Steve Aoki

Aoki uses a Macbook Pro both in the studio and when traveling.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV.

Steve Aoki has given Audio Media International an exclusive insight into the gear he uses to produce records in his impressive, futuristic-looking Nevada-based home studio, which is aptly named the Neon Future Cave. The studio is centred around a large workstation housing an “epic” Slate Raven Z3C digital mix rack and Focal SM9 monitors.

A Mac Pro sits underneath Aoki's desk in his studio. He uses a Mac so he can run Apple's Logic Pro software.

In an exclusive interview with Audio Media International, Steve Aoki discusses his essential studio gear, including the Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Firewire DSP Accelerator, used in both his "Neon Future Cave" in Las Vegas and "Dim Mak Studio" in Los Angeles.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV. His Avantone MixCubes are sitting atop IsoAcoustics ISO L8R Studio Monitor Stands. Image by Emily Berl.

Spotted on Aoki's desk in his studio. A large monitor is useful so you can see more of the track you're working on in your DAW.

Aoki's Dynaudio studio monitors sit atop Auralex Monitor Isolation Pads. A good view of them can be had at 1:08 into the video.

Steve Aoki's audio interface of choice, the Apogee Ensemble can be spotted in videos of Aoki's studio setup.

Steve Aoki's MIDI keyboard controller. He talks about it as part of his tour bus setup, saying "...I do everything from here". However it can also be spotted in his main studio.

Seen in Steve Aoki's studio on his desk.

When producing from his mobile studio in his tour bus, Aoki points to this Apogee Duet as the sound card he uses. He says "This is perfect for traveling."

He says he keeps his setup minimal except for his PowerMac G5

Steve Aoki is seen using an Alienware 14 throughout the song for mixing purposes.

This photo of Steve Aoki in his villa in Ibiza shows him in front of what looks like a practice DJ setup, with a TV for the visuals, Pioneer gear, Serato running on his laptop, and KRK monitors. To Aoki's left is the red Akai MAX49 MIDI keyboard controller. This photo is a screenshot from Aoki's documentary, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".

On the right side of this picture, we see the Seaboard.

In this photo of Aoki's studio, his monitors are resting on IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R430 Monitor Stands. Photo from this article.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV.

Steve Aoki uses this Apple Keyboard in his studio.

The Euphonix MC Mix controller can be spotted on Aoki's desk in his studio, right above his computer keyboard.

In an interview, while playing with some studio equipment Steve Aoki says "I got Maschine and a couple of synths, but this Moog is dope".

In this inteview, Steve Aoki gives us a look to the main gear he use to produce records in both of his studios : The ''Neon Future Cave'' in Las Vegas, NV and the ''Dim Mak Studio'' in Los Angeles, CA.

For my interface, I’m using a Universal Audio Apollo 16 with a DSP Accelerator, which helps when I’m using my UAD plugins, and I use that for everything.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV. Image by Emily Berl.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV.

The photo in this article show us a global view of Steve's recording studio (The Neon Future Cave) in his house in Las Vegas, NV. Vicoustic Multifuser Wood 36 can be seen on the back wall, in a white finish.