Steve Aoki's Gear

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In a video tour of his tour bus, Aoki says "When it comes to producing tracks, I use Logic Pro. It's the best thing out there, period."

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It's seen throughout the video.

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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. The monitors' size and placement of the KRK logo indicates they are the 3rd generation KRK Rokit 8 model. This photo is a screenshot from Aoki's documentary, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead".

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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.

There are a lot of mics that I used in the past but I have just got the microphone of all microphones, the Sony C800G. That’s the one I had been looking for and it’s been really difficult to get.

All the new stuff was with the Sony C800G. That’s a vintage tube mic that sounds incredible. It’s definitely one of the highest-level mics in the game, there’s no doubt about that. And it looks sick. It’s just this dope, futuristic looking mic, which is perfect for my studio.

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Steve Aoki tweets "I went ahead and treated myself to a neumann tlm 103 mic for my studio. :)"

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

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In this Facebook photo, Steve Aoki is sitting at his production desk. The mixer and arrangement windows have identical elements to those found in Pro Tools; and given the recency of the photo, it's likely to be version 11.

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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.

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

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From Aoki's technical rider: "1 Serato SL3 Scratch Live by Rane ** SL1 WILL NOT WORK **"

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Aoki tweeted about this product in April, 2016.

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This Boss OS-2 Overdrive Distortion Pedal can be seen in Steve Aoki's studio. Typically a guitar pedal, he might experiment with running a synth through it and distorting the sound.

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Two of these monitors can be spotted on his hotel studio setup

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You can see Steve Aoki talking about his Serato DJ Setup

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Steve Aoki says "So efficient & easy to work with. I use it every time I make a mashup and it keeps all of my records organized so i can be creative on the fly. Love me some Mixed In Key!"

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This still, taken from Steve Aoki's documentary "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," shows Aoki in his studio in Los Angeles. To his left on the desk, his Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synthesizer can be seen. This scene appears around the 38 minute mark of the film, and the entire documentary can be seen on Netflix here.

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In this Instagram photo posted by Steve Aoki Feb 2016, he taped his iLok and eLicenser USB keys to his USB ports. He mentions the "nexus key" by name, which is reFX Nexus' eLicenser, implying he uses the software synth.

"Ghetto rigged! Now my ilok & nexus key can't hide away in my bag! #studioproblems #studiohack"

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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.

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Steve Aoki uses a pair of Dynaudio BM6A MKII monitors in his studio.

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Long studio sessions require good back support. Our team's sharp eyes spotted Aoki sitting on a Herman Miller Aeron Chair.

Aoki uses the Big Knob to control the volume of the mix going into his studio monitors.

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This Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity Microphone Preamp can be seen mounted in a rack in Steve Aoki's studio.

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Rob Papen's Predator synth can be seen open on the screen while Aoki plays through one of his tracks.

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This photo shows Steve Aoki Djing using the Pioneer DJM-800. It's identifiable as the DJM-800 because of the 4 blue SOUND COLOR FX buttons. The newer DJM-900 Nexus, which he later switched to, has 6 of those buttons.

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Steve Aoki can be seen using Beats By. Dre headphones in this Instagram photo.

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“I have a good amount of Waves plugins, like the CLA Vocal (pictured, right) and the JJP Vocals. I think that most people use those. These are all basically one vocal engine that includes compression, EQ Boost, Delays etc."

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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 guitar rack on the right shows what looks to be a Fender Strat in Sonic Blue finish.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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