Calvin Harris' Software Plugins and VSTs

Calvin Harris appears to be listed in Spectrasonics' list of "the world's foremost recording artists, producers, session players, remixers, multi-media developers and film composers"

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We are very proud that Spectrasonics customers include the world's foremost recording artists, producers, session players, remixers, multi-media developers and film composers including:

  • Adele
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Daft Punk
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Snarky Puppy
  • Childish Gambino
  • Calvin Harris

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In a longer version of this video, at 2:54, Calvin Harris is seen using iZotope Ozone 5, as indicated by the plugin's initial letters "Ozone 5."

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Calvin Harris is associated with the Xfer Records LFOTool plugin, as it appears in his "Liked Videos" playlist on his YouTube channel, which includes an official tutorial from XferRecords.

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In this video you can see at 02:54 min. that Calvin Harris uses the "L3 Multimaximizer", which is a multiband peak limiter / level maximizer plugin by Waves. As you can see in the video, the plugin is loaded as an insert efftect on an audio channel.

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In this video at 02:54 min (video in its original length is no longer available), Calvin Harris can seen using Waves -L3 Multimaximizer. As you can see in the video, the plugin is loaded as an insert efftect on an audio channel.

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This item can be seen at 2:48 min.

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"Right at the start, when I was about 13 or 14, I only had an Amiga 500 Plus running a bit of tracker software called OctaMED."

Right, so for my production since I was a little boy, i used MODplug Tracker. I looks the same! :)

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In a video shared by Calvin Harris on his Instagram account, he breaks down the riff for "Blessings" and visibly uses the Waves Smack Attack plugin when breaking down the processing of the riff in blessings.

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In an Instagram video posted by Calvin Harris, he demonstrates the creation of a riff, during which the Valhalla VintageVerb can be seen in his effects chain.

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In an Instagram video posted by Calvin Harris, he demonstrates the use of the Waves H-Delay Hybrid Delay in his production chain while breaking down his hit single "Blessings."

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In the making of "Over Now" with The Weeknd, Calvin Harris utilized the Defected Acapellas Vol. 4, as evidenced in the video "Calvin Harris x The Weeknd - Over Now (Deconstructed)" at the 2:09 mark, posted by Calvin Harris on YouTube.

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Calvin Harris is seen to give a positive review on Sam Smyer's Serum Presets

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While it's blurred out, if you look closely at 6:00 you can see a sign that says ozone 4 on the logic screen

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This is a community-built gear list for Calvin Harris.

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