Moderat
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In this article Sascha Ring states "Logic played a central role for everyone involved, hosting such tools as iZotope’s Iris sample-based synthesizer and many instances of SoundToys Decapitator analog saturation modeler."
You can see the Ultrapatch pro in this picture from an interview.
In an interview with XLR8R, Moderat mentions that they have all transitioned to using Apple Logic Pro for their music production.
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“Much of our bass was built in [NI’s additive synthesizer] Razor, and we did a little in the new Monark [a monophonic analog modeling synth based on the Minimoog].”
In this picture you can see the minilogue to the right of the mpc 1000. It is more visible in this photo https://www.instagram.com/p/BDapZ5brbTX/?taken-by=modeselektor_berlin
"And we really love the Teenage Engineering OP-1. Each of us has one. I had already played with it a lot, on airplanes and stuff. I make little ideas [on my own], but in the studio, I've also realized it's a really good sound generator.It sounds really digital, but in a nice way, an interesting way."
via xlr8r
“We nicknamed these ‘The Fridge’. They have a great sound and create kind of a club atmosphere. The disadvantage is that after a while your ears get tired. But they also work well with low volume.”
via Music Radar
"There's this plug-in called iZotope Iris, and we used it all over the record [to create] these weird, old-school-sounding little vocal samples. [The vocals were all recorded] live, and then I put them into the sampler and they instantly sounded kind of crusty and old, which we really liked."
Szary, you were using Korg Volca Beats amongst other things live last tour... How has your set-up changed now?
Szary: "Now I'm opposite to Gernot and receive MIDI from him as well as some side signals from both Sascha and Gernot, which go into a little mixer. On my table I have two delays: a Strymon Timeline, which is a really great hybrid reverb/ delay; there's also a Tech 21 D.L.A. guitar delay that I've used since the first Moderat tour in 2009. It's new for me but I've got an MPC1000 with JJ O.S. That's mainly for additional samples and sounds, which I play on different tracks. There's also an Akai Rhythm Wolf drum machine, which is a fairly limited drum machine... [laughs] but the snare drum's nice!"
Sascha: "My basic system is quite boring actually. Previously I used a lot of different things for vocal effects and I used to take a Nord Modular onstage. This time I wanted to have everything in one piece so I'm using Apple Mainstage. I've built myself a patch for every song so it has the vocal effects already in there and all the keys for all the songs. Now, since it works 95% of the time, it's very convenient but it took a fuck of a long time to set up! That was mainly because of some bugs but now it actually works.
Feeding this desire to stray from the grid, II made use of a variety of sample and filter sources to achieve a sound that’s “sh*tty in a good way,” according to Ring. The eclectic list includes Roland Space Echo, Korg Stage Echo, Roland MC-202 MicroComposer, TR-77, and TR-808, Vermona DRM-1, Yamaha PSS-570 and VSS-30, CasioTone MT-70, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff pedal, various Boss pitch-shift pedals, Electro- Harmonix Memoryman, Simmons SDS 8 drum synthesizer, Sakae snare drum, Korg Monotribe, Roland Juno-60, Crumar Multiman-S, Waldorf Rocket, Korg MS-10 and Korg MS-50.
In an interview with XLR8R, Moderat discusses using Ableton Live as part of their music production process.
"There's my little modular system and I stole Szary's Arturia MiniBrute, which I'm using for a few songs. I re-programmed some sounds we used the modular for in the studio. It's nice because you have much more modulation moments. We have one part in Reminder, which we call the 'Chemical Brothers part' as it's full of modulation."
Below picture 9/11 they mention that they use Moog 3 band parametric EQ.
Feeding this desire to stray from the grid, II made use of a variety of sample and filter sources to achieve a sound that’s “sh*tty in a good way,” according to Ring. The eclectic list includes Roland Space Echo, Korg Stage Echo, Roland MC-202 MicroComposer, TR-77, and TR-808, Vermona DRM-1, Yamaha PSS-570 and VSS-30, CasioTone MT-70, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff pedal, various Boss pitch-shift pedals, Electro- Harmonix Memoryman, Simmons SDS 8 drum synthesizer, Sakae snare drum, Korg Monotribe, Roland Juno-60, Crumar Multiman-S, Waldorf Rocket, Korg MS-10 and Korg MS-50.
“This xox box is a self-made TB-303 bassline with special features like MIDI, DIN sync and USB and a more stable casing. It sounds very authentic, just like the original.
“Sometimes you really ask yourself how many bassline- clones you need in life. Somehow this simple bass sound is magic, with its typical ‘twittering’. I believe that this machine will never disappear.”
Moderat posted this picture on their facebook, in which a Roland TR-909 can be seen.
Moderat posted this picture to their facebook, in which a Korg MS 10 can be seen.
Picture from their Facebook of them playing with their modular gear. Maths is in the middle row.
You can see the rear of their Fireface 800 in this picture from an interview with XLR8R.
Feeding this desire to stray from the grid, II made use of a variety of sample and filter sources to achieve a sound that’s “sh*tty in a good way,” according to Ring. The eclectic list includes Roland Space Echo, Korg Stage Echo, Roland MC-202 MicroComposer, TR-77, and TR-808, Vermona DRM-1, Yamaha PSS-570 and VSS-30, CasioTone MT-70, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff pedal, various Boss pitch-shift pedals, Electro- Harmonix Memoryman, Simmons SDS 8 drum synthesizer, Sakae snare drum, Korg Monotribe, Roland Juno-60, Crumar Multiman-S, Waldorf Rocket, Korg MS-10 and Korg MS-50.
In picture 10/11 a vintage MXR Pitch Transposer can be seen.
Picture from their Facebook of them playing with their modular gear. Braids is in the upper right corner.
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