What DAW does Fedde Le Grand use?

“Logic was the turning point for me… that's when it all got serious.”

“Nexus was one of the first synths…probably followed by Massive and Sylenth1.”

“Massive has actually got better with age: the high end is much sharper.”

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“Sylenth: it's highly editable; it's got an easy interface and good sound quality”

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“Look at the Sausage Fattener. So simple, but it does the job it's supposed to do.”

“I always like to keep a pair of NS10s, just to help level off the hats, percussion and vocals”

“plus a set of KRK VXT8s, to cross-reference the sound when I'm working on something that needs to be really EDM”

“I started with tracker software, hated it, moved up to Cubase”

“I think the very first plugin I got was the Orange Vocoder, because I wanted to make a record that sounded like Daft Punk.”

“Together, we set up our own studio with Akai samplers, one of the early Mackie digital desks, two Roland JP-8000s”

“two Roland JP-8000s, a Nord Lead, a 909 emulator and… about one year later, Logic appeared.”

“For a while, I was DJing with a live drummer and an early Roland V-Drum module.”

“The mastering chain usually starts with a UAD 4K Buss Compressor.”

“Lately, I've been using the FabFilter Pro-Q 2 EQ, just to sort out the high end and the low mids.”

“I've also gone back to the Brainworx XL, which is good for sorting out the stereo image and getting the whole thing to sound a lot bigger.”

“Then there's a tiny bit of maximising in Ozone 6 to get rid of any extreme peaks”

“FabFilter Pro-L sits right at the end.”

“I'm a big fan of the Sonoxx Oxford range - they have some quality plug-ins including limiters, compressors and everything I need.”

“I don't really need anything too outlandish, just four CDJs and a Pioneer DJM 800 mixer.”

“just four CDJs and a Pioneer DJM 800 mixer”

“And enough Barcardi and coke to last the night.”