The M Machine

Gladiator rounds out The M Machine's favorite synths, along with Sylenth and Razor.

A photo by The M Machine shows Logic Pro X running on their Mac in their studio.

The Ohmicide distortion plugin makes the list of The M Machine's favorite VSTs.

Favorite plugins for The M Machine? They tweet "...rely most heavily on Sylenth. Runners up are Ohmicide and LFO tool".

A video and stills of The M Machine performing live reveal these Sennheiser HD 205 are their headphones of choice (worn by Eric Luttrell). These are fantastic headphones for live use, especially considering the great price point.

Mentioned by Swardy in two July 20, 2012 Reddit AMA replies. The second can be found here.

1:59:25 AM EST

Swardy: Razor? Silenth? we use SO MANY native logic inserts... seems like the most important 3rd party plugs we have are just synths. That said... probably couldn't live without ohmicide or camelphat.

10:22:00 PM EST

Swardy: Work individual on tracks generally at least 50% of the way. Soon as we decide something is worth finishing we start in with group sessions.

standard plugs for us: Silenth, Ohmicide, Camelphat, most Logic native plugs.

Ozone 5 is specified by Andy in this July 10, 2012 Reddit AMA reply, with another mention by Eric in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

2012

Andy: We master everything ourselves - the final sound of a song is so related to mixing, and mastering is really almost an extension of that process, so we'd be really uncomforatble giving our music to someone who doesn't really know what we're going for with our sound. We use Ozone 5 almost exclusively now - it's a really awesome plugin.

For the most part, if a song is mixed right, mastering is mainly a loudness maximizing process. We've found that it's better to fix "mix issues", too much bass, too sharp drums, etc. in the mix when they present a problem during mastering, rather than attack the whole track with EQ or other processing. Oftentitmes it's one element of the track - sub bass, or a high hat that's too loud, that prevents a master job from working right.

2017

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Mentioned in Twitter replies dated September 9, 2012 and April 1, 2013.

September 9, 2012

@The_RicoMan little boring in that regard. mostly rock sylenth, razor, and gladiator. comfortable in massive tho not a go-to for us.

April 1, 2013

@_conn3r sylenth, razor, occasionally sculpture, massive, and the rest of the logic natives

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Pro-Q 2 is mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E

A photo shared by The M Machine shows the M-Audio Oxygen 49 is their main keyboard controller in the studio.

The heart of The M Machine's studio is an Apple 27" iMac.

Photos of their studio reveal The M Machine use Adam A7 monitors. These have been discontinued in favor of the newer Adam Audio A7X model.

When asked about their favorite VSTs, The M Machine tweets "rely most heavily on Sylenth."

The M Machine use Native Instruments Razor synth a good bit.

The Akai MPD26 Controller is used by The M Machine to control the iconic giant LED-lit "M" during their live sets.

The M Machine use a MacBook Pro as the center of their live setup. Using a combination of Ableton, Max for Live, and an iPad, they are able to synchronize the lighting up of the giant "M" to their audio tracks.

The M Machine use Ableton Live to play tracks during their live show, as well as to synchronize the visuals to the music.

The Akai MPK25 is responsible for the improvisational portion of The M Machine's show. Ben Swardlick is in control of it, and fires off samples.

The iPad is used to interface with the MacBook Pro, and send MIDI information controlling the visuals of The M Machine's live show.

In this Instagram photo posted by The M Machine, their Apogee Duet FireWire Audio Interface can be seen on the table. The photo is captioned: "studio west vibe: upgrade thank you: the street"

Mentioned in this March 6, 2017 Reddit AMA reply.

Logic X! As far as plug ins: Diva, ANA, NI Maschine, Izotope Vinyl and Ozone, Fab Filter Saturn, Pro Q2, Pro MB, and Pro L are great. -E