Varien – Morphine album cover

Varien – Morphine

Single 2012

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2012 single Morphine.

Music from Morphine

Artists on Morphine

Gear Used On Morphine

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Varien – Morphine (2012). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Software Plugins and VSTs used by Varien on Morphine

Sampler Plugins

Native Instruments KONTAKT 6

Avg price: $599.00

Throughout Varien's Youtube video, instances of Kontakt 5 appear in the channel strips for his song "Morphine". Additionally, at the 59 second mark he opens an instance of Kontakt and says "I've got my Kontakt 5 here, Kontakt 5 is where I have all my fancy synths and, y'know, choirs, strings, organs, blah-blah that you love so much about the Varien sound, it's all in here..."

Synth Plugins

reFX Nexus 2

reFX Nexus is the tenth plugin-instrument from the top of Varien's track "Morphine".

Synth Plugins

Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer

Avg price: $155.00

At the 0:48 mark, Sylenth1 is in the fourth and fifth plugin slots from the bottom of Varien's 'Pattern 13' window, listing the plugins used for various instrument tracks for his song "Morphine".

Virtual Instrument

Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0

At the 0:48 mark, the second to last channel strip says Superior Drummer in FL Studio's sequencer for Varien's track "Morphine".

Mastering Plugins

iZotope Ozone 9

Avg price: $164.00

At the beginning of the video as well as the opening frame (seen before a viewer clicks "play"), iZotope Ozone 4 can be seen on the master track.

Drumstep

Vengeance Essential Dubstep VOL 1

"VDUB1" samples are sprinkled in throughout Varien's arrangement of Morphine. VDUB1 is the filename abbreviation for Vengeance Essential Dubstep, Vol.1.

Kontakt Instrument

Spitfire Audio Albion II Loegria

At 0:59 into Varien's breakdown of his track Morphine, he opens up one instance of Kontakt 5 which also show some of his favorite sample libraries, one of which can be identified as Spitfire's Albion II: Loegria.