Kaskade

The first device in Kasakde's premastering hardware chain, "for sheen."

The second device is Kaskade's premastering hardware chain, "to thicken the transients."

The Dangerous Music BAX EQ is in Kaskade's premastering chain. He says "[The BAX] beefed it up, gave it that shimmery sparkle on top - the BAX is an amazing piece of gear."

Kaskade tours the majority of the year, and works on music on the go. "…he says the track 'Turn It Down' was almost completely arranged in airports, drawing on the NEXUS2 and Spectrasonics Trilian Total Bass Module."

"Mixed In Key is a huge time saver! I use it for all my DJ mixes these days."

Kaskade has the Pioneer EFX-1000 in this picture of his DJ setup.

In a Reddit AMA Kaskade posted, " AS for synths I am really digging serum. it sounds new - which it is and the GUI is great. I have been using it a lot lately."

It's a little bit dark but in the rack to the right of mix position, the silver nameplate below the two VU meters is clearly a JDK Audio R20. It is the 3rd item from the top (mounted in the rack not counting the rack sitting on top of it) and it is visible at 42:35.

Sort of dark but in the bottom right of his desk rack, you can see his Zener Limiter from Chandler Limited.

At around 29:07 in the video, you can see a Kush Audio Clariphonic EQ between his Zener Limiter and the Retro Instruments compressor.

In combination with his API 2500, he also uses the Pendulum OCL-2 Compressor in his pre-mastering chain. (Pictured at 30 mins in the video)

In the background, you can see a Fender Rhodes Mark II '73.

Kasakde loves using CDJ-2000s in his live DJ sets, especially with the convenience of Pioneer's Rekordbox software. He says:

"[The CDJ-2000s] have been a staple in my set for a long time. The 2000s are what I've been performing on. Now with the 2000s it's great because with Rekordbox, I'm traveling so much and I'm always on my laptop. Rekordbox has been really huge for me, to organize my music and kind of setup DJ playlists and be able to categorize my music really well. So when I'm doing shows its easy for me to find stuff."

Kaskade mentions using the Epure EQ plugin when doing the mastering for his tracks himself.

Kaskade turns to the Flux Mastering Pack when choosing to master his own tracks.

The bundle includes the following plugins: Solera II, Pure Limiter II, Elixir, Epure II (Native), Stereo Tool, and BitterSweet II.

When talking about what software he used on his Fire & Ice album, Kaskade says "The libraries [for NEXUS2] are full of both familiar and completely crazy sounds, and it's really easy to navigate, so I used it a lot on the album, though I wish you could sculpt the sounds a little bit more."

Kaskade praises the improvement in the speakers on the MacBook Pro with Retina display.

Kaskade posts about a receiving the RMX-1000 from Pioneer.

Kaskade tweets about being a new owner of the Akai MPC Renaissance Controller.

Kaskade posts a photo of him during a live show at Ushuaia, Ibiza where he can be spotted using the Limited Edition white DJM-900.

One of the many EQ plugins Kaskade prefers is the Brainworx bx_hybrid.

In an interview with Emusician, Kaskade mentions using the URS N12 Series 12-Band Graphic EQ Plugin as one of his preferred EQ tools.

The McDSP FilterBank EQ is one of Kaskade's preferred EQ plugins. He uses it to sculpt the sound of his favorite software synths, such as the Nexus.

Used in conjunction with his Telefunken CU-29 mic, to record Marcus Bently's vocal on his album Fire & Ice.

Kaskade uses the Waves DeEsser Plugin as part of his vocal processing chain, to clean up any sibilance.

After the Focusrite d2, Kaskade uses the Waves Renaissance Vox Plugin in a plugin chain to process vocals, for "smashing it up a little."

The EchoBoy plugin is used by Kaskade on vocal tracks.

The Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger pedal can be seen in a photo Kaskade posted of a live setup.

Kaskade has two CDJ-1000 in this picture of his DJ setup

A pair of ATC SCM110ASL Pro studio monitors can be seen in this photo of Kaskade's new studio, as of 20 September 2012. This photo was uploaded by Kaskade to his Facebook page on 20 September 2012.