AU5

In this AMA (ask me anything) that Au5 did on reddit (subreddit r/EDM), he said multiple times that Serum was one of his favorite VST's, as well as Gladiator and Razor.

In a Facebook photo, Au5 is shown using iZotope BreakTweaker, possibly acquired after collaborating with BT.

Mentioned in the breakdown of “Door House” at 18:02.

And then I used Voxengo Soniformer, which is really just, like a 32-band multiband compressor, to cut out some of those top ends.

Specified in the requirements for the Freefall sample pack.

Bonus Ableton Instrument Racks plugin requirements: NI - Massive | XFER - Serum | NI - Reaktor 5 (+FX) or higher | NI - Razor 1.5 (For Reaktor) | Reveal Sound - Spire | NI - Guitar Rig 5 | Kilohearts - Disperser | Valhalla Room

In this tweet, Logic Pro 9 is clearly visible on Au5's monitor in the upper right of the photo.

The tell-tale green-lit knobs of the APC40 can be seen peeking out of the bottom of this image of AU5 performing.

User Austin Collins comments on Tone2's post regarding ElectraX: "Okay I will be using this." Clicking on his profile picture reveals that he is the 'alter-ego for Au5', with many cross-posts to Au5's Facebook Page.

At 50:37 in this Youtube video, Au5 mentions that he uses the Kickstart plugin. "It's like LFO Tool but you can trigger it with MIDI."

Au5 shows here, how he made a song out of a squeeky door(for Andrew Huangs video) and it is clearly Ableton Live.

Au5 said on facebook: "Au5 production tip: PSP Vintage Warmer and Logic's Adaptive Limiter are far superior to any maximizer I've ever tried. Nothing has gotten this loud without killing transients or overdriving."

In this video, at 30:50 we can see Au5 using the Kick 2 plugin.

Mentioned in the breakdown of “Door House” at 9:04.

I use this really cool effect called Unfiltered Audio SpecOps and it’s basically an FFT spectral effect which allows you to do all sorts of things, such as, like, temporal smearing or frequency smearing and I’m pretty much just using this to accentuate the harmonics that are already present within the sound and then I’m freezing it a little bit so it sounds like this.

Au5 collaborated with Gravitas Create to develop the Freefall Sample Pack, as highlighted in the official release accompanying his Freefall EP.

Quoted on the official product page.

Dude this Xan Griffin course is a goldmine. The walkthroughs are so thorough, from the sound design to his compositional approach. He goes so in on everything and explains things with the depth you'd expect from a veteran. The album has so many different styles that I can't imagine any producer not finding value on multiple levels in this. The course is truly a masterclass. I'm insanely inspired after watching this. Also, STEMS AND MIDI for EVERYTHING?! I'm kinda floored right now. Amazing.

In the instrument channel of Au5's Logic Pro project, it can be clearly seen that he is using Native Instruments Massive for that channel.

In this Facebook post, Au5 posted a picture of the meter section of Fab-Filter Pro L. Also in the comments, someone posted "Pro L FTW", and Au5 replied, "Thanks to you bro!"

In this Facebook photo, it can be clearly seen that Au5 uses Nexus2

In this video, at 4:52 we can see Au5 using the u-he Uhbik-G plugin.

In this video, at 11:55 we can see Au5 using the Fabfilter Pro-R plugin.

In this video, at 38:15 we can see Au5 using NI Razor.

Reaktor 5 is specified in the requirements for the Freefall sample pack.

Bonus Ableton Instrument Racks plugin requirements: NI - Massive | XFER - Serum | NI - Reaktor 5 (+FX) or higher | NI - Razor 1.5 (For Reaktor) | Reveal Sound - Spire | NI - Guitar Rig 5 | Kilohearts - Disperser | Valhalla Room

Specified in the requirements for the Freefall sample pack.

Bonus Ableton Instrument Racks plugin requirements: NI - Massive | XFER - Serum | NI - Reaktor 5 (+FX) or higher | NI - Razor 1.5 (For Reaktor) | Reveal Sound - Spire | NI - Guitar Rig 5 | Kilohearts - Disperser | Valhalla Room

Specified in the requirements for the Freefall sample pack.

Bonus Ableton Instrument Racks plugin requirements: NI - Massive | XFER - Serum | NI - Reaktor 5 (+FX) or higher | NI - Razor 1.5 (For Reaktor) | Reveal Sound - Spire | NI - Guitar Rig 5 | Kilohearts - Disperser | Valhalla Room

Specified in the requirements for the Freefall sample pack.

Bonus Ableton Instrument Racks plugin requirements: NI - Massive | XFER - Serum | NI - Reaktor 5 (+FX) or higher | NI - Razor 1.5 (For Reaktor) | Reveal Sound - Spire | NI - Guitar Rig 5 | Kilohearts - Disperser | Valhalla Room

At 5:37, he opens up Dune 3 to show how he made the saw chords. He praises it as the "next generation of Sylenth," as says it has some wavetable capabilities.

Here we see Zynaptiq Morph on his FX rack, and at 8:38 he opens it to explain how he used it.

In this production breakdown of his collab with Tritonal and Dylan Matthew "Happy Where We Are," he describes at as a "really cool synth called Rapid." Used to create a pluck melody. Occurs at 16:07.

At 0:51, you can see him using Ozone 10 Advanced