Deadmau5

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.

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

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

''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

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.

"I've been using the mini moog emulator. Vintage Hardware is not easy to come by these days, this is just simply the next best thing!"

The original deadmau5 live stream on Twitch was recorded July 24, 2017 and you can see deadmau5 using Obscurium at 0:30 and beyond.

Deadmau5 can be seen using the Nicky Romero KICK plugin in this screenshot.

In deadmau5's livestream from December 22 2013 at 1:06:11, Deadmau5 adjusts the Waves-H delay inside of Ableton Live 9. At 1:08:46 in particular, we see the Feedback knob and other parts of the interface in detail.

An instance of Native Instruments Molekular can be seen running on Deadmau5's computer screen at various times in his live stream such as in the beginning (0:00:00) and at 1:43:00. The positions of the knobs and layout with one lighter panel on the left and a darker panel just to the right are consistent with the interface of Molekular.

Deadmau5 shows this plugin properly at 4:10 in the video of his July 9, 2014 Livestream.

At 1:34, Joel can be seen using Massive.

at 1:06:06 when Deadmau5 opens his Xfer folder in the VST tab you can see the top folder in the Xfer folder is called 8BitShaperPC

at 11:34 you can see this plugin pop up on Deadmau5's screen

In this tweet, Deadmau5 implies that he owns predatohm.

Deadmau5 tweeted that he has used Sylenth on his last four albums.

Deadmau5 opens an instance of Volcano and comments on difficulties he's having with it: "Yeah, THAT guy. I just want a slope from here to there, I don't wanna come back down. I mean, I understand why it DOES come back down... but if you have a saw waveform, you're gonna have a jump in that somewhere." (1:20:50)

At 1:22:07, we get a larger view of the plugin itself, and the word "VOLCANO" can faintly be seen in the upper left of the shot.

you can see deadmau5 using the Omnisphere 2 to remix an old track (Polaris)

at 2:31 under VST Instruments you can see a folder called ChordSpace

you can see this software pop up multiple times but you can see it the best at 59:58.

at 2:46:14 of this video deadmau5 opens the tab GlitchMachines in his VST folder in ableton. Cataract is one of the GlitchMachines plugins in the list

At 4:31, 4 Beat repeats can be seen on one of Deadmau5's channels.

At 3:08:30, Output Signal can be seen in the Kontakt Sample Libraries.

At 3:07:30, Output REV can be seen in the Kontakt sample libraries.

Max 6.1 can be seen on Joel's desktop at 16:12, next to Diablo III.

In this twitch clip, you can clearly see VCV rack running on his computer.

In this stream at 4:13:06, ValhallaShimmer can be seen applied on the SH101 channel.

In this video at moment 4:13 you can see Deadmau5 using Xfer Serum.