Virtual Riot
dubstep and drum & bass producer
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In this short Instagram Video he's showing his MacBook Pro. Backstory: While touring someone sat on his laptop so he had to buy a new one, he decided to switch to a MacBook Pro because the battery lasts longer, its lighter and its more convienient to work on projects together with people who also use Mac OS. He said that during his stream. The stream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihtV6Bmm7q4
In this photo, Virtual Riot can be seen with a set of Sennheiser HD 380 PRO Headphones around his neck. In a tweet from July 2013, he confirms, "I try to avoid earbuds ^ and use a pair of Sennheiser HD 380 Pro for listening to music from my mp3player."
At the start of the video, there is an effect track with ValhallaRoom on the left hand side of the screen.
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Throughout this Virtual Riot Livestream you can see the Propellerhead Reason 8 icon at the bottom of his screen.
At 6:12 of the video we can see Virtual Riot using Sytrus to make a growling bass synth.
As you can see he is using the Sennheiser HD25 to react to other peoples music and break down his track
In this video, in a project with Andrew Huang, Bad Snacks and Sarah the Illstrumentalist, he is seen creating his own song from he sample provided using Ableton Live 10, beginning at 07:43.
In an Instagram video shared by neoliptus, Virtual Riot is seen using the Barefoot MiniMain12 Studio Monitor, highlighting its role in his studio setup.
In this tweet, Virtual Riot says "Steinberg Padshop is a cool thing."
In this Tweet he says:
"Installing Cubase 8, got a free grace period upgrade hell yeah!"
The DAW Virtual Riot uses in this video is Cubase. Also seen in this video, Studio Time with Virtual Riot #3 - Sound Design Tutorials.
He references Cubase 7.5 in this Facebook post:
Finally!! 64bit! Load all the Serums!
In his livestream from May 8, 2015, Virtual Riot demonstrates the use of the iZotope Iris 2 plugin in his music production process.
Virtual Riot use Erosion for his growl
Virtual Riot is demostrating the transposition feature of the item
In an Instagram video, Virtual Riot shows himself playing on a Novation Circuit and he said "When u put your favourite samples into a Novation Circuit".
Virtual Riot talks about Genelec 8240 in this video (01:20:03) (I'm not sure whether it is 8240A or 8240B !)
At 0:14 in the video there is a Røde NT1-Kit. The pop filter, shock mount, and stand are from the Røde NT1-Kit.
at 5:55 of this video he says about his effect chain "phat rack" he made: "it's kind of a mixture of ott and sausage fattener"
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At 21:00 in Virtual Riot's livestream he opens Harmor to make a "weird sound." The software synthesiser continues to be seen frequently after this point.
At 0:03 to 0:46 in this "Studio Time with Virtual Riot #3 - Sound Design Tutorials" video, on the bottom-left side Virtual Riot clearly use Komplete Audio 6 Audio Interface from Native Instruments.
At 2:59 in this recording of a live stream by Virtual Riot, Ohm Force Ohmicide can be seen.
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In a livestream dated May 8, 2015, Virtual Riot demonstrates the use of the Zynaptiq Morph v2.0.0 plugin for vocal processing.
Virtual Riot uses Sugar Bytes WOW Filter to give make his bass more vowel oriented during a live stream.
17:30 into the video, you can see Virtual Riot use Kontakt to input piano midi for his song, Lunar. This piano synth is the Grandeur and is a vst in Kontakt
At 0:55 in the video, the Waves API 2500 compressor plugin can be seen on the left of Virtual Riot's screen.
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In the video, Virtual Riot is playing a solo on an Axiom Air 61 keyboard in his studio.
In the picture, Virtual Riot is holding a copy of Omnisphere 2.
Virtual Riot opens up H-Delay at 4:14:49 of this video.
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Reconnect (Moore Kismet Remix)
Virtual Riot & Moore Kismet · 2025
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Believe What You Want (Tokyo Machine Remix)
Virtual Riot & TOKYO MACHINE · 2025
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