Fedde le Grand

When asked how he made the drop synth in "No Good" Fedde Le Grand mentions the Synth Shots sample pack. He goes on to say that when you find some fun samples, put a nice reverb and/or delay plugin on them, then distort them a little bit. That's how he came up with the sound for that particular drop.

Again, it's all about a little touch here and a little touch there - nothing too extreme. I've also gone back to the Brainworx XL, which is good for sorting out the stereo image and getting the whole thing to sound a lot bigger.

When asked what he uses to make his synths sound so big, Fedde Le Grand talks about using distortion plugins, particularly the CamelPhat: http://youtu.be/9yRiHVBv2jo?t=22s

Fedde Le Grand mentions the Dada Life Sausage Fattener as one of the plugins he uses to distort his synths.

Fedde posts about using the UAD-2 SOLO.

In the video "The making of: Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good (Fedde Le Grand Remix)," at 1:12 you can see Fedde making use of the FabFilter Pro-L Limiter Plugin in his Logic session.

At 2:15 in this video of Fedde Le Grand working on his remix of Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt So Good, he can be seen using Sonalksis Creative Filter, adjusting the cutoff frequency.

At 3:42 you can see Sugar Bytes Effectrix running on Fedde Le Grands computer screen in this video.

At 3:49 in this video you can see the Pro-Q 2 running on Fedde Le Grands computer.

The mastering chain usually starts with a UAD 4K Buss Compressor. I try and add a little bit of punch to the mix, but not to go too far.

Then there's a tiny bit of maximising in Ozone 6 to get rid of any extreme peaks, and maybe a de-esser to take control of any harsh frequencies. I've found the de-esser can really help smooth out a mix.

In this MusicRadar interview, Fedde Le Grand explains how he developed his first computer based production studio. He mentions having used Sylenth1 soft synth.

"Although I was pretty good at making music, I was never what you would call a computer nerd, so I didn't know how to download all the free software or hack the latest gear. It actually took me quite a while to start building up my studio. Nexus was one of the first synths… probably followed by Massive and Sylenth1. "They're solid machines and I still use them today. Massive has actually got better with age: the high end is much sharper."

In this MusicRadar interview, Fedde Le Grand explains how he developed his first computer based production studio. He mentions having used Massive soft synth.

"Although I was pretty good at making music, I was never what you would call a computer nerd, so I didn't know how to download all the free software or hack the latest gear. It actually took me quite a while to start building up my studio. Nexus was one of the first synths… probably followed by Massive and Sylenth1. "They're solid machines and I still use them today. Massive has actually got better with age: the high end is much sharper."

In this MusicRadar interview, Fedde Le Grand explains how he developed his first computer based production studio. He mentions having used Nexus soft synth.

"Although I was pretty good at making music, I was never what you would call a computer nerd, so I didn't know how to download all the free software or hack the latest gear. It actually took me quite a while to start building up my studio. Nexus was one of the first synths… probably followed by Massive and Sylenth1. "They're solid machines and I still use them today. Massive has actually got better with age: the high end is much sharper."