Pretty Lights

Pretty Lights is credited with using the Hawaiian Art Violin in the album "A Color Map of the Sun," as shown in the source image.

Pretty Lights used a Marxophone on the album "A Color Map of the Sun," as shown in the album credits.

Pretty Lights is credited with using a harmonium in the album "A Color Map of the Sun," as seen in the source image from Imgur.

Pretty Lights is credited with using a Waterphone on the album "A Color Map of the Sun," as shown in the provided image.

The Musser M55 Concert Vibraphone is credited in Pretty Lights' album "A Color Map of the Sun," indicating its use during the recording process.

Pretty Lights is credited with using a Nyckelharpa on the album "A Color Map of the Sun," as shown in the album credits.

Used during the composition of A Color Map of the Sun, as stated by Pretty Lights in this July 1, 2013 Electronic Musician interview.

“There were no demos. I had a Wurlitzer and a small Virus Polar polyphonic synth so I could come up with chord progressions on the fly and bring it to the musicians, one at a time. I would literally go to the guitar player and say, ‘All right, strum D-minor,’ and he’d strum that, and then I’d say, ‘Okay, now add the 9th. Now strum it slower; now finger it up on this register. No, strum it up instead of down. A little faster.’ He’d finally get the strum and the chord exactly how I wanted it and I’d say, ‘Great! Stop, remember that. Stick with that.’ Then I’d go through the same process with the keyboard player on the Hammond and Wurly, the other guitar player, the horn players, and the bass player. A lot of times I would play bass, too, so we’d have two basses. (...) But through that first session, I so fell in love with analog modular synthesis, and I feel my ears really learned the lesson and could hear the difference between what my Virus sounded like when I just played a saw waveform and what the modular sounded like when I played a saw waveform. So that’s when I made the decision to make even the synthesis aspects of the record completely analog and modular. I built a big old modular synthesizer that I had to teach myself to use, and I used that for everything monophonic, and then I also purchased a polyphonic Dave Smith Prophet for the chord synthesis.”

Brain Coogan, a member of Pretty Lights' live band, can also be seen playing a Virus Polar in this photo from the beginning of the Episodic Tour 2016.

During the Episodic Tour 2016, Pretty Lights featured Brian Coogan playing the Celesta, as shown in images on Imgur.

In the YouTube video titled "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio," Pretty Lights showcases the Audio-Technica AT-LP120 Turntable, highlighting its use for sampling and live scratching by Chris Karns.

In the "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio" video on YouTube, Pretty Lights is shown using the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 synthesizer.

In a live performance, Pretty Lights' keyboardist, Borham Lee, uses the Farfisa TS 901, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Pretty Lights incorporates the Moog Little Phatty Stage II in their live performances, as demonstrated by Brian Coogan and Borham Lee in the image sourced from Imgur.

In the video "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio" on YouTube, Pretty Lights is shown using a Fender '65 Twin Reverb amplifier.

In the "Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio" video, Pretty Lights is seen using the Fender Rhodes Mark II Stage Piano 73 during the creation of "A Color Map of the Sun."

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.

Pretty Lights incorporates the Hohner Clavinet D6 in their live performances, as seen in a user-uploaded photo featuring Brian Coogan and Brandon Butler.

During the Episodic Tour, Pretty Lights incorporated the Analogue Solutions Oberkorn Sequencer into their modular rack, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Used in modular rack live post episodic tour

Used in modular rack post episodic tour

Used in modular rack post episodic tour

used in modular rack post episodic tour

Pretty Lights used the 4ms Quad Clock Distributor (QCD) in their modular rack during the post-episodic tour, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Pretty Lights incorporated the 4ms QCD Expander into his modular rack setup during his episodic tour, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Pretty Lights uses the Doepfer A-140 ADSR Envelope Generator in his modular synthesizer setup, as seen in a photo from his episodic tour on Imgur.

Used live in episodic tour and later in modular rack

Pretty Lights used the Doepfer A-132-3 DVCA in his modular synth rack during live performances following the Episodic Tour, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Used in modular rack episodic tour and later

Used in modular rack during Episodic Tour and later

Used live during episodic tour and later in modular rack