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The gear Kimbra uses to make music

Here's a piece-by-piece look at all of Kimbra's stage components and gadgets.

Bryan VanGelder
Kimbra's spaceship
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Kimbra's spaceship

We met up with New Zealand-born artist Kimbra during her album release show in Brooklyn and she was kind enough to give us a rundown of all of the gadget she uses to compose, arrange and perform her custom brand of electronic dance/pop music.  Take a trip with us as we go over each and every component and show you how to build your own 'spaceship'.  Pictured here is the full assembly.  Watch the video tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t77kVPVOm4

TC-Helicon Voicelive Touch 2
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TC-Helicon Voicelive Touch 2

Vocal efx and looping $499 on Amazon

Korg Kaossilator Pro +
3 of 14 Ariel Nunez

Korg Kaossilator Pro +

Dynamic phase synthesizer, delay & reverb $306 on Amazon

Korg Kaoss Pad KP3+
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Korg Kaoss Pad KP3+

Dynamic effects, looping & sampling $299 on Amazon

Native Instruments Maschine Jam
5 of 14 Ariel Nunez

Native Instruments Maschine Jam

Sequencing, track building & programming $399 on Amazon

Novation Launch Control
6 of 14 Mark Licea

Novation Launch Control

Ableton Live controller $49 on Amazon

Arturia Beatstep
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Arturia Beatstep

Controller/sequencer for Eventide H9 efx pedal $99 on Amazon

Eventide H9 Harmonizer
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Eventide H9 Harmonizer

Multi-effect, tuner, midi footswitch $399 on Amazon

Ableton Push 2
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Ableton Push 2

Ableton Live controller/sampler $799 on Amazon

Waldorf Blofeld
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Waldorf Blofeld

Synthesizer $500 on Amazon

Moog Sub37
11 of 14 Mark Licea

Moog Sub37

Synthesizer keyboard $1,499 on Amazon 

Roland SP404SX
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Roland SP404SX

Linear wave sampler $410 on Amazon

Boss Br-864
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Boss BR-864

8 track digital recorder (discontinued)

Boss Rc20-XL
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Boss Rc20-XL

Loop station (discontinued) 

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