The Juan Maclean

"I'm a big advocate of getting outside your computer, using as much hardware as possible. I made so many tracks with just a few pieces of gear, like my old Akai S1000, Waldorf Q and a Juno 106. Just having stuff like that and a cheap mixer sounds loads better than doing everything in the computer with soft synths."

The Juan Maclean is asked, "If you had to strip your studio down to five items (not including recording / monitoring tools)—what would they be?" He replies, "Akai S6000, FutureRetro Revolution, Korg SQ10 sequencer, Roland SH101, Moog Voyager."

"I am mostly singing in a low register that is slightly below my real range, so I rely a lot on proximity effect and microphone selection. For me, I use a grittier condenser mic like a Neumann TLM 193 that I can get right up on it and sort of 'play' the proximity effect in terms of how the bass is resonating with my voice."

When asked if he has any advice for up-and-coming producers, the Juan Maclean states, "I'm a big advocate of getting outside your computer, using as much hardware as possible. I made so many tracks with just a few pieces of gear, like my old Akai S1000, Waldorf Q and a Juno 106. Just having stuff like that and a cheap mixer sounds loads better than doing everything in the computer with soft synths."

When asked about his five most important pieces of equipment, in this article,The Juan Maclean listed his SH-101.

He says, "Nick’s CS-80 ended up featured very prominently on this record. "

He says, "There were a couple of new synths: an Oberheim OB-8 and a Prophet 08, of which I was quite skeptical but I’m now a fan"

He says, "There were a couple of new synths: an Oberheim OB-8 and a Prophet 08, of which I was quite skeptical but I’m now a fan"

I had an Akai S1000 sampler, a Juno 106 and a Waldorf Micro Q.

He says, "J Ryan, 6FS’s lead singer, would often come on stage with a moustache, red leather jacket with fringe and matching chaps, a Moog Liberation strapped on. "

In his My Studio featurette for Attack Magazine, John states "(the D-50) is all over my last album, In a Dream."

In an interview with RA, John elaborates on his live setup: "The only thing that is really sequenced or clocked is the Moog Voyager, which is synced to an MPC2500"

In this photo provided by AIAIAI, The Juan Maclean is performing with a pair of TMA-2 DJ Preset headphones on.