Nicky Romero
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Nicky Romero started producing using FL: "Before I moved in to this studio I was literally just using Fruity Loops and some speakers that weren’t even monitors, just multimedia speakers."
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Nicky Romero posted a photo of him working on a bootleg/mashup using Studio One software by PreSonus, running on his MacBook Pro.
Nick is seen bouncing a new song in Logic Pro X in this photo posted to his Instagram.
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At 30:20 in the video, Nicky Romero talks about doing a sidechain: "...we'll take the LFO Tool today, it's also a great one. I take a sidechain preset, and I just adjust it."
Nicky Romero using the Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO Headphones while "Recording #PRR 31 @ultramusic edition" in his studio.
In this screenshot from his Instagram story, Nicky Romero answers some fan questions, including how he started his career:
by making music on Magix Musicmaker (2004)
This is the MIDI keyboard Nicky Romero uses when producing tracks on the road and away from his studio. In an Instagram photo he posted he said "Making a track with my new love.. Akai LPK25 #HotelroomSessionsLA"
In a behind the scenes video, Beats headphones can be seen on the table as part of Nicky Romero's mobile studio setup.
At the 30:12 mark in 'Nicky Romero Making Toulouse In The Studio With Future Music': "Anyway I have, like, string plugs... which are from Kontakt, because they always have, like, the nice sounding stuff."
In a Tweet posted Jun 22, 2016, Nicky Romero posts a photo of his newly purchased Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors. He says:
"Got these boys today"
In this video at 13:34, nicky using serum vst.
Nicky Romero can frequently be seen using a Macbook Pro when working on music on the road.
Nicky Romero's first audio interface was an Mbox: "I was reading magazines like Future Music and I was hearing about equipment that I could never afford so I went to Music Store in Amsterdam and asked for advice on what I needed and I got an Mbox."
Nicky Romero talking about how he got started producing: "...I was connecting my speakers to the mini jack on my computer [laughs]. I bought my first KRK set around then too, the RP6s. Still though, I didn’t know anything, I never had any formal training. I just asked questions, all the time – about everything." (original article "In pictures: Nicky Romero and his suburban studio")
The Apogee Duet 2 USB Audio Interface can be seen in a photo (to the right of the keyboard) Nicky Romero posted of his studio gear setup.
When asked what subwoofer he is using in the studio, Nicky Romero tweets that he uses the Genelec 7060B Active Subwoofer paired up with his KRK VXT8 monitors.
Nicky Romero tweets about using the Waves Diamond Bundle, specifically he mentions liking the SoundShifter plugin.
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Sitting front-and-center in his setup, Nicky Romero posted a studio photo showing his main keyboard controller is the M-Audio Oxygen 61.
"So we took a very smooth instrument, and this one is Sylenth, that we just put a very high filter..."
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"Thanks @calvinharris ! ????????" In this Instagram photo, Nicky holds up the box of his Master Tracks headphones for the camera.
In this photo of Nicky Romero's studio from MusicRadar, the Rack version of the Korg Triton can be spotted on top of a few other modules. The "Triton Rack" logo can be seen on the upper right of the module's green screen.
NIcky Romero was seen using the Pioneer HDJ - 500 Headphones at 19:35 in his performance on the Frank en Vrijdag Show of Radio 538.
Nicky Romero explains @ 32:40 ''it has weird sounds!!''.
Nicky Romero says "It's good for music producers too - You can analyze your entire sample library and find loops in the same key." From the Mixed In Key website
In the quote, he says he tests his new monitors
At 12:02 you can see "Substance" in the libraries list of Kontakt.
In Nicky Romero's "Studio Masterclass #01 - Ready 2 Rumble," at the 4:44 mark, he uses the Smartelectronix s(M)exoscope plugin to analyze the sidechain effect between the kick and bass. He explains this technique ensures the sidechain is both effective and powerful. Nicky also demonstrated this approach during his 2016 ADE masterclass.
This mic can be seen in Nicky Romero's studio in a tweet. The specific use was to record voiceovers in his Protocol Radio show.
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Love You for the Summer (Kohen Remix)
Nicky Romero & Öwnboss & Kohen · 2025
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Where Do I Go (Rameses B Remix)
Nicky Romero & Rameses B & Vikkstar · 2025
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