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In an interview with Fader, Arca gives a live presentation to the interviewee of how she produces music. This is her experience: "One afternoon, in something of a music journalist’s dream, she boots up her computer with the intention of giving me a live demonstration of her composition process. Using another program, called iZotope Iris, she takes the sound of a lawnmower, cuts a random geometric shape out of a graph of its composite frequencies, outputs a new sound that sounds like a choir of cooing lemmings.

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Arca can be seen working in Ableton in this picture.

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Since its release in 2009, Circle has become a popular soft-synth among big label producers like Hudson Mohawke, Arca, David Guetta and Deadmau5.

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In a video posted on Instagram, Arca is seen using the iZotope Nectar 3 plugin, highlighting its role in her vocal processing setup.

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At the bottom left next to the Ableton screen, you can clearly see her using the infamous Sony MDR-7506 while tracking vocals. She frequently uses the 7506 model in her Twitch streams.

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Arca can be seen working in Ableton Live 9 in this picture.

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Photo from a instagram story. Arca's hand (screm nail art) can be seen.

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In this instagram video Arca posted you can see L2 Ultramaximizer being used as a Ableton plugin

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In an Instagram video, Arca is seen playing the Korg KRONOS 88 Key Music Workstation Limited Edition, Gold [Model 2017], showcasing her use of this synthesizer.

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In an article by Soundonsound, Arca is mentioned using the Apogee Quartet Audio Interface during the production of Björk’s "Vulnicura." Additionally, the interface was seen in Arca's temporary Instagram story.

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In this video of arca preforming there's a clear shot of a DJM 900 Nexus, where all the specific points of a 900 nexus can be seen.

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Recognizable and unique side of Genelec 8040A speaker design appears in this video taken by Arca in his studio previewing an upcoming track from his new album, Reverie.

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In this image from an instagram post you can clearly see a Neumann U 87 Ai Set Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone - Nickel as the mic setup.

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In an Instagram photo, Arca is wearing the Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7 Studio Headphones.

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In an Imgur album titled "arca using minimoog V," Arca is shown utilizing the Arturia Minimoog Mini V Software Synthesizer.

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In a photo from the DJ set at Razzmatazz on February 21, 2020, Arca is seen using a Korg microKORG S synthesizer.

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One can see Arca playing a lead on the Pro 2 at a show in this Tik Tok

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Arca can be seen using the Arturia Pigments 3 VST at 0:04 in this Youtube video.

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Arca can be seen using the Limited Edition Korg KRONOS 2 Titanium workstation at 0:19 in this Youtube video.

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At the 1:14 mark in this Youtube video, Arca can be seen adding the Waves Doubler plugin to a channel's effect rack in Ableton.

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Arca can be seen playing the Arturia MatrixBrute Analog Synthesizer at 0:04 in this Youtube video.

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The Clouds Module can be seen next to Arca at 0:01 in this Youtube video.

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Can be clearly seen in front of Arca in this Instagram post.

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In Arca's Instagram story, Massive X can clearly be seen as a channel instrument while she is showing a snippet in Ableton. It can be seen at 5:17 in this Youtube video.

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In Arca's Instagram story, Omnisphere can clearly be seen as a channel instrument while she is showing a snippet in Ableton. It can be seen at 5:11 in this Youtube video.

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Arca can be seen using the Waves OneKnob Driver plugin at 9:05 in this Youtube video. The other Waves OneKnob VSTs can also be seen in Arca's audio effect library right below.

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Arca can be seen using Vanguard at 19:24 in this Youtube video.

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At 19:33 in this Youtube video, Arca can be seen using Serum in the fourth channel.

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Arca is quoted endorsing Trash on iZotope's website:

Trash is by far one of my favorite plugins for years now, and the new one has a ‘scream’ variable parameter which is great with an LFO.

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