Kaskade

In an Instagram post, Kaskade is seen using Sony MDR-7506 Professional Headphones while preparing for his #Atmosphere tour.

While it is not his primary production software, Kaskade makes good use of Ableton Live. When asked how he uses it:

"I have been using it a lot to develop beat templates and textures for my songs. The power and flexibility are amazing; it keeps me entertained and creative while I am on the road. I have it loaded on my laptop so instead of solitaire I make beats."

What he likes most about it:

"Power and flexibility; I don't spend a lot of time fighting with the interface. I can get ideas out quickly, and that makes the whole creation process more pleasant."

Kaskade creates his tracks in the Pro Tools DAW. He says "I'm a ProTools guy, have been for something like fifteen years. It's been a long time, but since the Digi 001 came out, it's been my primary sequencer for everything. I start and end with that. That's where I feel comfortable. When people ask what instrument I play, I'm like, ProTools. Obviously that doesn't count, but in my mind it does."

When Kaskade does his own mastering, he mentions using the Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor Plugin.

Kaskade lists the Roland Juno-106 as one of the pieces of analog gear he still uses.

Kaskade posts a photo of a live setup, which includes the Access Virus TI2 Synth.

Kaskade routes vocals from the mic into the Manley VOXBOX. He says "I think the Manley is cool because it can sound like not a lot is there, but you can easily add just a little bit of color. This combination is light, airy, has some character but isn't overbearing, and I always feel like the most important thing is to get a nice, clean sound that I can mess around with a little bit later."

In a video of Kaskade talking about his studio gear, Meyer HD-1 Studio Monitors can be seen next to his Pioneer S-DJ08 Studio Monitors.

The MIDI keyboard above Kaskade's computer keyboard is an LPK 25. The item can be seen throughout the video, but you can see it very clearly at 29:03

You can see his MiniMain12's in the background of his studio.

Kaskade talks about why he likes the Pioneer S-DJ08 Monitors:

"Thee Pioneer speakers are sweet, it's great, you can see in this studio I've got 3 different monitors. I think it's really important when mixing and mastering to have as many monitors as you feel comfortable with. I love the Pioneers because I felt really comfortable with them right off the bat. I think it's probably because I use the Pioneer headphones a lot, and I felt comfortable with the sound already. So when I stuck the speaker on it didn't take a long time for me to get used to. It was a really great reference, I felt like it was a pretty true, honest sound, and it's a great addition to the studio. Something that I can listen to a mix on and be really confident on how it's gonna translate to a bunch of different environments - from somebody's car to their home stereo. It's been a great addition for me."

"I master my own stuff when I’m in a rush. I have no set rule about which plugins to use, but typically I’ll use something like this: Epure II EQ from Flux, SSL G-Master Buss Compressor by Waves and Ozone 4 from iZotope."

Discussing how he masters his own tracks, Kaskade says he sometimes uses the SPL Transient Designer Plugin.

Kaskade frequently utilizes Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.8, a key synth plugin in crafting his signature sound, as highlighted in an article by Emusician.

Kaskade can be seen holding the Shure SM58 Vocal Mic, personalized with his name on it. He uses this popular vocal mic to talk to the crowd during live DJ sets.

Another one of Kaskade's go-to EQ plugins, the Waves API 560 is modeled after the 1967 classic.

To record his female vocals, Kaskade uses a Blue Dragonfly microphone, into a Manley VOXBOX.

One of Kasakde's go-to plugins to put over the whole track, to ensure the track "pumps" and sounds big.

The M-100s were posted on V-Moda's Facebook page with Kaskade calling them "So. Damn. Sexy."

The mix cubes are visible in the background in this Q&A video for his album Fire & Ice (Uploaded on Oct 25, 2011). They look like the buttercream passive version to me, but they could be active.

"I use these a lot in the studio to reference with... It's important to reference with as many things as you can . [They're] one more great piece to check out the music on."

Kaskade uses the Pioneer DJM-900 Mixer when he DJs live. "It's been awesome", he says of it.

"Occasionally I also turn to the McDSP ML4000 HD" says Kaskade about how he masters his own tracks.

The Apogee Duet 2 USB Audio Interface can be spotted in a photo of Kaskade's live setup.

The Pigtronix Philosopher King pedal can be spotted in a photo of Kaskade's live gear setup.

When sculpting the sound of his software synths, Kaskade lists the Massenburg MDW Hi-Res EQ as one of his favorites.

"The Crane Song HEDD 192 was a new purchase for [Fire & Ice], and I'm really happy with the converters on that... I've got a few pieces of their outboard gear, most studios I've visited have their stuff, and I've definitely noticed a difference when I A/B against the last record."

For Marcus Bentley's vocal on his album Fire & Ice, Kaskade decided not to go with his usual mic setup and instead use the Telefunken CU-29 microphone and a Brent Averill 1073 preamp.

"In a reverberant track such as 'Room for Happiness' featuring Skylar Grey, this means using a production chain that begins with the Focusrite D2 EQ/dynamics control, dipped around 61Hz."

Kaskade uses the Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser as part of a chain of plugins to treat reverberant vocals.