Top 5: Dave & Sam

We ask producers to tell us about their Top 5 most indispensable studio items.

5 March 2020

Artist: Dave +. Sam
Album: No Shade

1. Macbook Pro

Without this there’s no record! Everything was recorded, arranged, mixed and processed through this thing. Purchased in 2014 and still going strong!

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2. Shure SM7B

What better selling point is there than it being the mic that “was used to record Thriller”. We recorded about 80% of No Shade on it…

3. Arturia DrumBrute

This was more of an inspirational piece than anything. It made it on the record in a few instances, but more often it was used to get the energy going when we first started a session. Sam would start creating a beat and Dave would begin freestyling and it got us in the mood to create. It’s so fun and intuitive to program and the built-in FM synth module is really fun for jamming.

4. Soundtoys EchoBoy Plug-in

This is our favourite delay plug-in — in general all of the Soundtoys plug-ins are amazingly creative tools but this one takes the cake. It was used for almost all the delays on the album, but it’s a real secret weapon as a tone tool, too!

5. Yamaha Reface DX

This thing is small but mighty and has some really special patches on it. Absolutely my favourite punchy bass sound, plus a lot of great smooth sounds for leads and chords. The original Yamaha DX keyboards were used extensively in early house music productions, so this thing is really great as a time capsule to capture that vibe and emotion.

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