Alesso – Years album cover

Alesso – Years

Single 2013

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2013 single Years.

Music from Years

Artists on Years

Gear Used On Years

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Alesso – Years (2013). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Software Plugins and VSTs used by Alesso on Years

Virtual Instrument

MODARTT Pianoteq 4 Stage Software Piano Instrument

When asked about the piano sound in Alesso's track "Years", he said he first tried a piano from Logic's own EXS sampler, but then switched to the Pianoteq "because you can really manipulate the piano sound really well." The original source is this MusicRadar interview.

Sampler Plugins

Native Instruments KONTAKT 6

Avg price: $599.00

Alesso mentions using drum kits from Kontakt, particularly in the making of his track "Years".

Synth Plugins

Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer

Avg price: $155.00

Quickly at 2:43 in this music video for "Years" you can see Alesso was running the Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer.

DJ Setup used by Alesso on Years

DJ Mixers

Pioneer DJM-2000 Mixer

Avg price: $669.31

You can see in this music video of "Years" that he's using the DJM-2000 from Pioneer.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Alesso on Years

Synthesizers

Moog Little Phatty Stage II

Avg price: $800.00

In the music video for "Years" by Alesso featuring Matthew Koma, Alesso can be seen using a Moog Little Phatty Stage II synthesizer at the 1:01 mark.