X:144

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

The Halo has been the God send! I’m not a fan of mic stand-mounted acoustic solutions because they rarely work, but the Halo has been one of the best acoustic tools I have. Moving to LA in a new space had me super concerned after leaving my room with a booth in Florida. Having the Halo has me barely being able to spot a difference. I’ll never record vocals without it.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

The thing that gets me about Aston the most is that I wish they were around when I first started. The performance is on par with a lot of high end mics. I’ve A/Bd against the mics I first purchased and they crush them. The build quality is also a thing of magic. The mics are designed really well, with a healthy amount of features. That’s the thing that gives you the most mileage out of them – it feels like this stuff was made by musicians for musicians. My favorite configuration is the Origin with the hi-pass filter and -10db engaged, mic’d ultra close to the artist. There’s an incredible amount of warmth in the mids that opens up when mic'ing like that. It makes the mic sound larger than normal.

Listed on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

Listed on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.

Workflow is really about creating the right texture, which, ultimately, is about finding the right sounds. I don’t have pre-made drum kits or go-tos for sounds or synths as a big part of how I like to create is curating the sounds from scratch each sitting. It’s a process that’s never really left me from the days when I was working on the MPC and digging for records to sample. Now it’s just about vibe, texture, and intention, but mostly vibe. I’ll abandon everything if something feels good.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.