Pretty Lights

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).

Pretty Lights using the Novation Circuit in his car with his cats.

In an article by DJ TechTools, Pretty Lights is featured using the Native Instruments Maschine Mikro MKII, highlighting its role in his touring setup.

A custom 2000XL was used for sequencing the synths on A Color Map of the Sun, as stated by Pretty Lights in this July 1, 2013 Electronic Musician interview.

“I used a custom-made [Akai] MPC 2000XL to sequence my modular synth, but for cutting up my vinyl to sample and arrange it, I simply used the ‘Arrangement View’ in [Ableton] Live or Drum Rack; I love Drum Rack! I use other stuff now, like Sampler and all the NI [Native Instruments] stuff and UAD-2 [plug-ins], but for the album I just used good-old-fashioned slicing and warp pins straight in Arrangement mode.”

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

In the YouTube video titled "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio," Pretty Lights is shown using the Thermionic Culture The Culture Vulture during the production of "A Color Map of the Sun" (ACMOTS).

Pretty Lights began using the TASCAM 234 4-Track Cassette Recorder live at the start of the Episodic Tour in 2016, likely to capture the show or parts of it on cassette. This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Used to record the material used in A Color Map of the Sun, as seen at 0:31 in the documentary "The Making of A Color Map of the Sun". The MTR-15 is also mentioned by Pretty Lights in this July 1, 2013 Electronic Musician interview.

“Nothing had been created, no ideas had even been toyed around with,” Smith says. “I just knew I wanted to record with as many musicians as possible. So that happened first and it was all done to stereo tape. It’s funny, because when I called [Studio G] and said I wanted to do it to tape, they had their 2-inch 24-track Studer tape machine ready to go, and I was like, ‘No, I must have miscommunicated. I want to use the [Otari MTR-15] quarter-inch stereo tape machine and run it on 7.5 ips so we’re really getting into emulating a garage recording studio in the ’60s in Detroit or Cleveland or some place like that.’ They said, ‘Are you sure? You won’t be able to change it later.’ I said, ‘Yes, I want it to be very destructive,’ which in an audio sense means you can’t go back and change it.

Visible in the documentary "The Making of A Color Map of the Sun" at 0:43.

In this Facebook photo, Pretty Lights can be seen with three MacBook Pros at his performance setup. The width on each side of the keyboard would suggest that they are at least the 15" models.

Pretty Lights used Musicboxes during the production of "A Color Map of the Sun," as evidenced by the album credits.

In the YouTube video titled "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio," Pretty Lights showcases the Lynx Aurora 16 16-channel 24-bit/192kHz A/D D/A Converter as part of his studio setup while working on the album "A Color Map of the Sun" (ACMOTS).

Pretty Lights utilizes the Universal Audio Apollo 16, both during live performances such as the Analog Future Tour and Episodic Tour, and in the studio with UAD plugins, as evidenced by the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Used for the Studio G sessions of A Color Map of the Sun, as listed in the official album credits.