Toro y Moi

The songs on Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return" were "...written with live performance in mind, augmented by a few tricks, such as sampling chords in the SP- 404SX and using its playback to stagger delivery on tracks including 'Rose Quartz.'"

"Fruity Loops. Then it went to me trying other stuff, and I moved on to Reason and tried that out and Ableton."

Toro y Moi's Chaz uses Reason to record his ideas and tracks. He's a fan of Reason's NN-XT sampler and Thor synth. He recorded his album "Causers of This" almost entirely in Reason, but for later albums uses it as more of a quick way to record ideas, before taking them into a proper studio. Chaz says "I still work within Reason for most tracks, but I'm not interested in maintaining any specific workflow..."

Speaking about his favorite pieces of gear, Chaz says "...I recently got this Yamaha DX7s synth. It's awesome. I'm using that on everything right now."

When asked about his favorite pieces of gear, Toro Y Moi responds "Probably my Moogerfoogers. I can't leave them alone. I use the Cluster Flux a lot on the keys. It's just a chorus pedal that can also be a weird LFO pedal."

When talking about recording live instruments for his 2011 album "Underneath The Pine," Toro Y Moi says "[I also used a] bass, just a Squire Bronco."

Chaz is using the Minilogue live on his Outer Peace tour.

Starting with his 2011 album "Underneath The Pine," Toro Y Moi frequently makes use of the Roland JX-3P synth.

Chaz talks about mixing his album "Anything in Return" at Different Fur Studios. He was keen on not using too many software synths for the album, and said he made use of the studio's Korg MS2000.

"I use a Shure SM57 for demos, and if I'd like a really crisp vocal sound I like to use an AKG C-1000. But my favorite is the SM57 - beautiful design inside and out. It allows close mic placing and picks up vocals better."

Lead sounds on Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return" were processed by running them through the ZVex Instant Lo-Fi Junky Modulation Pedal.

Chaz had recorded vocals in Reason for his album "Anything in Return," but when he went into the studio they were re-recorded for the most part using the Shure SM7B Vocal Mic.

Post processing for Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return" was done in Pro Tools.

Toro y Moi showcases his use of the Moog Minimoog Voyager in an Instagram post, highlighting it as one of his favorite hardware synthesizers.

Toro Y Moi's drums are processed through a EL8-X Distressor, followed by the Empirical Labs EL-7 FATSO Jr., and finally a GML 8200 EQ.

He's seen playing the Hofner at 2:42 in the linked video, and during JBS in his Live from Trona video on Vimeo.

When Toro Y Moi did the entire recording of his album "Underneath The Pine" at his home studio, the sound card he used was the Focusrite Saffire PRO interface.

Speaking about the recording process for Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return," Different Fur Studios owner Patrick Brown says the drums often went through an Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor, Empirical Labs EL-7 FATSO Jr., and GML 8200 EQ, "...to fatten them up, make them hit harder, make the kick really snap, and to add a little bit of softness and harmonic on the top end so they didn't sound too brittle out of Reason."

Chaz shows his op-1 on this pic he posted on Instagram.

Toro y Moi used the Korg Prologue 16-Voice Analog Keyboard Synthesizer during a live performance, as shown in a Google search result.

The Waves Renaissance EQ Plugin is used later in the vocal chain to clean up Chaz's vocal tracks.

The Universal Audio SPL Transient Designer was one of the plugins used in Pro Tools to fine tune Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return."

The Waves Renaissance Vox was one of the plugins used in Pro Tools to fine tune the tracks in Toro Y Moi's album "Anything in Return."

When asked what his favorite piece of recording gear is, Toro Y Moi refers to the Electro-Harmonix Memory Man with Hazarai, saying "It's a pretty cool pedal."

The Eventide H3000 was used on several of Toro Y Moi's vocals, pianos, and "...a lot of the weird pitch-shifting you hear in 'So Many Details' came from that box."

At 10:41 of this video of Chaz recording, he is seen playing with a Wampler Tape Echo.

At 3:20 of this video of Toro y Moi performing live, a Strymon Deco Tape Simulator pedal can be seen on Chaz's pedalboard, identified by it's silver colour, small square shape and 5 black knobs.

SEEN AT 14:29 ,USED ON TYLER, THE CREATORS RECORD FUCKING YOUNG

One of the hardware synths Toro Y Moi uses in his recordings is the Clavia Nord Electro 3. He also uses it live to play piano, as seen in several videos of Toro Y Moi performing.

Toro Y Moi's vocals for his "Anything in Return" album were recorded using a Shure SM7B mic, into an Avalon AD2022 preamp.