Diplo

As a featured artist of Apogee, Diplo talks about using the Apogee Quartet in a YouTube video.

The Apogee Ensemble is seen in a YouTube video of Diplo's studio.

Spotted in Diplo's studio.

Spotted on Diplo's desk in his studio.

The Mackie Big Knob makes an appearance on Diplo's desk in his studio.

Diplo uses a 6176 Vintage Channel Strip in his vocal chain.

When asked if he has any Universal Audio analog gear int he studio, Diplo responded "Yeah, in our studios we have both a 6176 Vintage Channel Strip and a reissue 1176LN set up in our vocal chain. Much of the vocals on the record were recorded through those. Usually we’ll track with very light compression via those two components, so we are almost always choosing the UAD Powered Plug-Ins versions again later for the final mix or further sound design."

"My first 'real' set up was an Akai S20 that I stole from [a music store] in Orlando. I was so nervous I didn’t leave my house for a week because I thought the police were waiting outside!"

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"Then I borrowed an E-mu SP-1200 from System D-128, [an avant-garde multi-media artist] from Florida who helped me learn about producing."

In this photo from Red Bull, Diplo can be seen using the Rane SL3 hooked up to some CDJs at the Red Bull Guest House.

The Apogee ONE USB Audio Interface is seen in the picture of Diplo's Essential.

In this video he has the Maschine software open.

Diplo has a YouTube video where he talks specifically about using NI KOMPLETE (Massive, Battery, and Kontakt).

"I’m still getting to know a lot of the new stuff. I’m actually looking for other UAD users to help me find some new tricks all the time. When it comes to analog sound or reproduction, another UAD user, Ariel Rechtshaid – who has co-written with me a lot on Justin Bieber, Usher, No Doubt, Major Lazer, etc. – is very good at stuff like that. So I’ve been trying out the UAD Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In and the Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-In."

"I’m still getting to know a lot of the new stuff. I’m actually looking for other UAD users to help me find some new tricks all the time. When it comes to analog sound or reproduction, another UAD user, Ariel Rechtshaid – who has co-written with me a lot on Justin Bieber, Usher, No Doubt, Major Lazer, etc. – is very good at stuff like that. So I’ve been trying out the UAD Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In and the Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-In."

Diplo talks about how he used the Teletronix LA-3A plugin on his album "Free The Universe": "On the track, 'Get Free' for instance, the hard sounding kick/snare sound was ran through the Teletronix LA-3A compressor plug-in once or twice, in between being processed with other layers."

"On the track, 'Get Free' the choppy skipping vocals near the end were processed with the Roland RE-201 Space Echo and numerous layers of compression and resampling to get the overall effect heard."

Diplo on using Universal Audio's FATSO plugin: "The FATSO is used quite often on the record for drums and vocals, as well as instrument sounds. It was often used on busses, such as the drums and bass in the song 'Playground', but that’s more of a traditional use. It would just as often get used for creative purposes during resampling."

When asked if he has uses many of the same "go-to" plug-ins, Diplo responded, "Yes. For vocalists, I nearly always use the Pultec EQP 1-A and the 1176 Compressor. The Pultec, especially, has a great ability to boost up the shine or fresh quality of a vocal, and the 1176 keeps it in place."

The Universal Audio 1176 Compressor is one of Diplo's go-to plugins for vocalists.

Diplo is listed as a user of the Sausage Fattener on Dada Life's site.

Diplo talks about using iZotope Stutter Edit on this artist page, stating, "How is Stutter Edit to use? Rad. The live triggering of effects allows a musical approach to editing that really encourages experimentation. It sounds great on everything: vocals, synth bass, guitars, drums, even entire mixes."

Diplo talks about using Izotope Ozone 6 on this artist page, stating, "I can't do what I do without Ozone."

At 03:06 in this video entitled "Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex Make a Hit", you can see the CLA Vocals plugin used in Diplo's Ableton session, on the top-most track.

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This the reason diplo started using UA plugins

In a reddit AMA diplo responds to a question about is favourite synth with "on that serum right now"