Brooks

Brooks uses an Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 with 16GB RAM and a 2TB storage capacity, as seen in his studio session with David Guetta on Instagram.

Brooks, in this Instagram post, is finishing a new track, and his main software is Image-Line FL Studio 11

In a Q&A session on BHSTV hosted by CULTR, Brooks mentioned using the Xfer Serum Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer when discussing his preferred plugins.

At 32:17 you can see the plugin in action

Brooks, in a Instagram Post, shows his new studio, and at 00:05 we can see Reveal Sound's Spire at the upper monitor

Brooks, in a Instagram Post, shows his new studio, and at 00:05 we can see Lennar Digital Sylenth1, behind Reveal Sound's Spire at the upper monitor.

"I've downloaded it like 2 years ago or something and just never stop using it". At 32:36 you can see that the plugin is on the master.

In an Instagram post captioned "So who is ready for another @bassjackers collab??🎉," Brooks is seen using the Grace Design m905 Monitoring System in his studio.

At 18:42 you can see Fruity Blood Overdrive plugin on the screen

Brooks is using Soundtoys' plugin at 22:44

This plugin can be seen at 23:36

Can be seen at 24:50

Brooks uses the Peak contrloler to sidechain his Reverb. It can be seen in his masterclass at 15:15

At 49:30, Thijs opens the pack to select a snare, a drumfill, a bass shot and some FX. He even praises this and dubstep packs in general because, according to him, "the dubstep pack(s) sound designers pay a lot more attention to detail when it comes to snares and kicks, because that's really important in the genre". (Leviathan 1 is also visible.)

In this video at 18:38 Brooks can be seen using Fruity Parametric EQ 2

In an Instagram post by musicbybrooks, Brooks is shown using the IK Multimedia T-RackS Classic EQ while making final edits in FL Studio.

In an Instagram post by musicbybrooks, Brooks is seen using the IK Multimedia T-RackS Metering plugin while making final edits in FL Studio.

In the video Thijs selects a drum fill as well as some other samples and FX from KSHMR's pack. Visible in the FL Studio browser at 25:22.

Thijs opens Gross Beat at 45:07 to use it as a transient shaper (he removes the clap loop's really loud attack).

In this screenshot from his livestream on Twitch, Brooks can be seen using Arturia Piano V3 as replacement for 4Front TruePianos.

In this screenshot from his livestream on Twitch, Brooks can be seen having "TruePianos" in channel rack as one of the layers in his Better When You're Gone project file. Before replacing it with Arturia Piano V3, which he uses now in 2025.

In this screenshot from his livestream on Twitch, Brooks can be seen having "Massive" in channel rack as one of the layers in his Better When You're Gone project file. Also Brooks commented with words "Right, so Massive, I had this preset I nicknamed it's called Electric Elephants. It's like a remake of that track by Jay Hardway. And I used to use that a lot for like a main bass, the bass of the sound. And from there on, I started adding stuff. So that was a really like good staple sound to like build everything around."