Darude

Darude reveals that at least parts of his hit "Sandstorm" were written in FastTracker 2, a then-popular "tracker" software for MS-DOS.

Darude describes to have used this for his hit "Sandstorm"

Darude mentions using several software synths in this interview, including Lennar Digital Sylenth1 Software Synthesizer.

Darude has used Cubase in the past, at the very least for his famous track "Sandstorm"

When asked, "What VST plugins do you use for production now?" Darude includes Disco DSP Discovery Pro in his list. His full response:

(Some) in alphabetical order from my AU folder: Discovery Pro FM8 Kick 2 Korg Legacy instruments LFO Tool Massive Melodyne Nexus Sausage Fattener Serum Spire Sylenth SynthMaster Transient Master UltraChannel Valhalla Vintage Verb Logic's own ES2, ES1, EXS24, Drummer, Channel EQ, Compressor, Stereo Delay, Tape Delay, Waves C6, Center, Vitamin, RenComp, RVerb, L2, CLA Vocals, H-Delay, Kramer Tape, Paz Analyzer, S1, CableGuys VolumeShaper, to name A FEW... ;)

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for effectrix.

Darude mentions gear he is using in this interview, and states, "I just got the Waves C6 multi-compressor and already love it because of the possibility to selectively duck only certain frequency ranges triggered by an external signal, like bass with the kick drum, or a synth with a vocal, for example."

Darude mentions using Omnisphere by Spectrasonics in this interivew.

Darude mentions using several software synths in this interview, including the Korg Legacy Collection.

Darude mentions his use of Spectrasonics Stylus RMX in this [article]http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/tech/me-in-my-studio-darude-523551/3.

Darude mentions several software synths that he uses in this article, notably including reFX Nexus 2.

In this article, Darude mentions that he uses the 112db Redline Monitor plugin, in order for critical mixing.

When asked, "What VST plugins do you use for production now?" Darude includes Native Instruments FM8 in his list. His full response:

(Some) in alphabetical order from my AU folder: Discovery Pro FM8 Kick 2 Korg Legacy instruments LFO Tool Massive Melodyne Nexus Sausage Fattener Serum Spire Sylenth SynthMaster Transient Master UltraChannel Valhalla Vintage Verb Logic's own ES2, ES1, EXS24, Drummer, Channel EQ, Compressor, Stereo Delay, Tape Delay, Waves C6, Center, Vitamin, RenComp, RVerb, L2, CLA Vocals, H-Delay, Kramer Tape, Paz Analyzer, S1, CableGuys VolumeShaper, to name A FEW... ;)

When asked, "What VST plugins do you use for production now?" Darude includes Kick 2 in his list, by which he means the Sonic Academy Kick v2 plugin. His full response:

(Some) in alphabetical order from my AU folder: Discovery Pro FM8 Kick 2 Korg Legacy instruments LFO Tool Massive Melodyne Nexus Sausage Fattener Serum Spire Sylenth SynthMaster Transient Master UltraChannel Valhalla Vintage Verb Logic's own ES2, ES1, EXS24, Drummer, Channel EQ, Compressor, Stereo Delay, Tape Delay, Waves C6, Center, Vitamin, RenComp, RVerb, L2, CLA Vocals, H-Delay, Kramer Tape, Paz Analyzer, S1, CableGuys VolumeShaper, to name A FEW... ;)

According to the official gear list on Darude's website (Click on the Studio Tab), It says he owns a license for Xfer Serum.

On the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click the studio tab), It says he owns a license for Native Instruments Komplete 10 Ultimate.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Reveal Sound Spire.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Synthmaster.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Waves Element.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Volume shaper.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Kickstart.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Melodyne.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Sausage Fattener.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for Waves Diamond Plugin Bundle.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope Ozone.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope Nectar.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope Vocal Synth.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope Neutron.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope RX.

According to the official gear list on Darude's Website (Click on the studio tab), it says he owns a license for iZotope Trash.