Sub Focus
UK drum & bass artist Nick Douwma
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"For live stuff I keep it pretty simple. Basically I use Ableton and a few third-party synths like Massive, FM8 and Sylenth. In the studio, I use Cubase, the Waves plug-ins. I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy. Synth-wise: things like Massive, FM8 are sounding cool... and Sylenth for a lot of very cool analog sounds. It's kind of all the normal ones really!"
"Basically, the really cool thing about the iPad, it may sounds kind of obvious, but you can change the interface whilst you are using it. Before I started using the iPad, I was using things like 8 x 8 button-grid controllers to play drum patterns, chop up samples or things like that. The problem with that is you can't change the amount of buttons on the grid. When I'm using the iPad for step-sequencing or sample chopping, I can change what the grid is, which is especially useful when using different time signatures. The iPad definitely opens up a hell of a lot of possibilities for live music applications that I wanted to do for ages. It’s been really cool to be able to realize a few of these, thanks to the iPad!"
"For my productions, I use Cubase although I experiment a little more in Ableton Live now."
"For live stuff I keep it pretty simple. Basically I use Ableton and a few third-party synths like Massive, FM8 and Sylenth. In the studio, I use Cubase, the Waves plug-ins. I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy. Synth-wise: things like Massive, FM8 are sounding cool... and Sylenth for a lot of very cool analog sounds. It's kind of all the normal ones really!"
The Mutable Instruments Shades can be see at 2:04 right next to the VARIGATE 4 module.
The WMD SSF ADSRVCA can be seen at 1:45 right next to the Qu-Bit Chord module.
"For my productions, I use Cubase although I experiment a little more in Ableton Live now. Ableton is basically the core of what I use for my Live stuff."
"For live stuff I keep it pretty simple. Basically I use Ableton and a few third-party synths like Massive, FM8 and Sylenth. In the studio, I use Cubase, the Waves plug-ins. I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy. Synth-wise: things like Massive, FM8 are sounding cool... and Sylenth for a lot of very cool analog sounds. It's kind of all the normal ones really! I use Kontakt quite a lot as well. "
In an interview with Resident Advisor, Sub Focus mentions his use of 'the latest Teenage Engineering Synthesizers' amongst the 'ten types of keyboards found in his studio.
In this video with Sub Focus, the Big Knob can be spotted to the left of his cluttered studio setup.
At 16:14, Sub Focus brings up dBlue Glitch onto his screen.
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In this Instagram, Sub Focus holds up his Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator PO-12 Rhythm. He says, "Love the design on these things @teenageengineering"
You can see M-Audio Axiom 25 in some of studiocheck photos. Sub Focus usually uses it for live performance.
The Macbook can be seen at 0:20. Due to the reflective logo on top and the color, it's safe to say it's the newest model.
The Komplete Kontrol S49 can be seen at 0:18
The Intellijel Atlantis can be seen at 1:38
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The intellijel Dubmix can be seen at 2:10 the very bottom right
"For live stuff I keep it pretty simple. Basically I use Ableton and a few third-party synths like Massive, FM8 and Sylenth. In the studio, I use Cubase, the Waves plug-ins. I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy. Synth-wise: things like Massive, FM8 are sounding cool... and Sylenth for a lot of very cool analog sounds. It's kind of all the normal ones really!"
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"I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy."
"I'm a big fan of the iZotope plugins, Ozone and Alloy."
At 14:48, Sub Focus brings CamelPhat onto his screen saying "I've been using a lot of CamelPhat..."
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At 3:51, Sub Focus pulls the Waves Renaissance EQ onto his screen.
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According to the description on the Jazz Mutant Lemur Ipad App on the Itunes app store, it says Sub Focus uses the application.
Also in an interview, Sub Focus says: "I also use iPads running custom-made software made by Liine. They basically took over this platform called Lemur that used to be an independent touch-screen manufacturer just for music application."
That interview is here: http://www.askaudiomag.com/articles/interview-sub-focus-on-production-ipad-for-live-performance-and-tidal-wave
The Moogerfooger MF-108M Cluster Flux can be seen at 1:00
The Moogerfooger MF-104M Analog Delay can be seen with the MF-108M Cluster Flux at 1:00
The dTape Echo Delay Pedal can be seen at 2:31
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