Madeon

When asked how he made "the dancing bass" in his Alphabeat - DJ remix, Madeon replies that he made it using Sytrus. "A lot of the feel comes down to the pitch automations (slides, legato, etc)."

When asked about his VSTs of choice, Madeon replies "...Sytrus, Sylenth and Harmless are old favorites."

Madeon confesses to this being his favorite VST in his reddit AMA. Best of all, it's a free download!

When asked if he uses any analogue gear, Madeon responds, "What's the point? I've never been a big fan of analogue, and if I want an analogue sound, I can get it from a plugin. DIVA is useful for that."

From an October 2013 MusicRadar article titled, Madeon: the electro house prodigy.

When asked about his mastering chain in his reddit AMA, Madeon says he uses Ozone version 4. We opted to show you the newer version of Ozone, since v4 is no longer widely available.

In November of 2013, Madeon tweets, "I would pay anything for a great acoustic piano with a transpose function." A fan tweets him back in French, saying that Alicia Key's plugin for NI KONTAKT is quite realistic. Madeon responds, "Yes c'est mon plug-in par défaut pour les pianos," which translates to, "Yes that's my default plug-in for pianos."

When asked about his favorite plugins, Madeon says "The ones that really matter to me are the Oxford Dynamics Compressor, which I've used forever..."

Madeon says on the Cableguys website:

"VolumeShaper is my most used plugin — I have an instance on practically every channel of every song I produce, for sidechaining using MIDI triggers. The curve system allows for quick, precise and smooth envelope creation. It's definitely the most powerful and versatile option I could find for sidechaining purposes." — Madeon on sidechaining his tracks (source here)

"Track 2 is a 62 BPM 80's bitspeek ballad btw."

"Fabfilter Timeless. Game changer."

In this Tweet, Madeon reveals that he uses Native Instruments Komplete. He specifically references version 9. He says:

Just installed Komplete 9 Ultimate, loving it. Some new cool toys for tomorrow !

In his reddit AMA, Madeon says he processes his synths using Guitar Rig.

In a separate interview he says "Guitar Rig...has been used on so many of my songs that it's a little bit ridiculous!"

Madeon considers Harmless one of his favorite software synths.

Madeon tweets about using Nicky Romero's Kickstart plugin to do sidechain compression. He is also listed on Kickstart's website as a supporting artist.

Aside from FL Studio's own synths Poizone, Harmless, Harmor, and Sytrus, one of Madeon's favorite synths is the FabFilter Twin.

Madeon mentioned his use of this plugin during a reddit AMA. He says, "1) iZotope Nectar, Guitar Rig are the biggest ones 2) I feel like albums are really good at capturing eras. I wanted to make it to have a record of who I was at that age and start a chronology of my musical (and personal) evolution. 3) No I do chops in the playlist 4) Yes Thank you very much."

"ShaperBox is my go-to tool for sidechain-style volume ducking. It’s in every project I do."

Madeon endorses ShaperBox 2 on the official ShaperBox 2 webpage.

His Twitter post : "I feel like FabFilter Pro-Q 2 made me a better producer and, probably, a better human being spiritually."

Madeon praises the Sonic Academy Nicky Romero KICK Drum Synthesiser Plugin for its deep functionalities and ergonomic layout, highlighting its effectiveness for crafting tonal kicks. This endorsement is featured on Sonic Academy's "KICK Drum Synthesiser - Artists and Reviews" page.

Image-Line Maximus is a software multiband compressor used by Madeon for more control over his mixes. In the tweet, Madeon responds to a fan by unveiling Maximus as one of the tools in his arsenal for his multiband needs.

The fan asks, "How in the living hell do you get your tracks to be so WIDE?" Madeon responds, "Be thoughtful with stereo !" Another fan asks, "Do you use the merge/spread knob in the mixers tracks sometimes?" And finally Madeon replies, "No I do it multiband with Maximus."

Madeon mentions using Harmor during an interview with Computer Music magazine.

"I know I keep saying how amazing FL Studio is but that's the truth! Poizone, Harmless, Harmor, Sytrus – they're all excellent synths."

Madeon uses the FabFilter Pro-L 2 Limiter Plugin on his master channel, as confirmed in his Reddit AMA.

This is the software used by Madeon to project videos behind him during his live generally. In the Vine, se can see this software with the videos which are projected behind him.

In Madeon's reddit AMA from March 2015, reddit user Gappar asks Madeon, "What is your favourite VST and why is it Sausage Fattener?", to which Madeon responds, "I do use it from time to time !"

A plugin used on Madeon's master channel.

Madeon is listed as a customer of the Popmusic.dk Hit Kit V3, as seen at the bottom of the product page on Hitkitsamples.

In an Instagram story, Madeon is seen using the Arturia Jupiter-8V software synthesizer.

Synth History: What are some of your go to synths? Hardware and plug-ins / soft synths?

Madeon: On stage I use the Bass Station by Novation quite a lot. I love it. It's not a vintage piece of gear, but I think it has so much character. It's got great distortion. Used all throughout the show and in the studio as well. So that's definitely one that I go to a lot. I have Juno-106 that I adore, but I'm light on synth hardware in the studio, to be honest. I try to be careful about what I introduce, it's like adding a member to the family. You want to make sure to give them proper love and care and not just collect. I don't want to be a collector that just has a wall of stuff. I have an OP-1 which I use sometimes to create textures. Usually I just use the weird physics sequencer and run it through reverb to make drones, so I like playing with the OP-1.

As far as soft synths goes, I'm a big fan of the work of U-he, they do Diva and Repro-1 and 5, which I use a ton. I think Diva is probably one of the finest soft synths, although I don't use it as much as I as I should. Lately I've been reaching out for the Repro which is a Prophet simulation that they have. So yeah, those are kind of my go tos with soft synths.