Hard Rock Sofa

"Upgrade for my new macbook pro retina, logic + plugins stuff! It's gonna be huge!"

In a photo posted by Hard Rock Sofa titled "This is our new studio for traveling! Sick stuff!" you can see they use an Akai MPK Mini Keyboard.

An E-Mu Xboard 61 is seen in this instagram post of Hard Rock Sofa's studio.

An Akai LPK 25 can be seen in the Feedback video at 0:48.

Starting at around 0:40, the 112dB Morgana plugin can be seen in this Feedback Teaser video.

You can see Hard Rock Sofa using Sylenth in a photo they posted.

Hard Rock Sofa can be spotted using the Synplant Software Synth in a photo they posted of their mobile studio setup.

"New toys for studio! :-)"

One of those new toys is Native Instruments KOMPLETE 9.

In a photo Hard Rock Sofa posted titled "New toys for studio! :-)", we spotted the powerful Spectrasonics Omnisphere synth.

Hard Rock Sofa's photo "New toys for studio! :-)" includes Arturia Spark EDM.

Hard Rock Sofa's photo "New toys for studio! :-)" includes Arturia Spark Dubstep.

A whole lot of Arturia software can be seen in a photo shared by Hard Rock Sofa, including the Jupiter-8V.

If you look closely at a photo of Hard Rock Sofa's software synths, you can see this Arturia Prophet V.

"During one of our summer Russian tours we came up with an idea for ‘Quasar’. When we got back home we already had the track almost done. It took us a week to master it and we sent it to Axwell. He was impressed with the break but advised us to work on the main drop to make it more powerful. We tried quite a few different basslines, playing the test versions at clubs and festivals for a month or so, but still weren’t fully satisfied with the sound of it. Eventually we came up with the idea of using the dubstep bassline, blending it with the melodic sound of progressive house, keeping it at 128bpm. In the process, new ideas were constantly coming to us and we really enjoyed creating something we had never done before. To make this dubstep-sounding fat bass we used a few synths like Logic EFM1, Sylenth1, Synplant and Gladiator, switching the waves, changing decay, sustain, release and LFO. When we sent the final version to Axwell everybody in the Axtone crew was really impressed and thought it was awesome. After its release, right before the Ultra Music Festival and during Miami Music Week, almost every house DJ used it in their sets. We were happy that it turned out so sweet and everybody enjoyed it."

Hard Rock Sofa has this plugin open on their desktop at 0:50

Photos of Alexander and Denis DJing live reveal one or both of the Hard Rock Sofa duo rocking these Sennheiser-Adidas HD 25 headphones.

Hard Rock Sofa have good taste in headphones. A set of these Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro headphones can be seen in a photo they posted of their mobile studio setup.

"great update at the studio! sounds huuuge!!!"

Prior to these, Hard Rock Sofa used KRK VXT8 monitors.

When asked what studio monitors they had before they switched to Dynaudio, Hard Rock Sofa mention these KRK VXT8.

Another piece of Hard Rock Sofa's mobile studio is a pair of these Genelec 8030B monitors. Their compact size makes them ideal for travel and setting up in hotel rooms and other small spaces.

The TC Electronic Level Pilot is used at 1:04 in the Feedback Teaser video posted by Hard Rock Sofa.

Hard Rock Sofa tweeted "F**k yeah Logic X!" - we can only assume they're excited about it and upgraded from Logic Pro 9!

Hard Rock Sofa DJ using a pair of CDJ-2000s hooked up to this Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer.

A short video of Hard Rock Sofa working in their studio reveals an Apple iMac is at the heart of it, running Logic Pro software.