MUST DIE

In a Facebook Q&A where MUST DIE is asked what his favorite VST effect is, he responds with:

"fav effect: Chipcrusher by Plogue. Fav soft synth: Serum by Xfer. Fav outboard gear? if it includes keyboards/hard synths Roland Jupiter 80."

in this video MUST DIE is working in Ableton Live 8 (Browser and blue background give it away) the first time you see it is at 7:14

MUST DIE tweeted to Equipboard that his studio monitors of choice are Adam A5X Powered Studio Monitors. He said, "@Equipboard @Quadub don't forget my Adam 5x, my Sol Republic Master Tracks and my Audeze LCD 2's!"

Revealing some of his essential studio gear, MUST DIE tweeted to Equipboard that he owns and uses a pair of Audeze LCD-2 Headphones. In a tweet from May 2013, he says, "SO EXCITED just got a pair of @Audeze LCD2s and they are...perfect. If you have never checked these out, you are missing a WORLD of sound."

And again says, "I have written at least a song a day (if not two or three) ever since I got these @Audeze LCD2's."

In the YouTube video "Album in a Day Challenge! | Boyinaband + Must Die," MUST DIE is shown using iZotope Ozone 9 in his master effects chain at 8:24.

At 7:44 in this video, in channel 10, one can see that the audio file is labelled: VES1 FX Downlifter.

At 18:56, Dave is working on MUST DIE!s computer and scrolling through his samples. The samples he's scrolling through are labelled VFX2.

In an Instagram photo, MUST DIE is seen using a white Apple iPhone 6 while packing for a tour.

In an Instagram video, MUST DIE uses Apple Logic Pro X to create rock music.

In an Instagram post by MUST DIE, the artist is seen using the Beats by Dre Pro Detox Limited Edition Headphones during a performance in Seattle.

MUST DIE's Roland JP-08 synth can be seen in this photo he shared on Twitter. He says:

Here’s a free patch

MUST DIE! Stated: he likes to drop in romplers to fill out the track like Nexus, etc etc etc. And then pulls up Lethal.

This Instagram photo of MUST DIE's studio gear from August 2014 shows he uses a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface for producing. He captioned the photo, "Workspace."

"Got my signature headphones in from @SOLREPUBLIC today. They look great! thanks guys!"

In a tweet to Equipboard on September 2014, he reveals they are the Sol Republic Master Tracks model: "@Equipboard @Quadub don't forget my Adam 5x, my Sol Republic Master Tracks and my Audeze LCD 2's!"

This Instagram video clip reveals Must Die's producing laptop is a MacBook Pro, 15" model.

In this Instagram video, you can see a Serum "growl bass" on one MIDI channel of Ableton.

At 0:14 until about 0:44 you can see MUST DIE! using Absynth 5 to play a melody and you can see it on his laptop screen quite clearly.

In this video, MUST DIE is producing video game remixes, and uses Massive very frequently throughout the video for synth sounds; it can first be seen at about 1:50.

At 16:21, two channels can be seen named Sylenth1.

Channel 24 of this Instagram video is labelled Spire.

You can clearly see the Voxengo SPAN plugin in this Instagram video.

You can clearly see the Rekordbox plugin in this video.

At 00:14 you can already see the MIDI keyboard but you can clearly see it's an M-Audio oxygen 25 at around 02:28.

if you look at channel 23 you can see vaguely that the channel is named Kontakt 5

On Equipboard, there is an image showing MUST DIE using the SOL REPUBLIC Tracks HD On-Ear Headphones.

in this instagram video you can see MUST DIE playing on a M-Audio CODE. the amount of keys is 49 like it says on the box in the back

in this instagram video you can see that channel 23 & 24 are labelled Nexus 2

in this livestream at 20:53 you can see in the plugin chain that the first one (which is the synthesizer) is called Fabfilter Twin 2

in this video at 21:05 you can see a singluar plugin at the bottom called FF Pro-C

MUST DIE Shows his Volca FM in this picture compilation, with the caption: "THIS PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN SO GOOD"