Seth Firkins

In Seth's episode of the Pensado's Place podcast, Seth mentions how the CL 1B compressor is an essential in every mix he does. In this photograph from Seth's Instagram, you can see Seth's personal CL 1B unit.

In this breakdown of Seth's mix on Future's song Draco. Seth states "The chain on the aux is Auto-Tune, going into Avid’s Extra Long Delay and then into the D-Verb. People were tripping and speculating about the reverb I used on his voice on DS2 which they said was so amazing, but it was just the generic Pro Tools D-Verb plug-in. People talk shit about factory plug-ins. There’s tons of other stuff out there, but give me good old D-Verb any time, and I can make it sound good. With bundled plug-ins it’s all about how you use them."

Seth reveals he uses the McDSP AC202 as apart of Future's vocal chain. In this article Seth states that the "AC202 takes the lower parts of Future’s performance and sweetens them and brings them up top. The trick with the AC202 is to set it to Auto, in which case it almost functions as a vocal rider. It also adds a really analogue, headroom feel. It doesn’t sound harsh and will duck things just enough."

The Kensington Expert Trackball Mouse is seen all over Seth's studio footage and Instagram feed. It was an essential in the studio for him to increase workflow in his primary DAW, Avid Pro Tools.

It's a widely known fact that Seth Firkin's DAW of choice was Avid Pro Tools. He used this in his sessions with many artists across the industry. In this photograph and many more you can see an instance of Pro Tools open and being used on his machine.

In this photograph you can see Seth's pair of Sony MDR-7509HD's. A popular model across studios around the globe.

In this article, Firkins says he records Future with a Neumann U87 Ai, going into a Neve 1073 mic pre and a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor. “We request that in every studio, and if they don’t have that, we go somewhere else.”

You can find the Apple MacBook Pro in most of Seth's photos in the studio. A popular choice among Pro Tools experts. In this and countless other photos you can see Seth working on a MacBook Pro machine.

In this Instagram photo in Seth's studio, you can see him recording artist Future on a Neumann U 87. He also stated on the Pensado's Place podcast that his microphone of choice was the U 87.

Seth has also talked about and spotted using the upgraded Mac Pro 5,1 machine with 12-cores, Intel Xeon processor and 128gb or ram! This is a very popular unit across Pro Tools 10 users. You can see proof in this photograph of the Mac Pro specs and proof of this being his primary Pro Tools 10 HD machine.

In this photograph you can see an instance of Antares Auto-Tune 5 open in Seth's session. A widely popular edition of Auto-Tune that engineers always come back to despite multiple updates since its release. This plugn used to be an essential in the engineer's collection.

In this photograph and multiple photographs across Seth's Instagram feed you can see the Beats by Dre Pro headphones in use. He had the Infinity Black editions.

Seth is seen using this Apple Keyboard across many photographs in and out of the studio. There are many examples on his Instagram feed.

In this photograph and many other in Seth's Instagram feed you can find the NS-10m studio monitors in his setup. Even a custom-painted blue edition of the pair.

You can see a Apogee Duet 2 interface in Seth's studio in this photograph.

Seth Firkins frequently features the PreSonus Monitor Station Studio Control Center throughout his Instagram posts, demonstrating its integral role in his studio setup.

In this breakdown of Seth's mix on Future's song Draco. Seth reveals that FabFilter’s Pro-Q2 was used to notch out a resonance on the 808 track.

In this article, Seth states "“Future’s intro vocal has the Waves MetaFlanger, for extra effect." He has used this plugin for vocals in the Intro of the track.

In this article, Seth reveals the usage of the Mod Delay III on Future's vocal chain on the song "Draco".

In this article, Seth reveals that he uses Waves De-Esser on his vocal tracks, to tame sibilance, in every project he works on.

In the article, Seth reveals that as apart of his vocal tracks on every project he works on he uses the Renaissance Compressor. Seth said “After that there's the Waves Renaissance Compressor, with which I smooth everything back down into a nice, squeezed waveform, and it’s only after that that I put on effects."

In this article, when discussing his vocal chain he uses on every project he works on, Seth states "Finally, the Waves L1 limiter enhances the vocals further. The L1 has a very different architecture from the other maximisers. It really is just bringing out the top end, to make the vocals stand out in the mix a little bit more."

When discussing Mastering, Seth states he'll "throw on an SSL G-compressor plug-in to tame some of the peaks"