David Guetta

While he uses larger keyboard controllers in the studio, this Akai Pro LPK25 is his go-to in his mobile studio setup. "I have this in my bag. This is my best friend. Really. Like I sleep with it. That's what I use most of the time."

David Guetta is shown in the studio sitting with a Novation 61 SL MKII Midi Controller in this short video.

In this Instagram pic posted by David Guetta Nov 2014, his gear setup can be seen consisting of two Ableton Push controllers, hooked up to what looks to be a MacBook Pro (more than likely a generation or two old MacBook Pro, since it seems to have two USB ports next to each other on the left side). The MacBook pro is running Ableton Live. The photo is captioned, "Trying to get ready for the live version of dangerous on TV"

Prism Sound Orpheus at David Guetta Studio, in this pic from Morel Muziek BV facebook page.

One of Guetta's essential pieces of gear. "...I don't change my setup, it's always the same: my MacBook Pro, my MIDI controller, and my UAD DSP Card." The UAD helps offload CPU-intensive processing from the computer, so the MacBook Pro has plenty of power to spare.

MASSIVE ranks highly on Guetta's list of favorite software synths.

"This is probably the synth that is the most related to the music I produce and the most complete. Everything is there from classic string sounds to the most cutting edge electronic sounds. Nexus also has some really powerfull FX and arpeggios.These guys are incredible!"

"This is a total game changer, I love it!"

Nicky Romero says that David Guetta is one of the artists that uses Kickstart in the about description of his video.

David Guetta uses the Universal Audio Pultec EQP-1A Legacy plug-in at minute 5:53 in this Burn Studios Masterclass video.

At 13:21 in this video "burn studios residency 2012 - David Guetta Masterclass," David Guetta uses the Brainworx bx_control V2 Plugin in his master chain. "...so on the master chain, I use this... this is a good trick. I put everything under 175 Hz in mono. Because you want the kick and the bass to be right in your face... I make sure it's in mono by putting [this plugin] on the master."

At 3:40 in the video "burn studios residency 2012 - David Guetta Masterclass" David Guetta shows how he uses the Cableguys VolumeShaper plugin. "There is different ways to do the sidechain, but here I've used something called VolumeShaper. This is just drawing an envelope of volume."

In the VIP profile of David Guetta from Loopmasters.com, we can see the sample pack "Climb". David says about this plug-in "lots of rise and falls . almost all of them are tonal. this is definitely gonna be useful in my production there are some really crazy falls to use when the kick comes back after a breakdown".

In the VIP profile of David Guetta from Loopmasters.com, we can see the sample pack “Drop”. David says about this plug-in “A collection of really useful sound FX!”.

David Guetta use Sylenth1 in a interview on Brazil, he remixed a song specially for the tv show "Fantástico".

Since its release in 2009, Circle has become a popular soft-synth among big label producers like Hudson Mohawke, Arca, David Guetta and Deadmau5.

"OMG — this is sick!"

David Guetta endorses HalfTime on the official product webpage, giving the above quote, and is also included in the "In Use By" list in the product video at 2:03: https://youtu.be/4Y9Tr5f1UCo?t=2m3s

According to the following website http://www.sonicprojects.ch this item is used by David Guetta. Source: URL: http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/testimonials.html

David posted on Instagram a photo of he using the Skrewell Reaktor Library on Reaktor 6

"ShaperBox 2 is a box of many must-have, well organised tools for sound design and even mixing. Multiband filter on basic effects makes them sound absolutely the new different way and inspirational. The 'Time' function is my favourite."

Another synth I like is the Vengeance VPS Avenger, which is a little bit like Nexus, but it’s a real synthesizer. With Nexus you are limited in the way you can edit the sounds. The Avenger also has extremely well-produced sounds, so you don’t really have to do anything to them. You can modify them if you want, but they already sound crazy.

David Guetta on Website: “Captain Chords can inspire you. It’s the perfect tool for song-writing. I’m using it every day and showing my friends. Captain Play is great for creating melodies”

Guetta partnered with Beats to create the Mixr headphones. His vision was to create something specifically tailored for DJ use. In an interview Guetta says "The sound is better than anything I’ve experienced before because it doesn’t distort no matter what volume I am playing music at. They’re easy to travel with because they’re so light and compact."

In the music video for "Memories" featuring David Guetta and Kid Cudi, Guetta sports the Sennheiser HD 25-1 II Headphones.

David Guetta can be seen using Sennheiser HD 800 S in Sennheiser Instagram photo

You can spot these ADAM A77X studio monitors in David Guetta's studio.