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Ableton
Live“Ableton Live. Adam monitors, and a lot of software.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
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Duke Dumont uses Ableton Live, ADAM monitors and the u-he Diva synth plugin in the studio, plus Pioneer CDJs and a Pioneer DJM mixer in the booth (DJ Life, 2025). Duke Dumont has said they use patches from a Yamaha DX100 and Mixed In Key for set prep.
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u-he
Diva“Favorite plug-in is probably u-he DIVA synth.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
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Yamaha
DX100“It can be synth patches from years ago when I was programming stuff from my Yamaha DX100.”
Said in DJ Times: Duke Dumont: Deep Impact, December 2015
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Mixed In Key
Mixed In Key“I take a lot of time using Mixed In Key to see what's in the same pitch and what's in the same key.”
Said in DJ Times: Duke Dumont: Deep Impact, December 2015
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AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJs“Standard Pioneer CDJs and DJM.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
What studio gear Duke Dumont uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Uses
Ableton
Live“Ableton Live. Adam monitors, and a lot of software.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
ADAM Audio
Studio monitors“Ableton Live. Adam monitors, and a lot of software.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
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Uses
u-he
Diva“Favorite plug-in is probably u-he DIVA synth.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
Has said they use
Yamaha
DX100“It can be synth patches from years ago when I was programming stuff from my Yamaha DX100.”
Said in DJ Times: Duke Dumont: Deep Impact, December 2015
DJ booth
Has said they use
Mixed In Key
Mixed In Key“I take a lot of time using Mixed In Key to see what's in the same pitch and what's in the same key.”
Said in DJ Times: Duke Dumont: Deep Impact, December 2015
Uses
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJs“Standard Pioneer CDJs and DJM.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
DJM mixer“Standard Pioneer CDJs and DJM.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
Where it started
Soundlab
Belt-drive turntables
Has said they use
Soundlab
Belt-drive turntables“I play keyboards badly and learned to DJ on Soundlab belt-drive turntables.”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
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Codemasters
Music 2000 (PlayStation)
Has said they use
Codemasters
Music 2000 (PlayStation)“Combine that with a game on the PlayStation called Music 2000, which was a music-creation game with sampling time”
Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Daft Punk
Discovery“My favorite electronic album ever made is Daft Punk Discovery.”
Said in Insomniac: Duke Dumont Goes Live With New Album, October 2014
Has said they love
Frankie Knuckles
Your Love“My personal favourite would be Frankie Knuckles 'Your Love'.”
Said in DMC World Magazine: Duke Dumont, February 2014
Buy
Always in my DJ box
Has said they love
Ramon Tapia
Bring It On DownSaid in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
Has said they love
Romanthony
Ministry of Love (Ejeca Remix)Said in DJ Life: Duke Dumont: It Feels Like This [Interview], November 2025
Listen
Has said they love
Questions
About Duke Dumont's gear.
What DAW does Duke Dumont use?
Duke Dumont uses Ableton Live, naming Ableton Live, ADAM monitors and a lot of software as the main studio setup in a 2025 DJ Life interview. In 2015 Duke Dumont said the home studio was based around Ableton.
What plugins does Duke Dumont use?
Duke Dumont uses the u-he Diva synth, named as the go-to plug-in in a 2025 DJ Life interview. In 2015 Duke Dumont also said they use Mixed In Key to sort tracks by key before DJ sets.
What studio monitors does Duke Dumont use?
Duke Dumont uses ADAM monitors, named alongside Ableton Live as the main studio gear in a 2025 DJ Life interview.
What synth does Duke Dumont use?
Duke Dumont uses u-he Diva as a software synth (DJ Life, 2025), and has said some sounds come from patches programmed years ago on a Yamaha DX100 (DJ Times, 2015).
What DJ gear does Duke Dumont use?
Duke Dumont uses standard Pioneer CDJs and a Pioneer DJM mixer in the booth and has said they skip rekordbox and sync (DJ Life, 2025). Duke Dumont learned to DJ on Soundlab belt-drive turntables.
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