Pierce Fulton

Pierce Fulton use the A7X near field Monitors developed and produced by the german company Adam Audio based in Berlin.

In a skype interview with Sonic Academy Pierce Fulton states " I'll use Sylenth for some bass layers..."

Heard 23:52 into the video

In an interview with Sonic Academy Pierce says he uses Nexus for "some lead layers or some chords or maybe little plucky things..."

In an interview with Sonic Academy Pierce goes on to say "I've been using Surge a lot..and that's really good for fundamental synthesizer noises..."

In this video Pierce Fulton is seen using a pair of KRK VXT4.

Pierce Fulton is seen using a white Native Instruments Maschine MKII for beat-making, as shown in a photo shared on his Facebook page.

Pierce Fulton utilizes a 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display as the core component of his studio setup. Paired with a Focusrite interface and Logic Pro X, this laptop serves as his primary tool for music production. This setup is showcased in a photo on his official Facebook page.

Pierce Fulton uses Apple Logic Pro as his DAW, as evidenced by his Facebook post.

Pierce announced that he has bought his self a little birthday present. The awesome Juno 60 by Roland

In this photo on Facebook, you can see Pierce Fulton's DJ setup, which includes a Pioneer DJM-2000NXS Mixer. The visible equipment highlights his use of this model in his performances.

In the back you can see a Technics SL 1200 Turntable.

on his desk zoo can see a Saffire Pro by Focusrite. The number and arrangement of the display and the knobs means it can only be the PRO 24 interface.

In an interview with Sonic Academy Pierce describes the Xfer Records OTT Multiband Compression Plugin, "...you can throw it on a bassline...
its very subtle but it works really well... He then talks about the plugins features and how he used it in his Dadalife remix.

In this video Pierce Fulton is seen using a Sausage fattner plugin.. Check it out!!

At 0:11, Pierce Fulton can be seen playing the guitar.

At 0:11 and throughout the video you can spot Pierce's laCie USB hard drive on his desk.

Throughout the video the Teenage Engineering OP-1 is visible on his desk.

At 4:23 Pierce uses the Zoom H6 to record his guitar.

In one of his videos, Pierce uses Figure by Propellerhead on his iPad to make some music.

At 0:26 Pierce points out that he just bought a new Korg MicroKORG.

In this video, at 0:12 it clearly shows the red version of the Snark SN-2 tuner.

In Episode 8 of "Pierce Fulton Made A Thing" on YouTube, Pierce Fulton is seen using the Seagull Merlin Dulcimer at the 0:20 mark. Although he doesn't explicitly mention it, the dulcimer's distinctive sound, reminiscent of a banjo with unique tuning, features prominently in his recent work.

Used for the intro of "Kuaga", as mentioned in this August 26, 2020 Reddit reply for an AMA.

SwagOnABudget: How did you make the sort of shimmering high end effect in the very beginning of Kuaga? It’s definitely a big source of inspiration

OfficialPierceFulton: that was a combination of 2 things: I took 1 chord, which I believe was built off the root note of the song, and put a nice high-end focused reverb on it and rendered that as a single audio file with the FX on it. I then took a chop of that reverb tail and repeated it in a kind of syncopated rhythm to create this like endless atmospheric pattern. On top of that I believe I used a plugin called Alchemy from Camel Audio/now Logic/Apple for the soundscape type sound, prob just a random preset and muted the more tonal layers and left the twinkling stuff.

Used for Keeping the Little Things, as mentioned in this August 26, 2020 Reddit reply for an AMA.

RrentTreznor: Hey Pierce. Really enjoying the new record. Especially This is What Gets Me Home. I was curious what were some of your go-to creative FX plugins that you utilized on this record?

OfficialPierceFulton: thank you! that one is one of my favorites as well :) I honestly used this Max for Live plugin LFO a lot on this album. It helped give it tons of subtle randomization and human (via computer haha) feel. I also used the new Output plugin called Portal a bit, really cool creative granular delay kinda thing.

Specified in this August 26, 2020 Reddit reply for an AMA.

Smilesky: Hey Pierce, any mic and headphones recommendations for starters?

ps, I love your album and your hair

OfficialPierceFulton: hahahaha thank you!!! my hair has been a mystery to me over the years, it seems to always change so I'm happy you like it. Also I love my album too (not afraid to admit!)

So when I decided to start singing I just orded an AKG C214 on amazon and it's like the lower budget version of a classic AKG and i LOVE it, almost everything on my album was recorded on that haha. And for headphones I've been using Sennheiser HD 25 1-ii for 6 years, never changing.

here are links to both!

https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Pro-Audio-C214-Microphone/dp/B003SO5OZQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1508277859&sr=8-3&keywords=akg+c214 https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-25-Professional-Headphone/dp/B01CRI3UOU/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1508277875&sr=1-1&keywords=sennheiser+hd+25-1+ii

Used for vocals, including on Keeping the Little Things, as specified in this August 26, 2020 Reddit reply for an AMA.

