Dillon Francis

Dillon mentions in this Tweet and in a series of replies that while he still uses Ableton to write tracks, he is trying out Logic on the mixing side.

Much to his dismay, while Logic has completely customizable key commands, he cannot find a complete mapping online to make the commands identical to Ableton (as he is trying to avoid spending a day setting them all manually).

"Installing cubase... My music better get 10x better now"

According to Cymatics' official website, Dillon Francis uses the savage sample pack.

"Ur drums are da bomb"

In his Reddit AMA, when asked about his main software setup, Dillon Francis replies "i cant live without ableton and massive"

Dillon Francis' DAW of choice is Ableton Live. He tweets "Ableton 9 sounds way better than 8 so I'm a happy man"

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Dillon Francis uses ADAM A8X monitors in his studio. In a tweet he says "I want headphones that are like my Adam a8x"

Dillon Francis uses a MacBook Pro for his live performance. He runs Serato Scratch Live on it as his main DJ software.

In this video by WIRED, Dillon Francis answers DJ questions from Twitter. He uses Pioneer CDJs and a mixer throughout, and a laptop running Serato DJ software. Starting at 4:54 he demonstrates beat matching and song selection, and his Serato setup is shown several times.

In a Tweet from mid-2018 he references having used Serato for 10 years:

Today will be my first time playing fully on SD cards at @EncoreBeachClub ...i think it will be great but here’s my disclaimer juuusstt in case

I’ve been on Serato for 10 years it was a good run

When asked to choose between "FM8, Absynth, or Massive" Dillon Francis tweets "Sylenth"

In a twitter post, Dillon Francis talks about his new (and broken) Melletron. However in a snapchat post Dillon Francis shows off his replacement. In the snapchat post, one can clearly see it's a Mellotron M4000D Mini.

In the video "Art & Science of the Remix with Passion Pit and Dillon Francis", Dillon Francis can be seen rocking these Sony MDR-V55/BR headphones. These are great headphones, especially considering the wallet-friendly price point.

Dillon Francis can be seen using the Sony Xperia Tablet Z in the video "Art & Science of the Remix with Passion Pit and Dillon Francis"

Dillon Francis can be seen wearing the Beats By Dre Mixr headphones while DJing live. We spotted him rocking the black ones.

Dillon was updating his computer and Spire can be seen in this snapchat.

The Clavia Nord Electro 3 Keyboard can be seen in a photo Dillon Francis shared.

"Can't wait to get my @Audeze headphones!! I have no studio right now and these are gonna be my studio especially on the road"

We spotted this laptop in a video of Dillon Francis talking about a remix he did for the band Passion Pit.

Dillon Francis and the Beats Pill can be seen in a video posted to Vine titled "Hi @dillonfrancis need a #pillfix"

Dillon Francis' DJ mixer of choice is the Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus.

With his Serato-based live DJ setup, Dillon Francis can be seen using the Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus to control Serato.

Dillon Francis has been seen using the lightweight Beats Solo headphones (in white) while DJing.

We're fans of the cat shirt - but more than that, we're big fans of the Sennheiser/Adidas HD 25 headphones Dillon Francis is wearing in the photo we found.

When asked on Twitter which headphones he bought, Dillon Francis replied with "chambers by RZA"

In the video "Dillon Francis and Diplo Talk Moombahton," Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntables can be seen 0:44 into the video during a Dillon Francis live performance.

In the video Dillon Francis is playing for a radio station and the camera is focused on his djing. You can see that the mixer he uses has a mini screen in the top right corner of the mixer. I sa the pioneer label and went to the Pioneer DJ website and saw that the only mixer they had with a screen in the corner was the DJM-900 SRT Serato Mixer.

In this music video at 3:07, Dillon Francis is seen using the Gemini CDJ-15X as a prop.

At 3:07, Dillon Francis is seen using the Gemini MX-01 as a prop in this music video.

Dillon Francis is seen using the Pioneer DJ CDJ-2000NXS2, identifiable by its silver ring around the jog wheel and "Pioneer DJ" branding, in a photo from his Instagram post expressing appreciation for a performance at XS Las Vegas.

In an Instagram post, Dillon Francis can be seen using the Pioneer DJ DJM-900NXS2 mixer during a performance at XS Las Vegas. The mixer is identifiable by the "Pioneer DJ" branding and features white Sound Color FX buttons, highlighting its updated design.