What does Bonobo use to make beats?
If you Dialed "A" for Answers, you came to the right place. Here are some select quotes from an interview with XLR8R:
B: A friend of mine introduced me to samplers, and I picked up an Akai [S950] and an Atari and started playing my guitar and drums straight into the sampler.
B: I had one microphone [a Rode NT1].
B: I've been using an Avalon [VT-737SP] as a front end. It's a mono vacuum-tube compressor and EQ, and it's really nice... I use it for everything. Then the whole thing goes into [Apple] Logic. With the exception of a few reverbs and some other outboard stuff, I'm doing everything with Logic and [Native Instruments] Kontakt.
In the photo on the XLR8R interview, it looks like Bonobo also uses a Korg X5 keyboard. The modern Bonobo has evolved into a one-man-band of sorts, as seen in this interview with In Your Speakers:
IYS: How do you create your music, is it just you at a laptop, or do you bring in other musicians?
SG: I play all the instruments myself. I have a studio in my home in London, so I play all the instruments on the record. I was a musician before [being a DJ/producer]. I can write stuff on the piano and I record it, get on the computer and start chopping things up.
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