Welcome
It’s been a busy year for Plastik Funk. The German house duo (Rafael Ximenez and Mikio Gruschinske) have released both remixes and original music, and over the next few weeks they’ll be touring the globe, rounding out 2016 in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve.
Fortunately, we managed to pin the guys down while they were back in their studio, and we asked them to show us what they’ve got in there and tell us all about it.
The studio
“Our studio is mainly digital, with mostly software synths and plugins. We moved into this room approximately five years ago, when we started our agency with the guys working next door. We guess it’s the only way somebody supports constant bass sound coming through the walls.
“The base is an 8-core Mac Pro from 2009 with lots of SSD power, 16GB RAM and an older UAD card for some nice vintage plugins. The vinyl collection in the usual IKEA shelves is both inspiration and sound diffusor.”
SPL Transient Designer
“We love this piece of gear. Although we also have the plugin version, we’d rather use this gem. We couldn’t believe that there really is a difference between the analogue gear and the digital version until our friend Ramon Zenker from Hardfloor gave us this one to try. We still have it mounted in our studio.”
Main monitors
“Our monitor speakers are pretty standart we guess. Two Genelec 1031As and two Avantones to double-check the radio compatibility and final sound. All these are combined with an Adam Sub12 for the neccessary low frequencies (and to annoy our neighbours) controlled through the Dangerous Music Monitor ST, which is really outstanding and doesn’t change the signal going directly to the speakers.”
