Rostam Batmanglij

In this interview Rostam says he used a Korg Trident when making his song "Bike Dream"

At 3:56 - 4:00 there is a view of the Yamaha vss-30 played by Rostam of Vampire Weekend. This is during a live performance at Studio Q.

Rostam is shown playing a yellow Harmony Silvertone in the music video for Giving Up The Gun

There was an earlier version of the song that was just relentless, with the drums at full blast the whole time. For the middle section, I decided to try to take the kick track and run it through the SPL Transient Designer and maximize the decay.

Rostam is talking about the music video for Giving Up The Gun

In this interview in the 'Happy Sound' section Rostam metions they used Pro Tools HD during the production of Contra.

"Tito, who acted as engineer, had a bunch of API preamps and some outboard gear, like [Empirical Labs] Distressors, which he used on some of the snare tracks." - Rostam

You can see Rostam using a sunburst Fender Musicmaster here.

One of the last things that we recorded on the album was a guitar outro that I wrote and played for “Don’t Lie.” We just plugged a Les Paul guitar into the DI of the Apollo. I got really used to using a combination of Avid SansAmp and the ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in — just those two with some AltiVerb Reverb. That gave us a scrappy sound that I’m very fond of.

One of the last things that we recorded on the album was a guitar outro that I wrote and played for “Don’t Lie.” We just plugged a Les Paul guitar into the DI of the Apollo. I got really used to using a combination of Avid SansAmp and the ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-in — just those two with some AltiVerb Reverb. That gave us a scrappy sound that I’m very fond of.

On the song “Don’t Lie,” I put the Fairchild 670 Compressor Plug-In on all the vocals, and on “Obvious Bicycle,” we had the Fairchild on lead vocals. I don’t know how else to describe it, but it just makes them sound buttery.

In this KEXP performance, he's found using a red ES-335 on the track "Wood"

In the video for Cousins, Rostam is playing his own Sheraton.

In this interview in the 'Happy Sound' section Rostam metions they used Fender Deluxe amps on Vampire Weekends first two albums.

In a Twitter post, Rostam Batmanglij mentions using a Roland RE-201 Space Echo while recording "Giving Up The Gun," highlighting its role in his signal chain alongside a Fender Mustang and a Silvertone amp.

In this interview Rostam states he used Reason to create the synth bass on this song Bike Dream

Above all, in mixing and mastering, Batmanglij was concerned with warmth of sound, calling for the use of a Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser plug-in for monitoring and controlling harsh frequencies.

In the music video for Diane Young you can see Rostam using a Boss VT-1 Voice Transformer at 0:53 to alter the formant of Ezra's voice. Ezra also mentioned using the pedal in a separate interview entitled 'wALT Interviews Vampire Weekend Backstage At Lolla 2013' at 6:49.

When we were together, there’d be times when I would set up in one room with my laptop and UAD-2 Satellite FireWire card and he would be in another room with the Apollo.

In this Rostam's Instagram account Q&A while in his own studio, a Silverface Champ from the 1970s can be seen in the background and such is confirmed when he answers with a close shot and and the name of the amp.

Rostam Batmanglij used the Casio Tone Bank CA-100 during live performances, including Vampire Weekend's set at the Reading Festival in 2009, as seen in the YouTube video by Ernestuube.

Rostam Batmanglij used the Casio CA-110 keyboard during Vampire Weekend's performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2012, as seen in the full concert video on YouTube.

In this Instagram post from Rostam, you can see Rostam's John Bowen Solaris synthesizer in page 2.

In the video "Recording vocals with Clairo | Sneak Peek" by Mix with the Masters, Rostam Batmanglij and Clairo analyze the vocal recording for Clairo’s music, where the Waves CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter plugin is used in one of the stems.

In the YouTube video titled "vampire weekend - mansard roof (later with jools holland 29 - 02 - 08) - hdtv," at timestamp 1:49, Rostam Batmanglij is visibly using the M-Audio Keystation 49e MIDI Controller. This visual confirmation is provided by the source author, gh0stinsid3z, on YouTube.

In the YouTube video titled "Vampire Weekend - Live at Austin City Limits Festival 2013 HD," Rostam Batmanglij is seen using two M-Audio Keystation 61es MIDI Controllers at the 35:27 mark, as documented by the uploader Rodri LS.