Deadmau5

Deadmau5 on FL Studio:

"First and foremost, I launch FL with the beginning of each little idea I have in my head, whether it’s a fast melody, or a drum groove to start out with. I Use FL Studio for that because I have found that the piano roll is by far the FASTEST way to “plot” my melodies and rhythms down because although I have an ear for it, I couldn’t “play” a melody to save my life. So the base of the track is composed almost entirely in FL Studio, all my piano roll / midi data is stored in FL Studio."

Starting at 3:22 in the video, Joel states "Aw, I mean at the end of the day, you're gonna be digital. I mean, this shit is all going into Ableton, or Cubase, or Pro Tools, or fucking whatever I'm using at the time. It's all gonna get there one way or another, which is digital..."

In a Tweet, Deadmau5 makes reference to Pro Tools version 9: https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/549459947683840

More proof from http://lat.ms/1dZe7cm "The Nine Inch Nails fan got his start hanging out in Niagara Falls studios and record stores. He became a Pro Tools expert and began making his own tracks. In the information diaspora of the Internet age, those tracks found some powerful friendly ears. Fellow Pro Tools guru Steve Duda passed one to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. Zimmerman, who was still living with his mom at the time, and Lee bonded over beats and became close friends and collaborators."

In this footage from one of Deadmau5's Livestreams, he uses Ableton Live extensively. The logo on the highlighted (currently-open) window is a gray square— the square logo is exclusive to version 9 of Ableton, and the gray is indicative of the Suite edition. As such, it's safe to assume that the version of Live 9 he's using here is the Suite edition.

you see the custom made VST pop-up for the first time in this video around 2:15:40. there have been a lot of speculations what this plugin is while it is in fact a custom made synth made in Pure Data.

In this video stream the item is seen all over the screen whereas on the top left corner is where it says "REAPER v5.40/x64".

In this video, Deadmau5' cat Meowingtons leaps onto and plays cutely on a Funktion One Minibass 212.

Deadmau5 is using Bitwig Studio in his April 08, 2014 Live Stream. The opening shot of the video recording of his stream is the interface for Bitwig Studio itself, and the logo can be spotted in the upper-left corner.

Deadmau5 posted a picture of the Moog Sub 37 to Instagram saying, "Fresh outta the box and onto the table for some messing around. Moog never fails to fuel inspiration."

"One particular piece of hardware that we took a liking to, that I use in my live set is a thing called a Monome."

In a detailed analysis from Steven James DJ & Music Technology Consultant, Deadmau5 is shown using the Native Instruments Maschine in his live setup. Special thanks to users expoiler and rav0n for identifying this gear.

A Beatport article from May 2008 shows a snapshot of Deadmau5's technical rider. This is taken from his performance at the Beatport stage at Movement 2008. The third item on the top row, right below the MacBook Pro, is the Apogee Ensemble audio interface. The original article can be found here.

Deadmau5 shows his KRK VXT monitors at 3:04 in this video tour of his studio setup.

In this Instagram posted by deadmau5 Dec 2015, the box of his Sennheiser HD 800 Headphones can be seen in the background. He captions the photo, "LMFAO!! my assistant also knows how to gift! epic. RIP Driveway 2015. you'll be missed Lil fella!"

Deadmau5 recently posted on twitter "oh hmmm http://www.fabfilter.com/products/saturn-multiband-distortion-saturation-plug-in … this is new to me... @fabfilter will toss it in the cart n give it a whirl!"

"DeadMau5 uses a very unique setup. He’s running Abelton Live on a 17" MacBook Pro outputting to an Apoge Ensemble soundcard to which he is running 4 stereo outs from his Ensemble to whatever club mixer is at hand, in this case, a Pioneer DJM-800." - TySymes12345.

Throughout the video, you can see Joel's incredible module setup, and all of them residing in 2 Doepher A-100 Monster Case stacked on top of eachother.

At precisely 0:18, you can see written on the case: "A-100 ANALOG MODULAR SYSTEM DOEPHER", confirming that this is one of Doepher's A-100 cases.

EDIT: Another link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UJq1ZAR7hk

Deadmau5 tweeted, "maybe using NI ABsynth will conjure up something...shrug."

Deadmau5 can be seen using the OP-1 in his video "duelingOP."

Joel tweets that he uses "genelec 8250A's for nearfeild, 1035B's for far feild [sic]"

In this tweet deadmau5 mentions using Nexus presets in one of his EDM trolls.

Deadmau5 has this grand piano retrofit with some epic midi thing that allows him to send MIDI out from his computer into the Steinway and then has a mic hooked up to it going through some reverb then back into the interface. Boom, MIDI controlled Steinway FTW.

Joel mentions in this article that the concert grand piano is a Model D that is autographed by both Harry Connick Jr. and Josh Groban.

In this Instagram video clip, deadmau5 is using the Rupert Neve Portico ll Master Buss Processor in his studio.

''I mainly use Nuendo for compatibility of course with all the studios I operate in and around because their either Protools / Logic / or Nuendo themselves so I like to keep my stuff portable so that im not getting stuck in a Studio that might not have FL''

In this twitch stream you can see he has Xfers OTT Compressor on the master channel at 7:45:46

The live setup of Deadmau5 frequently changes and evolves. Many of the photos we have seen from 2010 show him using an Allen & Heath Xone:4D Controller.

When asked about the mixer he uses in his live sets, Deadmau5 tweets "sometimes its a pioneer djm900 - nexus, other times its just Native Instruments controllers."

"192 channels of I/O via optical MADI from D.O.Tech to the RME HSDSPfx extreme. A/D Conversion porn!"

In this live stream you can see Deadmau5 using DCAM's Strobe Synthesiser at 2:11:09. It is possible he also uses the Synth Squad.

Deadmau5 recently gone a load of Razer goodies as shown in his Instagram post. His post also shows the Razer Deathadder Chroma and the Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma!

At 20:40 in this video, deadmau5 mentions how he prefers to resample in Audacity.