Smilesky: Hey Pierce, any mic and headphones recommendations for starters?

ps, I love your album and your hair

OfficialPierceFulton: hahahaha thank you!!! my hair has been a mystery to me over the years, it seems to always change so I'm happy you like it. Also I love my album too (not afraid to admit!)

So when I decided to start singing I just orded an AKG C214 on amazon and it's like the lower budget version of a classic AKG and i LOVE it, almost everything on my album was recorded on that haha. And for headphones I've been using Sennheiser HD 25 1-ii for 6 years, never changing.

here are links to both!

https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Pro-Audio-C214-Microphone/dp/B003SO5OZQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1508277859&sr=8-3&keywords=akg+c214 https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-25-Professional-Headphone/dp/B01CRI3UOU/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1508277875&sr=1-1&keywords=sennheiser+hd+25-1+ii

Mentioned in two September 23, 2014 Reddit replies for an AMA.

Reply #1

julianveloso: Pierce i've always been a huge fan of your music, i really love your sound, it doesn't sound like anyone else..

I wanna ask you a couple of questions:

1. The main lead, bass and backing saws in your feel good remix, how do you make those? how do you process them?

2. What do you use to make that square-ish sound that plays in your breaks and has like a tape stop effect? it basically plays along the pads and it's like a 5th or a 7th i can't tell..

3. What do you use for your saw pads & pianos? (if kontakt what kontakt)

4. Recommend me a nexus expansion that you really love for leads and pads.

5. Thanks a lot for this!

OfficialPierceFulton: thanks a lot!

1. The drop elements are actually all just Sylenth and Nexus. But I do a lot of layering so the lead is 3 channels, bass 4, and chords 3. Usually 1 layer that is more dominant and the rest suppliment for each group.

2. so those weird leads are both Sylenth, one single voice square and another single voice saw, just super harsh due to distortion and compression. In reality they're so bold sounding because they're not processed that much, just really in your face. And also that tapestop is actually not an effect its just portamento in the same amount on both channels that glide at the same time for two separate voices of harmony.

3. Saw pads are usually either Diva, Sylenth, or Spire and pianos are kontakt but I process them like crazy. One thing I've been doing with my pianos is adding a Maserati GTi from Waves in addition to my compression, eq and FX because it adds this weird almost multiband-compression sounding timbre which is really nice.

4. weirdly of all the Nexus expansions I've tried, the older dubstep ones are my fav. I use the leads from dubstep vol 1 and 2 quite a bit.

Reply #2

sausage fattener is so great. anyone who says it's not is lying haha. As for saturation/distortion/reverb....I use the Maserati GTi from Waves for saturation, distortion I like Ohmicide and reverb I'm a fan of the Logic platinum verb.

Mentioned in two September 23, 2014 Reddit replies for an AMA.

Reply #1

I'm weird with busses...because I taught myself how to make music in Logic, busses were a foreign concept to me for a long time. Instead I'd just add reverb individually to the channels I needed them on which isn't necessarily "good" but it works for me. Now I do bus all my drums besides my kick and compress them so they are a bit more upfront in the mix and sound tight. I think my drum bus is just a CLA-2A compressor and an EQ, nothing crazy. I've also been doing sends for my bass sounds to an Ohmicide distortion so that they can be crispy but not compromise the original signal.

Reply #2

sausage fattener is so great. anyone who says it's not is lying haha. As for saturation/distortion/reverb....I use the Maserati GTi from Waves for saturation, distortion I like Ohmicide and reverb I'm a fan of the Logic platinum verb.

Mentioned in this September 23, 2014 Reddit reply for an AMA.

sausage fattener is so great. anyone who says it's not is lying haha. As for saturation/distortion/reverb....I use the Maserati GTi from Waves for saturation, distortion I like Ohmicide and reverb I'm a fan of the Logic platinum verb.

Mentioned in this September 23, 2014 Reddit reply for an AMA.

LonALKA: Yo Pierce! How do you go about PANNING YOUR SYNTHS and creating so much SPACE - your productions are so wide but seem to have no phase issues when played back in mono?

OfficialPierceFulton: I'm pretty sloppy with it so I guess a lot of the non phasing is luck haha. I do use the S1 Imager from Waves a lot, also the spreaders on Logic like the sample delay and Stereo Spread plugins. I only ever spread small arp/lead elements and detuned chords.