Matthew Dear

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this thing has a mind of its own. The more you push it, the more intelligent it gets. Whether you’re using it for drum patterns, or sample warping, you never end up anywhere near where you started.”

“I wish more companies would take Doepher’s lead. This little box is the perfect pairing of digital and analogue. It’s an amazing sequencer, with such a solid, hands-on approach to groove building. CV ins and outs, gates, and all you could ask for to control your analogue gear.

"The clincher however is USB connectivity that allows you to sync everything through your DAW. Everything analogue in my studio communicates through this beautiful little box.”

He says, "I was working on creating arpeggios and polyrhythms and working with the Waldorf PPG Wave soft synth, which I’ve never used before."

At 5:22 you can see the Boss RC 505 ain’t the bottom right of the YouTube video 🖖

“Lately I’ve been using this more for the sample/hold-style warbled blips. It’s fun to get a completely random and mangled mess sampled, and then loop a section to base an entire song on.

"You can hear this in action at the end of my song Crimewaves, just before it goes into the little reprise at the end.”

He says, "The Korg PolySix has been my staple for a long time. Songs like ‘Her Fantasy’ on Beams – the synthesiser line on that is a PolySix arpeggio. ‘You Put A Smell On Me’ from Black City is the PolySix."

He says, "i can’t get away from the Moog Voyager for bass sounds. "

He says, "Yeah. It’s not only the knobs and the physical nature of it but just the sound and the randomness of hardware. Analogue circuitry sounds so much better. Warmer and bigger."

In a masterclass hosted by Point Blank Music School during the U.S. CNTRL Tour 2015, Matthew Dear demonstrates his use of Ableton Live for music production and live performance.

Matthew Dear utilized the Elektron Analog Heat during his live set in Sydney in 2016, as seen on Instagram Panda.

At 21:02 you can see the back of the Octatrack MKII in the YouTube clip 🖖

At 2:51 in the bottom right you can see the Roland 808 in Matthew Dear’s home studio🖖

At 3:54 you can see the Akai apc 40 pro in this YouTube video 🖖 in Matthew Dear’s home studio

In the "Ableton Live Production Masterclass" by Point Blank Music School, Matthew Dear demonstrates his use of the Waves Trans-X transient shaper plugin during the U.S. CNTRL Tour 2015.

In a masterclass video by Point Blank Music School, Matthew Dear demonstrates the use of the FabFilter Pro-C 2 compressor plugin during his Ableton Live Production session as part of the U.S. CNTRL Tour 2015.

In a masterclass video by Point Blank Music School, Matthew Dear demonstrates using the FabFilter Pro-Q 3 equalizer plugin during his U.S. CNTRL Tour 2015.

In a masterclass hosted by Point Blank Music School during the U.S. CNTRL Tour 2015, Matthew Dear demonstrates his use of the GForce Software Minimonsta plugin, a software emulation of the iconic Moog synthesizer.

Real minimal is still so much fun to make. Playing around with the Octocontroller ADE-32 from @abstractdatabiz

Quoted on the official product page.

"WTF! This is the next level. I want like 10 now..."

On this article, on the Arturia website, Matthew Dear claimed to use Beatstep Pro.