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In this article, it is mentioned that they used this DAW for the recording of their 2000 album

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At Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Tony Espie and the Avalanches began to get to grips with the initial mixes of the tracks. Further processing of the sounds was done using Neve 3315 EQs and a Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor

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They would then manipulate and play with MIDI keyboards. Around the time of their album they were using, among others, the Roland PC160, 160A and 200 MkII controller keyboards for this purpose

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Robbie Chater of The Avalanches uses Genelec 1027 active monitors in his recording and monitoring setup, as detailed in Sound on Sound's feature on the band.

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Recording & Monitoring

Genelec 1027 active monitors. Mackie 1642 mixer. Mirage OM9 active monitors. Rode NT2 mic. Samson Servo 250 power amp. Shure Beta 58a, Beta 57a, Beta 52a, Beta 56a, SM81 and KSM44 mics. Technics SHDX1200 mixer. Yamaha 02R mixer. Yamaha NS10M speakers.

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Recording & Monitoring

Genelec 1027 active monitors. Mackie 1642 mixer. Mirage OM9 active monitors. Rode NT2 mic. Samson Servo 250 power amp. Shure Beta 58a, Beta 57a, Beta 52a, Beta 56a, SM81 and KSM44 mics. Technics SHDX1200 mixer. Yamaha 02R mixer. Yamaha NS10M speakers.

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Robbie Chater of The Avalanches uses a Clavia Nord Micro Modular synth, as detailed in Sound On Sound. This synth is part of his extensive collection, which also includes a Casio PT30, Farfisa organ, Korg MS2000, Moog Minimoog, and various Roland and Yamaha keyboards and samplers.

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Keyboards

Casio PT30 electronic keyboard. Clavia Nord Micro Modular synth. Farfisa organ. Korg MS2000 synth. Lowry upright pedal organ. Moog Minimoog synth. Roland PC160, PC160A and PC200 MkII controller keyboards. Roland SH1000 and SH2000 synths. Yamaha Electone A505, YC20, YC30 and YC50 organs. Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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In this article, it is mentioned that they use this amplifier alongside their turntables

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In this article, it is mentioned that they use this sampler

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In this article, it is mentioned that they use this sampler

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"The beige G3 was their go-to machine in making the album."

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In this article, it is mentioned that they used Pro Tools for the recording of their 2000 album. It isn't 100% confirmed that they used version 5.1 exactly, but this was the latest release of Pro Tools in the year 2000, so I presume that is what they were using

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At Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Tony Espie and the Avalanches began to get to grips with the initial mixes of the tracks. Further processing of the sounds was done using Neve 3315 EQs and a Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, and Espie employed an Empirical Labs Fatso EL7x tape simulator

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they would then manipulate and play with MIDI keyboards. Around the time of their album they were using, among others, the Roland PC160, 160A and 200 MkII controller keyboards for this purpose

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They would then manipulate and play with MIDI keyboards. Around the time of their album they were using, amongst others, the Roland PC160, 160A and 200 MkII controller keyboards for this purpose

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Recording & Monitoring

Genelec 1027 active monitors. Mackie 1642 mixer. Mirage OM9 active monitors. Rode NT2 mic. Samson Servo 250 power amp. Shure Beta 58a, Beta 57a, Beta 52a, Beta 56a, SM81 and KSM44 mics. Technics SHDX1200 mixer. Yamaha 02R mixer. Yamaha NS10M speakers.

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Processors

Antares ATR1a Auto-Tune voice processor. Avalon VT747SP compressor/equaliser. Behringer Virtualizer multi-effects processor. Frostwave The Resonator filter, Funk A Duck envelope filter and Spacebeam. HHB Radius 20 equaliser. Lexicon Vortex multi-effects processor. Line 6 Bass Pod bass processor. Melos tape echo. RME ADI8 Pro A-D/D-A converter. Roland Space Echo. TC Helicon Voice Prism voice processor. TLA Fatman mic pre/compressor. Universal Audio 2-610 mic preamp.

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Antares ATR1a Auto-Tune voice processor. Avalon VT747SP compressor/equaliser. Behringer Virtualizer multi-effects processor. Frostwave The Resonator filter, Funk A Duck envelope filter and Spacebeam. HHB Radius 20 equaliser. Lexicon Vortex multi-effects processor. Line 6 Bass Pod bass processor. Melos tape echo. RME ADI8 Pro A-D/D-A converter. Roland Space Echo. TC Helicon Voice Prism voice processor. TLA Fatman mic pre/compressor. Universal Audio 2-610 mic preamp.

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Keyboards

Casio PT30 electronic keyboard. Clavia Nord Micro Modular synth. Farfisa organ. Korg MS2000 synth. Lowry upright pedal organ. Moog Minimoog synth. Roland PC160, PC160A and PC200 MkII controller keyboards. Roland SH1000 and SH2000 synths. Yamaha Electone A505, YC20, YC30 and YC50 organs. Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Keyboards

Casio PT30 electronic keyboard. Clavia Nord Micro Modular synth. Farfisa organ. Korg MS2000 synth. Lowry upright pedal organ. Moog Minimoog synth. Roland PC160, PC160A and PC200 MkII controller keyboards. Roland SH1000 and SH2000 synths. Yamaha Electone A505, YC20, YC30 and YC50 organs. Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Robbie Chater of The Avalanches is known to use a Yamaha DGX-505 digital piano, as detailed in an article by Sound On Sound.

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Casio PT30 electronic keyboard. Clavia Nord Micro Modular synth. Farfisa organ. Korg MS2000 synth. Lowry upright pedal organ. Moog Minimoog synth. Roland PC160, PC160A and PC200 MkII controller keyboards. Roland SH1000 and SH2000 synths. Yamaha Electone A505, YC20, YC30 and YC50 organs. Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Samplers Akai MPC2000XL percussion sampler with MFC42 filter. Akai S900, S2000 and S5000 samplers.

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Robbie used the white Gibson SG in the Avalanches first full live shows in around 16 years. The picture shows it being used at the Australian "Splendour in the Grass" festival in Byron Bay. He also used the guitar the night before Splendour at the "Splendour in the Grass Pre-party".

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Phase 90 can be seen in the middle of the pedal board in pictures of "Splendour in the Grass" rehearsals that The Avalanches posted on twitter.

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In this article, it is mentioned that they use this high end turntable for sampling

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In this article, it is mentioned that they use this turntable for sampling

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