What DAW are you using, and why did you choose it? I wanted to combine a more tech house feeling with a little touch of acid Xfer Serum: “Just such a powerful and diverse synthesizer, you can make anything with this plugin and the tweak options are endless.”Īcid Is My DNA is inspired by one of my older tracks, Generation 303. Mastering The Mix Reference: “This is a great tool when you are mixing and mastering your song, you can quickly import audio files from your favorite artist to A/B with your song and compare sound-wise, you can also see where the difference is frequency-wise.” My go to bundle from there would be the Precision bundle, as it’s great for mastering!”įabfilter: “Just really high-quality plugins, the Pro-Q 3 Equalizer is just my go to EQ, sounds really clean and has some really handy visual features.”
#Future funk nicky romero kickstart software#
UAD: “This is a piece of software that runs on a hardware device which gives it a little more power, there are a lot of A-brands’ hardware pieces (Moog, Neve, Manley, Avalon etc) that they have recreated into software and they sound incredible. Kickstart: “My own plugin, it’s just so easy to use for sidechaining and the results are great! We are currently working on Kickstart 2 which will have some new features that are going to make a huge difference.” “Besides that I always try to lay down the fundamentals of the song, and make sure all the ingredients (melodies, chords, arrangement etc) are in there and worry about the sound design and mix at a later stage.”Ĭould you talk us through five of your most used plugins - what’s great about them, what you use them for, etc… I always make a mix/master myself to test out the records in the club, for me this is the best way to feel if the track is there where I want it to be “Go with the flow! Make the music you feel that day or week and don’t try to push your creativity in a different direction as the outcome will not be what you are looking for.”
How has your approach to music-making changed over the years - what have you learnt from spending over a decade as a successful EDM artist? Also I have a wide range of hardware synthesizers which I use a lot in my alter ego Monocule for deeper sounds!” I just bought new speakers (PMC XBD-MB2) and I absolutely love them. “Now my studio has all the equipment I love.
Generation 303 ( part of “The Annual Spring 2012” DJ‐mix) Fast Eddieįuture Funk (Gidcatori remix) ( part of a “The Disco Boys, Volume 16” DJ-mix) Nicky Romero, Mike Williams and Amba Shepherdĭimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Nicky Romeroįeet on the Ground (Gusgus vs T-World remix)įeet on the Ground (Merk & Kremont remix)ĭimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Wolfpack, Katy B / Nicky Romero & Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano feat.