Seven Lions

"[LennarDigital] Sylenth… and that's pretty much it right there, that's my bread and butter."

Seven Lions produces using Image Line's FL Studio DAW (in a tweet he has mentioned using version 10). In an interview, he mentions having a go-to template in FL to streamline the music making process. He also advocates setting up samples and sounds you frequently use. For instance, "Spend some time making a fat drum kit that you are in love with."

When asked if he uses a subwoofer in his studio, Seven Lions responds, "I have a krk [10s]. Wanna upgrade to the matching dynaudio. It sits behind me against the wall."

A user named JamesGeary asked him if he used Sausage Fattener and seven lions replied “ I have used it for some lead sounds to make them loud as shit but not all the time.”

When asked on Twitter "What programs/equipment do you recommend?" Seven Lions includes NI's Massive in the list, which is one of his few soft synths he relies on.

The Focusrite Forte Audio Interface can be seen in a photo of Seven Lions' tour bus setup. On Twitter, Arty asks for a recommendation for a portable interface (something like an Apogee but with Windows support). Seven Lions responds, "...Using [Focusrite Forte] on the road and it's pretty great. I recommend it for sure. Closest thing to an apogee."

To monitor his mixes, Seven Lions relies on Dynaudio's BM5A MKII Studio Monitors. He also uses them on his tour bus production setup.

Before switching to a 100% software-based synth setup, Seven Lions had the Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Synth. He has since relied on Sylenth, which he claims sounds just as good.

In this Instagram photo, Seven Lions can be seen working on edits on his MacBook. The headphones he is wearing are the Ultrasone Signature PRO Headphones. They can be distinguished by the red "Signature" written on the side of the ear cup. He states that: "Working in edits for tonight. When did being a nerd become so posh?" (photo posted May 2014).

Seven Lions receives a pair of Ultrasone PRO 2900 headphones for the studio (the black ones on the left in the Instagram photo).

In between Seven Lion's studio monitors we spotted the KRK ERGO Room Correction System. The big volume knob on it can be used to control the overall volume of his monitors.

In an AMA Seven Lions mentions: ''I always use Voxengo Elephant. Its my favorite limiter for sure.''

"One of the pad layers is for sure serum. None of the bass sounds though. Lots of spire/sylenth too"

Seven Lions utilizes the Kjaerhus Audio Classic Chorus plugin, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo showing the software in his setup.

Outside of stock FL Studio effects, Seven Lions is fond of Voxtengo plugins. He says, "Deft Compressor is awesome."

Another Voxtengo plugin Seven Lions specifically mentions by name is the LF Max Punch.

On the move, Seven Lions produces on a MacBook Pro. In an Instagram photo of his tour bus studio setup, he makes a comment "FL on bootcamp :) MacBook retina"

When asked about his track "The Truth" Seven Lions says he used "...a bit of nexus for atmosphere."

For playing his live sets, Seven Lions relies on NI's X1 controller, which plugs into his laptop.

Seven Lions' mixer when playing live: "...X1 and a @PioneerDJ djm900 is all I need :)"

To make the amount of stuff he has to carry to live shows as small as possible, Seven Lions relies on a MacBook Air. He runs Traktor on it.

Seven Lions runs Traktor on a MacBook Air to perform his live sets.

“I use a few different EQs. Voxengo makes a great one called Gliss. This video covers a bit on how to use Gliss, but what is really valuable is how to use high and low pass and how to sweep frequencies with high resonance to find things that you don’t like and to remove them. It also talks about paying attention to the frequencies you want to come through on important instruments and making space for them.”

"Sylenth1, Massive, Omnisphere, Nexus and then my new fav is Spire."

In this video, Seven Lions talks us through his song "A Way to Say Goodbye." Although we don't see much of Omnisphere, as he has bounced a lot of files to audio, he tells us he created a lot of the leads and pads throughout the video, for example at 5:44.

In this video Seven Lions mentions "ValhallaShimmer" at 28:59 and that he uses it a lot for reverb around the end of the video, and how he uses the reverb tails to create pads.

In an AMA Seven Lions says: ''Deft Compressor and Fab Filter ProQ are probably most used in sessions.''

"New headphones from #ultrasone just came in. So stoked! Studio pair and tour pair."

Before switching to a MacBook Air, Seven Lions used to carry the EKS Otus Dual Deck Controller& Sound Card to his live sets.

A photo shows Seven Lions using the Ultrasone DJ 1 PRO Headphones while DJing.