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What DAW does Booka Shade use?

Booka Shade use Apple Logic Pro as their main studio DAW with Genelec monitors, plus plugins from FabFilter, Waves, Valhalla, XLN Audio, iZotope and Spectrasonics. On stage they use Ableton Live, Roland V-Drums and an SPD-SX into Native Instruments Maschine, a Korg Kaoss Pad and an Allen and Heath Xone:96.

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What DAW does Booka Shade use?

Booka Shade told DJ Life in 2025 that Apple Logic Pro is their main studio DAW, while two of their three live laptops run Ableton Live.

What plugins does Booka Shade use?

They named FabFilter EQs, the Waves L3 limiter, Audio Damage Panstation and Dubstation, XLN Audio RC-20, Valhalla VintageVerb, iZotope VocalSynth and Ozone 9, Spectrasonics Omnisphere and Trilian, and XILS-lab Oxium.

What studio monitors does Booka Shade use?

Booka Shade said in 2025 that their main studio monitors are Genelecs.

What synth does Booka Shade use?

In 2019 they said they had just bought a Sequential Prophet-6 and that the Moog Sub 37 is great too. A Roland V-Synth was part of their live rig in 2008.

What mixer does Booka Shade use live?

Booka Shade said all sound sources are mixed on stage on their Allen and Heath Xone:96.

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Booka Shade are the Berlin duo of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, cofounders of Get Physical and known for Body Language and Mandarine Girl. This guide covers the studio and live gear they have named in interviews.

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