Zedd
Russian‐German producer
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Zedd uses a UAD firewire, stated in a twitter reply post to hardwell.
Zedd was seen using Fabfilter Pro MB in his snapchat video.
Zedd @ Interscope Studio (August 23-24, 2011) holding and playing a Squier Affinity Series Telecaster Special Electric Guitar in Butterscotch Blonde finish.
In the beginning of the video, you can see the Roland on top and later being used as the vocoder source for Zedd's vocals on this live performance.
Zedd uses the Antelope Audio Orion Studio in his new studio. (Video is of his engineer, Ryan Shanahan, in Zedd's home studio.)
Below his power conditioners, you can see his Kemper profiling amplifier which he uses for guitar amp modeling in his songs.
Throughout the video, you can see the Dangerous Music Monitor ST being used for monitoring in Zedd's new home studio.
In the background, you can see his Augsperger Duo 12MF System mounted in the walls.
Visible at the left of this photo from Zedd's November 2017 interview with Sound on Sound.
At 11:58 Laidback Luke went to visit Zedd in his hotel room where he state that he was so happy that Zedd just changed from his usual setupwhich is Native Instrument Traktor S4 MK2 and DJM900 Nexus 2 to the CDJ 2000 Nexus and DJM900 Nexus 2 Flagship Setup
Mentioned by Zedd in this November 2017 Sound on Sound interview. It is visible in this photo and this photo, both from the same interview.
For a while, Zaslavski worked in Interscope’s studio in Los Angeles, but two years ago he moved to the Hollywood Hills, where he set up a studio in his house. “I don’t need a lot of gear. All I have here are my Augspurger speakers, the large ones you find in most big commercial studios, two small, five-inch KRK monitors, a Mac Pro with Cubase, an [Antelope Audio] Orion soundcard, a Slate Raven controller screen, a Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System, two MIDI keyboards — the Roland SV1 Stage Vintage and the Nord Stage EX88 — plus a very small two-octave MIDI controller with tiny keys, just to be able to really quickly check a synth sound or a sample."
Listed as a user on the official product page.
Endless Smile is already being used by Steve Angello, Zedd, Tritonal, Axwell, Deniz Koyu, Hardwell, Thomas Gold, Diplo, Chris Lake, Above & Beyond, Blasterjaxx, GTA, Bassjackers, TJR, Bingo Players, Tommy Trash and many other DJ/producers.
you can see the kemper amp right behind him, clearly told by the design of the amp and the kemper logo
This photo from AIAIAI's Facebook page shows Zedd performing with a pair of TMA-2 DJ Preset headphones on.
Zedd uses a pair of black Beats Pros during his drum cover of "Find You". At the 2:06 mark one can see the signature "b" found on most Beats branded headphones, and the overall design lines up with that of the new line of Pro models, particularly the new all-black design.
In this picture of Zedd, taken by Rukes, he has an iPhone 6 in his hand.
In Skrillex's music video, Rock N' Roll Will Take You To The Mountain at 1:42, A Traktor Kontrol S4 Flight case can be seen to the left of Zedd. Zedd is known to own a Traktor Kontrol S4, so it is implied that he owns the case.
In the rack at 46 seconds, you can see two Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor units mounted below his headphone amp.
"Another view of Zedd’s studio, showing the large Augspurger monitors that are his main playback system. The outboard rack to the left of the studio desk contains, from top: two Furman power conditioners, Tube-Tech CL1b compressor, Empirical Labs EL500 chassis with AMS Neve preamp and EQ modules, Rolls headphone amp, Antelope Audio Orion audio interface and Dangerous Music Monitor-ST monitor controller. The curved control unit for the latter is visible on top of the desk in front of the left KRK monitor."
Mentioned by Zedd in this November 2017 Sound on Sound interview. It is visible in this photo and this photo, both from the same interview.
For a while, Zaslavski worked in Interscope’s studio in Los Angeles, but two years ago he moved to the Hollywood Hills, where he set up a studio in his house. “I don’t need a lot of gear. All I have here are my Augspurger speakers, the large ones you find in most big commercial studios, two small, five-inch KRK monitors, a Mac Pro with Cubase, an [Antelope Audio] Orion soundcard, a Slate Raven controller screen, a Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System, two MIDI keyboards — the Roland SV1 Stage Vintage and the Nord Stage EX88 — plus a very small two-octave MIDI controller with tiny keys, just to be able to really quickly check a synth sound or a sample."
Visible in this January 28, 2016 Twitter post.
Zedd posts this photo to Instagram and says:
After YEARS of problems and worst case scenarios my new studio is finally finished 😭
The ATC SCM110ASL Pro studio monitors can be seen in the pic.
Zedd used 'VES1 FX Boom 009' from Vengeance Electroshock Volume 1 in Clarity. The sample can be heard at 1:54.
Zedd used 'VES2 Bassdrum 088' from Vengeance Electroshock Volume 2 in Clarity. The sample can be heard in the drop at 1:09.
Zedd used this sample pack in a large variety of his songs. Such as the sample 'XF_CymFX01' under the sub bank 'CymbalFX'. An instance of this sample can be heard in 'Break Free' at 3:38
Zedd used a preset from Sonic Charge's Synplant in his record 'Lost at Sea'. The preset is called 'AZ Piano Detuner' and can be heard at the beginning of the track. The preset is located in the factory bank.
At 0:38, Zedd used the Cinematic Drum Loop from the Sounds Of KSHMR Vol. 2 Sample Pack on Splice for the song "Get Low" with Liam Payne of One Direction.
It was KSHMR_Cinematic_Drums_100BPM_02
In this promotional “CDJ-3000 Artist Series” interview for Pioneer DJ (uploaded to YouTube on April 20, 2021), Zedd “explains how the CDJ-3000 professional DJ multi player will help him keep the crowd in raptures, thanks to new features such as dedicated Beat Jump buttons, 8 reorganized Hot Cues, and full audio file caching.”
In the Architectural Digest video titled "Inside Zedd’s New LA Home with His Dream Music Studio," Zedd is shown using a Shure SM7B microphone in his home studio. This can be observed at the 7:00 mark of the video.
In the video at the 5:07 mark, the Apogee Symphony I/O MK II is clearly visible on Zedd's studio rack.
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