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Ableton
LiveSeen in How Dillon Francis & Skrillex Made "Bun Up The Dance" (Official Ableton Project File), October 2024
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24 items · Last checked What DAW does Dillon Francis use?
Dillon Francis has been seen using Ableton Live, opening his own project files on camera in 2024. He has named Sylenth1 and Xfer Serum as synth plugins, Ableton's Frequency Shifter and Beat Repeat as staples, the Cymatics Savage drum pack, swiveling Beats Mixr headphones for DJing, and has been seen using Serato DJ.
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Xfer Records
Serum“There’s a lot of stuff in Serum I didn’t know you could do.”
Said in Dillon Francis: Why a maturing music career still needs class clown antics, December 2023
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LennarDigital
Sylenth1“Sylenth1 and a computer cause then I could never make my music.”
Said in Dillon Francis - Attack Magazine Q&A, October 2013
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“Ur drums are da bomb.”
Said in Cymatics: Savage Drums for Trap launch post with producer quotes, April 2016
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Serato
Serato DJSeen in Dillon Francis Answers DJ Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED, November 2017
What studio gear Dillon Francis uses: a sourced gear guide
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Seen using
Ableton
LiveSeen in How Dillon Francis & Skrillex Made "Bun Up The Dance" (Official Ableton Project File), October 2024
Ableton
Frequency Shifter (Ableton Live audio effect)
Has said they use
Said in Dillon Francis: Why a maturing music career still needs class clown antics, December 2023
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Ableton
Beat Repeat
Has said they use
Ableton
Beat RepeatSaid in Dillon Francis: Why a maturing music career still needs class clown antics, December 2023
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Has said they use
Xfer Records
Serum“There’s a lot of stuff in Serum I didn’t know you could do.”
Said in Dillon Francis: Why a maturing music career still needs class clown antics, December 2023
Has said they use
LennarDigital
Sylenth1“Sylenth1 and a computer cause then I could never make my music.”
Said in Dillon Francis - Attack Magazine Q&A, October 2013
Also at
Has said they use
“Ur drums are da bomb.”
Said in Cymatics: Savage Drums for Trap launch post with producer quotes, April 2016
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DJ booth
Beats
Mixr headphones (David Guetta edition)
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“everyone always makes fun of me for these, but I really like how they can swivel.”
Said in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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Seen using
Serato
Serato DJSeen in Dillon Francis Answers DJ Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED, November 2017
What I wear
adidas
YEEZY Boost 350 V2
Has said they love
adidas
YEEZY Boost 350 V2Said in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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Pizzaslime
"In Memory of Taylor Swift" T-shirt
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Pizzaslime
"In Memory of Taylor Swift" T-shirt“My friends at Pizzaslime made this shirt”
Said in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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Kenneth Ning
Shirt
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Kenneth Ning
ShirtSeen in Dillon Francis on EDM, His New Album, and Tattoos - Exclusive Interview (The Untitled Magazine), November 2014
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G-Star RAW
Jeans
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G-Star RAW
JeansSeen in Dillon Francis on EDM, His New Album, and Tattoos - Exclusive Interview (The Untitled Magazine), November 2014
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Tour bag
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Google
Pixel phone
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Google
Pixel phone“way better than Siri”
Said in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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Snap
Spectacles camera glasses
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Seen in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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Golden Cabinet
Herbal symptom powders
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Golden Cabinet
Herbal symptom powders“when I start getting sick I just have this stuff and it works.”
Said in Essentials: Dillon Francis, December 2016
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On my nightstand
Has said they love
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle by Kurt VonnegutSaid in Dillon Francis - Attack Magazine Q&A, October 2013
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Has said they love
Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco records
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Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco records“I love Panic at the Disco. I used to listen to all their music in high school.”
Said in Watch Dillon Francis Talk Panic! at the Disco Obsession, Ambitious New Album, September 2018
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The Blood Brothers
The Blood Brothers records
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The Blood Brothers
The Blood Brothers records“I got super into punk music like the Blood Brothers, The Germs, and The Descendents.”
Said in Who Is Dillon Francis? (Complex), March 2012
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The Germs
The Germs records
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The Germs
The Germs recordsSaid in Who Is Dillon Francis? (Complex), March 2012
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Descendents
Descendents records
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Descendents
Descendents recordsSaid in Who Is Dillon Francis? (Complex), March 2012
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Questions
About Dillon Francis's gear.
What DAW does Dillon Francis use?
Dillon Francis has been seen using Ableton Live. In a 2024 XLNTSOUND video he opened his Ableton project for 'Bun Up The Dance' with Skrillex, and MusicTech reported that Ableton's stock Frequency Shifter and Beat Repeat are staples of his sound.
What plugins does Dillon Francis use?
He told Attack Magazine in 2013 that Sylenth1 and a computer were the kit he could not do without, talked to MusicTech in 2023 about learning new tricks in Xfer Serum, and praised the Cymatics Savage Drums for Trap pack.
What headphones does Dillon Francis use?
In a 2016 Hypebeast Essentials feature he said he DJs on the discontinued David Guetta edition Beats Mixr headphones because he likes how the ear cups swivel.
What DJ software does Dillon Francis use?
Dillon Francis has been seen using Serato DJ with CDJs in a 2017 WIRED Tech Support video, where he talked through DJ hardware and demonstrated beatmatching.
What sneakers does Dillon Francis wear?
In a 2016 Hypebeast Essentials feature he said he loves the adidas YEEZY Boost 350 V2 for its comfort.
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