Dirty South

Dirty South strums a gorgeous Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro II electric guitar in a video of the making of his album "Speed of Life".

Dirty South can be spotted playing the Epiphone MM-30S Mandolin in a YouTube video "Dirty South - Speed of Life - Making the Album".

Dirty South can be seen using a MacBook Pro, as can be seen in his Instagram photo he shared.

Lockdown studio...gotta finish off couple of tunes for you guys to do your laundry to.

We spotted the Avid M-Audio Keystation Mini 32 Keyboard Controller in Dirty South's studio setup.

In this photo, Dirty South can be seen using Monark. Due to the surrounding interface, it can be assumed that Dirty South's Monark is running within Reaktor.

This small speaker is one of the ways Dirty South makes sure his mixes sound good on a variety of systems. For this price, every producer should have this handy in the studio.

When asked what other Apogee gear he uses, Dirty South responds "I also own the little "ONE" interface. It’s great for when I'm on tour. It has a little microphone built in and it’s of very good quality."

Dirty South tweeted about using Geist by FXpansion.

Dirty South describes where the Avalon VT-737sp fits in his signal chain:

"For recording vocals, I use a Neumann U87 microphone going into the Avalon 737 and then into a LA-2A compressor."

In another interview he says "In the studio, recording vocals and guitars, I would run them through something like this Avalon mic pre and get a really nice, clean sound with something like a Neumann U87 or even running a guitar signal through it."

Dirty South posted a photo to Instagram showing several of the plugins he uses. On the top left is the Dorrough Surround Meter by Waves.

In his photo "Just moved into my LA studio...the fun begins!", the Akai MPC Renaissance controller can be spotted. 1:06 into a YouTube video titled "Dirty South - Speed of Life - Making the Album" he can briefly be seen using it.

Dirty South posted a photo of stacks of external hard drives he uses. Two of the LaCie Rugged drives can be seen - one in orange and one in black.

The Shure SM58 Vocal Mic can be seen laying around in Dirty South's studio as he plays with some limited edition white Pioneer DJ gear.

Dirty South often comes up with ideas and chords for his tracks by strumming on a guitar. In a video he can be seen playing an acoustic version of the song "Phazing" on a Martin HD-28 acoustic guitar.

In this tweet, Dirty South is using Native Instruments Monark Synth for a bass sound.

Dirty South's new studio toy!

In this Instagram posted by Dirty South, his Roland Juno-106 synth can be seen. He says:

"Father & Son re-united in my studio @roland_us"

"Son" refers to the Roland JU-06 module sitting on top of the Juno-106.

This Plugin can be seen in this Twitter video, uploaded by the artist himself. Waves: Infected Mushroom Pusher is listed as "IMPusher (s)".

In this Instagram story posted by Dirty South, he posts his "studio on the road," which includes a Universal Audio Arrow audio interface.

"In the studio, the Mac Pro together with the Symphony I/O is the heart of the setup."

Dirty South's primary studio monitors. He tweets "...just got my Focal Sm11's....its my second pair and its the best studio monitors...EVER"

"I use Focal SM11 for main monitoring and little Genelec 8020s for reference."

The industry standard reference monitors. Dirty South says "I just got myself a pair of second-hand Yamaha NS10s for that classic "crap" sound reference."

Dirty South's primary keyboard is the M-Audio Axiom 61, as seen in a photo of his studio he posted to Instagram.

Dirty South checks his mixes on various speakers and headphones, which includes the Pioneer HDJ-2000 headphones. They can be spotted in a pic of his studio.

In a photo Dirty South posted of him and Alesso working in the studio, we spotted a pair of these Sennheiser Adidas HD 25 headphones on the table.

A pair of Beats by Dre Solo headphones (in white) can be seen in Dirty South's studio as part of the ways he checks his mixes. In the YouTube video "Dirty South - Speed of Life - Making the Album", he can be seen wearing these same headphones as he is producing music on his laptop while traveling.

Dirty South was asked what appealed to him about getting the Symphony I/O audio interface. His reply:

"I've always heard great things about Apogee products and always wanted to one day upgrade my current setup to a higher grade interface. When I started setting up my LA studio, the Symphony I/O just came out so it was the perfect time to go for the next level interface. PCI interface is far more superior then USB and Firewire, so I'm very happy that I went for this interface."

The Universal Audio UAD-2 can be spotted in an Instagram photo of Dirty South's LA studio.

At 4:08 into this video "Dirty South - Speed of Life - Making the Album," Dirty South can be seen using the Sennheiser HD 25 when working on his music.