Armin van Buuren

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

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

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 tweeted, "working in the studio till late again... "Last of us" still wrapped in cellophane... Sorry PS3..."

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.

At 14:13, Armin says he, “Ahh, yep we’ve been using the Lexicon Reverb a lot" He goes on to confirm that it is the Lexicon 244 UAD plug in.

Armin posted this photo of his mini studio at the airport, and in it his Novation Launch Control XL.

"Armin van Buuren: Yes, and I'm a big fan of the Nord Lead because it has a certain edge to it. I still use the Yamaha TX81Z, which is a really old machine and it's out of tune with most versions, but the FM sound is just fantastic."

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In this photo, there is avia a16 d in his studio.

There is an16-i in his studio.

In this photo, there is nanoclocks in his studio.

we can see that Armin uses Ableton Push, and new keybord by NI

On this video you can see that Armin bought a new keybord by NI

in this picture you can see armin tweaking on a Shadow Hills compressor.

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

From a testimonial by Armin: "I love the SynthMaster and I've been using it in all my recent productions. I really love the cool way of editing and especially love the FM sound. Essential for my set up!"