ikson

Ikson

GearIQ 149 Joined Nov 2013

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Been using FL Studio since I started producing music on a computer back in 2011. Really love the workflow and how fast I'm able to realise my ideas with it. This also comes partly from the amazing piano roll that's simple and quick but at the same time very advanced. One downside may be seeing as it doesn't have a channel fixed arrangement window, it takes an extra effort to make the projects really organized, which usually leads to my projects looking quite messy cause I'm quite lazy... but I'm fine with that aslong as I can work fast.
Great and intuitive synth. Has a lot of good presets which I've learned to know by heart and can tweak to my liking. Lately I've been turning more towards Serum though since I feel like it has more professional sounding sounds.
Awesome synth that I use A LOT. Not being a sound design expert by any means I mostly use the presets (which there are a lot of good ones), and then tweak them to my liking. The lead sounds from my songs 'Last Summer' and 'Harmony' has been made by me loading a voice sample into the Noise section of the synth and then adding compression and reverb through the built in FX rack.
Just recently bought this plugin after been watching Youtube videos about it for quite some time, and it's truly amazing. The piano sounds are incredible and with a lot of different presets it's easy to find a timber that fits the track I'm working on. It includes a lot of different piano instruments: Pianos, rhodes, clavinette, toy pianos, glockenspiel, vintage digital synths. It's my go to now whenever I need very authentic sounding keys, which is quite often.
If I need to sidechain a 4/4 beat this is my go to plugin, simple and easy to use. For sidechain of other rhytms I usually du manual volume automation to get it precise, or sidechain compression.
Has a unqiue and nice sound! Usually I turn the velocity down quite low and compress it + reverb, which gives it a timber I like. Can definitiely recommend if you're looking to widen your piano sound arsenal.
My go to Reverb! Has a lot of great presets and is easy to tweak. Also low on cpu which is great since I tend to add quite a lot of them (Yeah I don't know why I still to this day don't use busses for reverb...should probably do that)
I use Kontakt a lot for electric bass or when I need symphonic/orchestral elements, great sounding instruments. For pianos I mostly use the add on packs 'Alicia Keys' or 'Una Corda', but the standard ones sound pretty nice too. If you hear any electric guitar sounds in of my tracks it's also most commonly from the ilya Efimov guitar instruments for Kontakt, that I really like
This is what I use for mixing and mastering! Very clean sounding and has a lot of options/good presets. The Pro-Q2 and the Pro L are my favorites.
I use these as my main monitors (for now). I switch between my them and my Sennheiser hd-25 headphones to check that everything sounds right. Seeing as I live in an apartment building with quite thin floors, these are great cause they don't produce that much bass so I can play a bit louder without shaking the whole place up. They're also really good at bringing forth the problems in the mix so it makes it easier to hear what needs to be adjusted.
Been using these for a long time and really like them! Very light so you can wear them for a very long time without your ears hurting.
I've used this soundcard for over 3 years now, haven't had any problems with it. Works great and has all the features I need.
Great little midi keyboard that I tend to use when I work on my laptop. Has nice feeling keys!
Main midi-keyboard as of now, same as the microKEY 25 just larger and with bluetooth

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