Nathan Fake

Nathan Fake uses a Livid CNTRL:R throughout this video of his performance for Boiler Room.

In the "Nathan Fake Producer Masterclass - Part 1" on YouTube by musicradararchive, Nathan Fake demonstrates using the Cubase A1 Analog Synth Unit for the main melody of his track "Turtle" from the album Hard Islands.

"I’ve got a Korg Prophecy, which is one of the main things I used on Providence."

Nathan Fake uses the Arturia MicroBrute, particularly in live performances, paired with a Digital Delay DD-3. This setup was captured in a photo by brriimmaa during the Bleep x Ninja Tune event in January 2019.

Nathan Fake: “There’s a laptop running Ableton and Cubase. I’ve got a Korg Prophecy, which is one of the main things I used on Providence. There’s a Jupiter-6 as well, and an Arturia MicroBrute that was used a tiny bit for some bass sounds.

“In terms of drum machines there’s a Casio RZ-1 and a Roland Aira TR-8. Again, the TR-8 was used quite sparingly, mainly for bass drum sounds. It’s nice but weird that it doesn’t really sound like an 808. It’s very boomy, so you have to EQ the kick, as they’ve added like a 50Hz boom on it. I run it through a preamp to warm it up a little as it is fairly spiky and digital, although it's fairly faithful to that analogue, synthesised, sound with the hi-hats and stuff, and there are a couple of really nice extra sounds too.”

Nathan Fake: “There’s a laptop running Ableton and Cubase. I’ve got a Korg Prophecy, which is one of the main things I used on Providence. There’s a Jupiter-6 as well, and an Arturia MicroBrute that was used a tiny bit for some bass sounds

In my live set, I use the Sound Toys Filter Freak, but I don’t think I really used it on the album.

“I’ve got a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6, which is brilliant, and the best soundcard I’ve had. It’s quite small with not that many ins and outs, but I don’t have huge amounts of gear, so that’s fine.

“I’ve got Neumann KH310 speakers and they’ve got an amazing low-end response. This album is the first proper album I’ve made with them and it did feel like I hadn’t been making music properly before I got them [Laughs]! The speakers are probably the most expensive thing in the studio!”

At 2:00 in this video you can see a Jomox XBase 09 drum machine.

At 6:00 Nathan Fake talks about getting a snare sound from his Casio SA-20.