Carl Cox

“I use Native Instruments’ Traktor with my MacBook Pro. To control all of this I use a piece of kit called Maschine, which is also from Native Instruments and can be used in two ways - as a sequencer to access drums samples to use live when DJing or as a Midi controller, which is how I use it."

“I can control all four decks on Traktor using Maschine. And when I use this set-up I have the ability to control whatever effects I want to use - delays, filters, flange, whatever, it’s all available to mess around with.”

“I use Maschine to manipulate everything that is inside Traktor - the tunes, the effects, etc. With Maschine I can make a two-bar loop on track A, move on to track B, play the actual record, then add a bassline over it on track C. I can introduce another element on track D, adding delays, effects, changing the whole sound using the controller. Before you know it, you’re creating a whole new remix of a track. It really pushes you to be more creative and there’s a lot more performance involved.”

On the Loopmasters page for "Carl Cox Collective - My Life In Music," Carl Cox is noted for using the Focusrite Red 2.

Carl Cox on his MacBook Pro, preparing tracks for a DJ set.

Carl Cox uses the Audient ASP4816 Compact Analogue Recording Console in his project "Carl Cox Collective - My Life In Music," as featured on Loopmasters.

Carl Cox uses the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer in his project "Carl Cox Collective - My Life In Music," as noted on Loopmasters.

Carl Cox uses the Joe Meek SC3 DAD in his project, "Carl Cox Collective - My Life In Music," as highlighted in the Loopmasters collection of royalty-free sounds.

In the YouTube video "How I PLAY: Carl Cox MODEL 1 DJ Set-Up," Carl Cox is shown using the Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro 2 Audio 10 as part of his DJ equipment.

Throughout most of this Youtube video you can see an Ableton Push 2 in front of the laptop.

Carl Cox uses the Roland AIRA TR-8S, as evidenced by a MusicTech article where it is stated: "Cox spent his time off the road jamming on hardware. He would plug his Moog Labyrinth, Moog DFAM, Roland TR-8S, and various other machines into the V10, link them with Ableton, hit record, and start making music."

Source: https://musictech.com/features/interviews/carl-cox-evolution-ultra-music-festival/

Cox is creating tracks in the studio and on stage with 13 different pieces of gear including his MacBook Pro running Ableton Live, an Ableton Push, Novation Launch Control XL, Abstrakt Instruments’ Avalon (to emulate the sound of the Roland TB-303), and a MOTU Ultralite mk5. All this runs into the six channels on the V10, and he puts a DOCTron IMC on the master chain.

Source: https://musictech.com/features/interviews/carl-cox-evolution-ultra-music-festival/