isaac_middendorf

I use Helm to make deep basses but thats about it. Not very good leads but anything goes when its a free plugin!

The invisible limiter along with the rest of their dope plugins has saved me in my mixing and mastering process. They have a clean clear sound that makes your mix sound amazing!

I use Reveal Sound Spire for my complextro sounds, plucks, leads, and basses. Awesome synth in my opinion and very easy to use!

I use Dada Life's Sausage Fattener as a compression tool to work mainly with my snares but sometimes my synths and kicks. Sounds can distort sometimes but with the right leveling, you will get a great sound!

I use Ableton's stock compressor to increase the volume of my tracks. Occasionally I will put this on the master channel and gently compress everything but it is always a vital during a mixdown!

I use u-he Diva for my basses and my leads. It is very powerful yet kind of hard to use.

I use the M-Audio as my secondary MIDI. Great keyboard and it is very mobile and easy to use!

To get my signature Noize Freak sound, I use u-he Zebra as well as TyrellNexus. A lot of people will tell you that they are Lennar Digital people or Native Instruments people. I like both of those plugins but u-he is by far my favorite because the synth design is very simple and versatile. I will say that Zebra's synth design is a little difficult but it is very useful because I have created some very powerful supersaws in there!

Grand Piano is another free pack you can download off the Ableton store. It comes with many forms of a piano with great sound!

The Tyrell Nexus is an awesome synthesizer! If you want to spark your creativity, this is for you!

I actually just got these yesterday and from what I can tell, they are awesomeee!!!

Basically I make my tunes and game on my MacBook Pro

Just a few words about this: Get it, use it right, have a moment of silence after you hear what it can do!!!

Okay for real Camel Crusher is like Marijuana for your speakers(I don't smoke and neither should you!) But it's a great free plugin that does the job well for compressing/distorting your tracks!

Though it's not my favorite plugin, it can do the job for you sometimes when you want to make a kick/snare sound sharper. But sometimes it will play around with your track and screw the whole thing up! But in my opinion it really is good at times!

Although I do not own one myself, I go to my mom's friends house to play his. I would say that about half of the melodies I write come from the Steinway! It's great for composing music in general!

Orchestral Strings is actually a pack you can download on the Ableton store(it's free!)This is one of my favorite instruments for making the emotion flow into the track!

Okay Operator is like your friend! In my opinion it's as good as some of the big name brands like Massive and Nexus. It also includes a white noise system for the airy transitions!

I have been playing piano since I was about 5 using an old Yamaha keyboard that my grandparents gave me. When I started producing music, I didn't know how to write melodies very well. I knew music theory but in my opinion it can only help you a little bit when producing. People who know me will tell you that I have a passion for beautiful melodies but when I was making progressive house, I couldn't unleash those melodies. I tried to make them as beautiful as possible without overdoing it but it doesn't work like that. With my Novation, I can create those melodies flying around in my head more easily and more productively than ever before! Though I still use Ableton's piano roll to draw the notes out, the Novation is deffinantly my secret weapon for finding melodies. I have noticed that not very many people use it but in my opinion, be different! You don't have to by really expensive stuff cause in the end it's all about creativity and how wild your imagination can go!

I started out using a mobile version of FL Studio(wasn't that great). But for my 15th birthday I received a Novation Launchkey 49 with an Ableton demo. I practiced on the demo for a while and thought that it was pretty cool. So I bought the full version and started making what I make today! I would highly recommend it to someone who wants to make music easier and a lot of fun. However watch a lot of YouTube tutorials, they will guide you on your musical journey!