Armin Van Buuren

"Some people think, "Are you crazy working with FL Studio?" But yes, I work with everything that inspires me. MY main DAW is Logic Pro and Ableton, but recently I got into FL Studio as well." at 10:45.

Armin talks about trying out other DAWs besides Logic Pro, including Studio One, in this video from Point Blank Music School.

Armin Van Buuren has transitioned from his long-time Philips A5Pro headphones to the new JBL CLUB ONE model. This shift was first noted during his AMF show in 2019 and has since been showcased in his weekly ASOT Radio Show. His Instagram post highlights his collaboration with JBL, expressing enthusiasm for the headphones' ability to deliver stage-quality sound to any environment—ideal for both professional and amateur DJs, as well as music lovers.

"What I love about Logic Pro X is that you can import channel strips, including MIDI and bus routing. The way Benno and I work is, everything is hooked up to an old Apple server upstairs from my studio. That houses all of my samples and it’s fast enough that I can work from one server and have two projects open and streaming from it at the same time. Then Benno and I can each open the same project and, search for bass lines, import entire channel strips with MIDI or audio information, automation, or whatever, and efficiently combine our ideas." - Armin Van Buuren.

Armin van Buuren uses Ableton Live for mixing and editing his weekly radio show "A State of Trance." He also uses it to make edits and cuts for his DJ sets. For his productions, he uses Ableton when working with loops to create grooves, citing the usefulness of the Warp Markers.

Armin can be seen wearing the Beyerdynamic DT 770 headphones in this video.

In A State of Trance Episode 816, Armin Van Buuren uses the Shure SM7B as his primary microphone for broadcasting.

Before switching completeley to Technics RP-DH1200, Armin was spotted several times wearing Sony MDR-V700 including his gig at Sensation 2003 in Amsterdam.

Armin Van Buuren's studio headphones are the Beyerdynamic DT 250.

"I've known Floris, one of the big guys behind FabFilter, for a very long time. We even did some tracks together in the past! When I heard he was involved in making his own plug-ins, I was immediately interested and followed him since. It's fantastic to see the company being so successful today. I like all FabFilter plug-ins and I've used all of them in my tracks."

"I made some pads. There are some really greta pad sounds coming form the Nexus. This particular pad is one I edited from one of the presets."

In this article from beatportal Armin says "Ordinarily, I use rekordbox to prepare my tracks for the Pioneer CDJ2000s I play on and it keeps count of the number of plays in my sets of each track".

He says, "Working with my music on NS10s doesn't really make sense either."

Armin van Buuren played at Tomorrowland Winter 2019 with Sennheiser HD 25 Headphones

Armin Van Buuren had these monitors custom built by Mischa Jacobi specifically for his studio. He talks about the importance of monitors being properly placed, and the room being configured and treated to achieve the best possible acoustic space.

Armin Van Buuren talks extensively about his live DJ setup. He uses 4 CDJ-2000s - two are used for the audio, and two for the SMPTE signal to synchronize his visuals.

In Armin's DJ setup, the Akai APC40 is used to control and mix the video portion of the live show.

Armin talks about his collaboration with Philips on the A5-PRO headphone in this video.

A Kingston HyperX USB stick can be seen plugged into Armin Van Buuren's Pioneer CDJ in this photo. Photo courtesy of Rukes.

This impressive mixing console by Toft Audio is part of Armin Van Buuren's studio. "Great for analogue summing and if you want that special Toft EQ sound."

Armin Van Buuren uses Maschine to jot down drum ideas by playing them in real time.

Armin Van Buuren has the Clavia Nord Lead 3 in his studio setup, and uses it as his primary MIDI controller keyboard. The Nord Lead 3 can be seen in many of his videos.

"The Omnisphere I usually use for pads, breakdowns, or strings, or more of atmospheric things, but there are some really great baseline sounds in the Omnisphere. There's a great Arpeggio section in the Omnisphere."

"So for this particular lead I went into the Zebra plugin, but I stacked it with a few other plugins."

"with a virus A, jx8p, jv2080 and S3000. long story short, some tunes just 'happen' the best ones usually in two or three hours"

Armin uses these Mackie HR824 studio monitors alongside his custom-built Mischa Jacobi speakers. He talks about the importance of having at least two different types of speakers in the studio, to check how the mix sounds on each.

Armin speaks highly of the FabFilter Twin software synth, calling it very "unique".

In a Facebook post about his Prophet 12, Armin Van Buuren says, "One of the best synths i've ever heard and now my new studio toy."

Genelec 8040s can be seen in Armin's setup in this State of Trance from Moscow.

In this Facebook post from Armin van Buuren, his M-Audio KeyStation 88es MIDI keyboard can be seen in the far right side of the picture.