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Eric Prydz has said they use Logic Pro, the software a 2025 backup show file was built in. They started on an Amiga 500 and a Roland MC-505 groovebox, tried Logic and Cubase early on, and told DJ Mag most of their music is made on a laptop with headphones. Live, EPIC 6.0 put them inside a custom LED sphere.
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Roland
MC-505 Groovebox“I got obsessed with it. I didn't hang out with my friends anymore, I was just sitting at this box, day and night, making music.”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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Commodore
Amiga 500“It had a music program where you could only do four sounds at once. It was very limited.”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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ABBA
Super Trouper“There was something about it that just made me go, 'I just want to listen to this over and over again.'”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode“I'm into all sorts of music. Bands like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and even bands like Erasure.”
Said in Eric Prydz: from Epic to the island (DJ Mag), August 2017
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Apple
MacBook“95% of all the music I make is made with me on a train with headphones and a laptop.”
Seen in DJ Mag: A Prydz Worth Paying, March 2010
Where it started
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Roland
MC-505 Groovebox“I got obsessed with it. I didn't hang out with my friends anymore, I was just sitting at this box, day and night, making music.”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
Has said they use
Commodore
Amiga 500“It had a music program where you could only do four sounds at once. It was very limited.”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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Seen using
Steinberg
CubaseSeen in DJ Mag: A Prydz Worth Paying, March 2010
Records that shaped me
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ABBA
Super Trouper“There was something about it that just made me go, 'I just want to listen to this over and over again.'”
Said in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
Has said they love
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode“I'm into all sorts of music. Bands like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and even bands like Erasure.”
Said in Eric Prydz: from Epic to the island (DJ Mag), August 2017
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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
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Kraftwerk
KraftwerkSaid in Eric Prydz: from Epic to the island (DJ Mag), August 2017
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Erasure
ErasureSaid in Eric Prydz: from Epic to the island (DJ Mag), August 2017
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden“I also listen to a lot of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard”
Said in Eric Prydz: from Epic to the island (DJ Mag), August 2017
Listen
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Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb
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Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer EbbSaid in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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Front 242
Front 242
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Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
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Front Line Assembly
Front Line AssemblySaid in Eric Prydz Does Whatever the F**k He Wants To Do (SPIN), March 2016
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Live show
Light Initiative
EPIC 6.0 HOLOSPHERE transparent LED sphereSeen in LSi Online: EPIC Holosphere created for Eric Prydz, July 2019
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Avolites
Ai S4 media server
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Avolites
Ai S4 media serverSeen in TPi: Avolites Ai S4 Servers Drive EPIC Eric Prydz USA tour, April 2016
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What DAW does Eric Prydz use?
Eric Prydz has said they use Logic Pro. In 2025 they explained that a backup set played at Sonar was an audio rehearsal made in Logic Pro for the HOLOSPHERE 2.0 residency in Ibiza (EDMTunes, 2025). DJ Mag wrote in 2010 that they first dabbled with Logic and Cubase.
What was Eric Prydz's first synth?
Eric Prydz has said they spent vacation pay on a then new Roland MC-505 groovebox in the late 1990s and became obsessed with it, after first making music on an Amiga 500 that could only play four sounds at once (SPIN, 2016).
Does Eric Prydz make music on a laptop?
Yes. They told DJ Mag in 2010 that 95% of their music is made on a train with headphones and a laptop, and DJ Mag watched them open Logic on a MacBook. In 2017 they said they still write with a laptop and headphones and mix later in the studio.
What is the Eric Prydz HOLOSPHERE?
It is the 8 metre transparent LED sphere Light Initiative built for EPIC 6.0, which debuted at Tomorrowland in 2019 with 806,000 LED pixels. Earlier EPIC shows ran their hologram visuals from Avolites media servers.
What music does Eric Prydz listen to?
Eric Prydz has said they love synth bands such as Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Erasure, plus Iron Maiden and Def Leppard (DJ Mag, 2017). ABBA's Super Trouper was the song that grabbed them as a child (SPIN, 2016).
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Eric Prydz is the Swedish producer and DJ behind Pryda, Cirez D and the HOLOSPHERE live show. This guide covers the production tools they have talked about in interviews, from an Amiga 500 and a Roland MC-505 to Logic Pro on a laptop, the technology behind the EPIC and HOLOSPHERE shows, and the music that shaped them.
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