Pretty Lights

In the bus studio

In this Instagram pic of Pretty Lights' live setup, you can see he uses an Akai MPD32 USB/Midi MPC Pad Controller (on the left side of the photo, below one of his MacBooks).

“When Joel told me about UAD plug-ins, I was beyond blown away by his opinion. He insisted that they were actually true emulations of the [analog] gear he is so familiar with. I couldn't believe my ears. I immediately went and bought every UAD plug-in and a Thunderbolt chassis for three OCTO cards.”

The Big Knob can be seen to the right of Pretty Lights' laptop.

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Started using it at the beginning of the Episodic Tour I assume to control the new modular synthesizer racks.

A Color Map of the Sun Credits

A Color Map of the Sun Credits

bus studio during making of ACMOTS

Bus studio during making of ACMOTS

Started using live at the beginning of the Episodic Tour 2016. Most probably to record the show (or parts of the show) to cassette.

Live (Analog Future Tour, Episodic Tour, etc...) and in the studio with UAD plugins

A video posted on faceboook of him talking to the crowd after his show at Euphoria Festival in 2015. He notices someone wearing something regarding Cthulhu and says that he uses that plugin.

In this photo from their website, Pretty Lights can be seen conducting a studio session while wearing Beyerdynamic DT 880s (original source here).

"The new set up - Tour Bus/Studio" In this picture from Pretty Lights' Twitpic, Derek can be seen wearing M50s.

In this photo from Vice, Derek is seen producing music using DT-770 Pro-80s.

A Color Map of the Sun Credits

This monitor can be seen on the left hand side of this photo of one of Pretty Lights' studio sessions.

In this photo, the Dangerous Music Monitor ST can be seen near Pretty Light's left hand.

In this photo, the upper-left-hand instrument is the 5-Octave Teak Mbira. Pretty Lights claims he "can't wait to play" it at the SnowBall Festival in Denver, CO.

A Color Map of the Sun Credits

A Color Map of the Sun Credits

A Color Map of the Sun credits

Brian Coogan plays live starting at the beginning of the Episodic Tour 2016

A Color Map of the Sun credits

A Color Map of the Sun credits

Derek shows off his new modular synth in this photo: "siiiick!!! My new custom @pittsburghmodular synth is ready to hit the road with me. I'm stoked to be the 1st to try out their new DNA SYMBIOTIC WAVES modules. #newsounds"