San Holo
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San Holo's Gear
At 7:02 - "Go on Google and find Yamaha VSS-30. it's the best instrument ever. It lets you sample your voice on the keyboard...I use it a lot. I use it in a lot of songs"
The bird guitar, a Fender duo sonic guitar. Fender gave this guitar to San Holo.
In this screenshot of San Holo’s Instagram story, he shows his new Fender Vintera ‘60s Jazzmaster in Olympic White.
He captions the story before this one:
thank you @Fender once again
At 2:32, it shows the Logic audio workstation in the Macbook Pro screen
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In this video at 1:49
He uses Serum at 6:12 as a swell pad and at 17:29 he clearly shows some instances of the synth frozen in Ableton.
San Holo brought his goldtop ES-335 with dotted frets to this interview with 5 Essential Tracks.
Visible at 12:15 in this interview with 5 Essential Tracks.
The HS8 is in the background of his studio for the whole video
Sander can be seen using Ableton Live 10 throughout the video.
In this video @ 1:35
San Holo can be seen using massive at 2:18
At 3:35 he says he used Kontakt for some sitar-like sounds in his song 'One Thing' "I used Kontakt for this stuff." "I bounced the MIDI track so my computer doesn't glitch"
He uses this plugin for bitcrush/distortion effect, clearly seen at 12:37
In San Holo's Secret Sky 2020 set, towards the end (43:45 and on) he picks up his electric guitar, a Fender Musicmaster. It has a white pickguard and the finish looks to be "Desert Sand."
Developed in collaboration with San Holo. Some of the samples were extracted directly from his song “Light”, hence the pack’s name.
In the "SAN HOLO: Sidewalk Fundamentals" video on YouTube by SIDEWALK TALKS, San Holo showcases the Casio SK-1, mentioning it as one of his favorite instruments.
Featured in this June 14, 2021 Amoeba “What’s In My Bag [Home Edition]” interview.
I actually got really obsessed with this keyboards. They’re called, like, sample keyboards. You can literally sing in the on-board mic. [records sample of himself singing a note] Now, you can like, play that sample. [plays sample on keyboard] And this is, like, the sound of Sigur Rós that they used a lot on the untitled album [shows his copy of ( )].
In the SLAM! series video "San Holo (DJ-set) | Bij Igmar," San Holo is seen using Sennheiser HD 25 Headphones at the 4:50 mark.
At 2:11 when they're talking in the studio, you can the the monitors.
In the beginning of the video, you can see this keyboard.
At 3:18 we can see that San Holo is using an Apple MacBook Pro to run Ableton in his studio.
San Holo is seen in his studio with the mixcube from a video on his channel.
In the YouTube video titled "Casilofi - SNDSKP," San Holo is seen using the Akai MPC 5000.
He uses SoundToys' EchoBoy for delays, clearly stated at 10:08 You can also see an instance of the plugin at 11:42 in another track, so I think he uses this plugin quite often.
He uses this plugin for volume automation on the lead sound in 'One thing' (13:40). He does however sidechain with Ableton's compressor and added the VolumeShaper for extra movement.
He uses this effect on his guitar to give it a warpy wobbly effect (18:53)
35:30, he is using it for the bass sound in Light
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AN INTRODUCTION TO WHOLESOME RIDDIM
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