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Henrik Schwarz's favourite music software

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By Computer Music
Published 27 June 2014

We chat to the deep house veteran with a part-time jazz habit

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Ableton/Cycling '74 Max For Live

Ableton/Cycling '74 Max For Live

“The release of Ableton Live was a revolution for me. Now, many years later, I have the same feeling again. Improvisation and spontaneity are very important in my live shows and jazz concerts. I wrote 20 or more little helpers with Max for Live and JavaScript - these can do 50 things at the same time when I just press one button or turn one knob. I can create a lot of drama with one knob - just like a musician with one string of his violin or one key of his piano.”

Read Ableton/Cycling ’74 Max For Live review

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Waves L2 and Renaissance Vox

Waves L2 and Renaissance Vox

“Waves still makes the best-sounding and most musical plugins for me. L2 does the perfect job as a limiter when you need to do a quick demo that has punch. Renaissance Vox Compressor you just need to drop into your vocal channel - adjust for three seconds and the sound is perfect.”

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Native Instruments Massive

Native Instruments Massive

“This is my number one sound source when it comes to virtual synths. Simple as that.”

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Celemony Software Melodyne

Celemony Software Melodyne

“This is probably my most important software; I use it in many different ways. Of course it’s made for pitch correction, but it can do so many creative things that I love. It’s wonderful to create chords from single sounds or from noise, double voices... Every note can go anywhere, up and down; it can be short or long. Sound becomes like Play-Doh.”

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Vienna MIR

Vienna MIR

“I discovered Vienna MIR while searching for software for my next album, which I’m doing with an orchestra. I wasn’t happy with the room sound we’d recorded, so I needed another solution.

“When I put my 48-channel project into MIR, I was absolutely blown away - this is by far the best-sounding software reverb I’ve heard, and I checked them all...”

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Henrik will be at Unknown Festival at Amarin, Croatia, 8-12 September

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