Clavia Nord Lead 2 Synthesizer
"Impressive Instant" opens with out-of-phase synth LFO sweeps, panned hard left and right [3]. Light and transparent, the sound forms a backdrop for the entire length of the track. "Those are from the Nord Lead, run through a lowpass filter," says Mirwais. "The Nord Lead is an impressive machine ...
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Korg Prophecy
The bass part on "Impressive Instant" is elusive, seeming massive and muted at the same time. "It's more of a sub-bass tone. There isn't much information in the mid or high range," explains Mirwais. "It's all from the Korg Prophecy. It's my secret weapon, an amazing synth. It's the Minimoog of th...
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Waldorf Microwave XT Synthesizer
The organ-like suspended voicings behind the vocal are from the Waldorf Microwave XT [8]. "It's a kind of fake Rhodes sound on the Waldorf," he says. "The part is kind of a church organ vibe, but the church organ sound was too obvious; there was too much characteristic of the sound in the track. ...
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Roland JD-990
"I used a Waldorf Microwave XT, Korg Prophecy, Roland JD-990, Clavia Nord Lead 2 Rack, and an E-mu E6400.
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Solid State Logic Duality Mixing Console
That's why Dre, Timbaland, and the Chemical Brothers all have an AWS900 at home then is it?
and BTW - Mirwais has a Duality.
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Martin D-28 Acoustic Guitar
His acoustic guitar makes another appearance on "Don't Tell Me," with very different results. "This was a demo that I recorded in my own studio," he says. "I recorded it to my ADAT using a Martin D-28 guitar that I borrowed from a friend. I ran a Neumann KM84 into the preamp of the 02R. I deliber...
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Antares Auto-Tune Evo Pitch Correcting Plugin
Put auto-tune into overdrive and you get what became known as the ‘Cher Effect’. In an interview in Sound-On-Sound producers Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling attributed the ear-twisting effect they applied to Cher’s vocals on 1998?s ‘Believe’ to a complicated vocoder setup. But what was obvious to ...
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Moog Memorymoog
who's playing lintronics modified synths ?
Helmut van Aaken, Germany
Andre Abshagen (PET), Germany
Kurt Ader (KARO), Germany
Mirwais Ahmadzaï, France
Thomas Aichberger, Germany
Malik Al-Badri, Germany
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Gibson Hummingbird True Vintage
mirwais on stage with Madonna playing Gibson hummingbird
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
This is a community-built gear list for Mirwais.
- Find relevant music gear like studio equipment, software, headphones, DAW & software, plugins, and other instruments and add it to Mirwais.
- The best places to look for gear usage are typically on the artist's social media , YouTube, live performance images , and interviews.
- To receive email updates when Mirwais is seen with new gear follow the artist.
Gear Guides
Top Studio Monitor Speakers for Music Production
Michael Pierce & Giulio Chiarenza
Updated February 2024
The Best Audio Interfaces - USB, FireWire, and Thunderbolt
Michael Pierce & Giulio Chiarenza
Updated December 2019
EMS Vocoder 2000
Effects Processors
" Similarly, "Music" begins with a nearly unrecognizable vocoded phrase, "Boogie woogie/Do you like to?" [5] In this case, though, Mirwais went old-school and used an EMS 2000 vocoder on Madonna's vocal track.
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago