal, in his BBC Maestro class from 2022. During lesson 17, titled "Tones, Colours and Textures," he demonstrates the pedal's effect on a Fender Rhodes electric piano, expressing his admiration for the device. Ronson shares, "So this is a Mu-Tron Bi-Phase. It’s one of my favourite pedals. I learned about it because David Bowie used it on the Young Americans album and Carlos Alomar — the guitar player on it, who I was lucky enough to work with on my Uptown Special record — it was just the sound of his guitar on that record, and it’s fantastic, so I got obsessed with it. I tracked one down, and when I got to have Carlos come in the studio and play on some songs on Uptown Special, I had this out and it was cool because I don’t think he’d seen one in 30 years, and he was super-psyched to have his old gear and rig back, and he played some beautiful stuff on it… You can use this on anything. You can use this on production, you can use it on your synths. It just makes a great stereo phase, and you can adjust the depth and the feedback and the rate on each side — on the left and right channels." This direct citation confirms Ronson's use and preference for the Mu-Tron Bi-Phase in his music production process.
In the video for Amy Winehouse's version of "Valerie," Mark Ronson can be seen using a Gibson ES-335 Dot Reissue in Cherry. This early 2000s model, made in Memphis, is identifiable by its Grover tuners, black knobs, shorter scratch plate, and nickel hardware.
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Discography
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I Feel Alive (from "A Minecraft Movie")
Jack Black · 2025
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I’m Just Ken (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Mark Ronson & Purple Disco Machine & Ryan Gosling · 2023
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Making A Fire (Mark Ronson Re-Version)
Foo Fighters & Mark Ronson · 2021
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