Deadmau5's Studio Equipment

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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!

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Deadmau5 posted photo on Instagram, showing his new Custom PC

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At 1:08 you can see Joel using the apollo twin with the razer blade stealth

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Joel talks about the Neve 5088 and why he selected that as the console for Mau5trap and his workflow using it in this video.

He has also posted to Instagram a photo of the console with the caption, "Now that. Is one sexy beast."

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFDFiylhRR/

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Joel can be seen in live streams using this keyboard to control and play VST instruments.

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"got this one in last week, and ive been noodling around on it a fair bit today... defo one of the best digital compressor type deals ive had a go with. Been having a blast nuking the crap out of stuff 1000:1 (which im sure is an insult to the fine sculpting capabilities on this thing) going to start using it alot i think, either as an insert or on my master chain (where it should probably belong) . I dont normally rant about HW often, but this ones definatley impressed me! great work Weiss!"

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In this studio reveal, you can see that on his desk he keeps an Alesis Q49 controller. [In an earlier submission this was mistaken to be an Alesis Q25, so that can be removed.]

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'Of course... this thing shows up, and I have to head off on tour. Typical.'

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Deadmau5 posted a photo to Instagram: "The new microsoft surface is my new travel buddy! My life has seriously been missing this."

And here's one for you Ableton Live users. Deadmau5 goes on to say "nope, i truly love it :D its seriously great for us PC guys on the go. gunna stick ableton on it!"

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A Tube-Tech CL 1B is visible in one of Deadmau5's instagram posts.

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"Believe it or not, this is actually what the mau5 cube looks like without any clothes on. Prepping for tour!"

PreSonus confirms the StudioLive 24.4.2 in this tweet https://twitter.com/PresonusGermany/status/202681686071328769

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Interface appears at 6:25 in this YouTube video, and is mentioned throughout. Joel tells Jake to download the drivers for the interface shortly after 6:25.

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In this Instagram picture, one of deadmau5's many mau5 heads can be seen sitting on the limiter

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At 31:11 Joel's Mac Pro can be seen.

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The Iotine Core can be seen in this instagram post.

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At 0:33 in this studio live stream Deadmau5 talks about the Dynax 2 saying, "Fucking amazing limiter. I love it."

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Deadmau5: Dusting off the jv

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The Motu 828x Thunderbolt Audio interface can be seen on the top of the rack.

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The Culture Vulture can be seen in Deadmau5's setup in one of his instagram videos.

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The BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer is seen in the top left of the rack in the middle of the room.

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You can see two of the EL8-X compressors in this picture Joel shared to his Instagram account.

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Two of these MIDI interfaces can be seen in this picture Joel shared to his Instagram account.

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In a Twitter conversation between Oliver Heldens and Deadmau5, Deadmau5 states he's using the Eventide H4000. The conversation follows:

Heldens: "I wish I'd could make my mix sound like yours. At the sound checks when they play ur stuff I'm like damnn"

Deadmau5: "@OliverHeldens just get a neve MBP and you're all set."

Heldens: "@deadmau5 ok will check it out! And what reverbs do u use? I feel ur reverbs have to do a lot with it as well?"

Deadmau5: "@OliverHeldens still using the eventide H4000."

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In a studio photo shared on Instagram, Deadmau5 showcases the Universal Audio LA-610 Mk II positioned below his audio interface and above another Universal Audio unit.

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At around 10:30 min Eric and Joel discuss about using the amiga 500!

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This is a community-built gear list for Deadmau5.

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