Avicii's Software Plugins and VSTs

Avicii frequently uses the stock sounds in Nexus when coming up with ideas for leads, chords, and melodies in his tracks.

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In the video burn #residency - Masterclass: Avicii, at 3:11 Avicii can be seen opening up a track in Cubase, running on his MacBook Pro.

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TruePianos are seen in Avicii in the studio at 2:37.

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Avicii shows "Future Music Magazine" team how he actually works and at minute 24:50 you can see him using Kontakt 4

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In this image, towards the bottom, you can see he is using two samples from this pack, "HK HH CL 023" and "HK SP Snap 12".

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At 16:20, you can see Avicii choosing his loops from the FL Studio file browser. There is a folder called MUB2 which stands for Mutekki Ultimate Beats v2

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Avicii can be seen using the Classic Master Limiter from Kjaerhus Audio starting at 8:20 in this video from Future Music.

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Avicii pulls up a section of the Rob Papen Albino 3 Software Synthesizer at 3:58 in this video.

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At 12:20 in his video with Future Music, VintageWarmer 2 can be seen when choosing a plugin for the effects chain.

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In the YouTube video "Avicii in the studio - The Making of Dancing In My Head," Avicii uses the Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer, highlighting its significance in his production process.

"I use [Native Instruments] Massive a lot, too. I do enjoy tweaking Massive; that’s fun, you can do a lot with that synth."

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To the question: "What synth & preset AVICII use in the drop of Gonna love ya?"

He answers: "Vst: Rob Papens Predator Preset: Kalimba (under one of the sub-banks)"

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Hi folks, this is Bulent from KV331 Audio. Our records indicate that more and more pros are becoming licensed users of SynthMaster: Avicii, Paul van Dyke and Tiesto. Those are the three that we could identify recently as our licenses customers.

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Avicii is seen using the X-EQ at 15:55 in this video of him working on "Dancing In My Head."

At 16:20, you can see Avicii choosing his loops from the FL Studio file browser. There is a folder called MUB1 which stands for Mutekki Ultimate Beats v1

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Tucked away in the bottom left hand corner you can see a Maserati ACG Plugin being used.

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At 2:47 in his video with Future Music, Phosphor can be seen in his list of plugins.

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At 01:31 you can see this plugin opened in the background

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Tim using the plugin in Avicii: True Stories (Working on Sunset Jesus) 40:39

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(Timestamp Edit By Akivix) At 35:29 Avicii Can Be Seen Using Dblue Glitch, "So I have this thing called Glitch, which basically has all of these effects. I'm just using it for the big rush right here. It's really cool if you want to do like glitchy electro and stuff like that because it has a randomizer. It's really fun to play with around with. It gets you that really crispy sound."

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Avicii used the original z3ta+ by cakewalk in his older tracks before switching to z3ta+ 2. The preset is called 'crispy arp c1' which is located in 'Section B' in the original z3ta+. Avicii used the preset in his bootleg of 'Sex is On Fire' by Kings of Leon in 2011 April 15th, a few months before z3ta+ 2 was released.

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At 2:31 of his video with Future Music, you can see Phoscyon tucked away in his plugin list.

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At 12:20 in his video with Future Music, Crystallizer can be seen at the very bottom of his plugin list.

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The image shows Avicii using the reFX Vanguard Virtual Analog Synthesizer.

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Avicii uses Audiobro's LA Scoring Strings in "The Making of Dancing In My Head" video at minute 24:17.

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In this video, Tim loads a kick sample into the Fruity Granulizer. The plugin can be seen at 8:26 into the video.

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for vocals I use a lot of SoundToys stuff, the Decapitator or EchoBoy

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at 12:45 minutes the third last plugin on the list is written Waves Rcomp

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At 12:35 into the video clip, Avicii loads an instance of the Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer.

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Avicii's name can be clearly seen at 0:19 in this YouTube video of the anouncement of Kick 2, by Sonic Academy.

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