“I got Cubase when I was about 13 or 14 and have been using it ever since.”

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What DAW does Flux Pavilion use?
Flux Pavilion has said he has worked in Steinberg Cubase since his early teens, with Native Instruments Komplete, Massive, FM8, Sylenth1 and Serum for sounds, FabFilter and Waves SSL plugins for dynamics, iZotope Ozone on the master, a Prophet '08, a Roland Jupiter-6, and a Neve 33609 for mastering.
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Studio
“I got Cubase when I was about 13 or 14 and have been using it ever since.”
Plugins
“I also picked up the Native Instruments bundle about six or seven years ago and never looked back.”
“when I know the sound that I need, it's always Massive or FM8 that I go to”
“when I know the sound that I need, it's always Massive or FM8 that I go to”
“Sylenth and Serum are also quite good”
“Sylenth and Serum are also quite good”
Mixing
“I use Wave's SSL and the FabFilter bundle for most of my dynamics”
“I use Wave's SSL and the FabFilter bundle for most of my dynamics”
“Ozone was a mainstay on my master bus.”
Synths
“I've got a Prophet 8 at home, which I do experiment with and does give me ideas”
“I've got a Roland Jupiter-6 that I kind of piss about with”
Mastering
“I just got a Neve 33609 mix bus and an SSL bus compressor, which I use when I do mastering.”
“I just got a Neve 33609 mix bus and an SSL bus compressor, which I use when I do mastering.”
First setup
“I picked up a copy of Reason because I could add bass lines and drumbeats and stuff to them”
“recorded into Cool Edit Pro”
“Then Doctor P showed me a drum machine called HammerHead”
Records that shaped me
“I was listening to it on the way here but Bon Iver, his second album.”
About Flux Pavilion's gear.
What DAW does Flux Pavilion use?
Flux Pavilion told MusicRadar in 2016 that he got Steinberg Cubase at about 13 or 14 and has worked in it ever since. He has also said he first made band demos in Reason.
What plugins does Flux Pavilion use?
He has said he goes to Native Instruments Massive or FM8 for sounds, rates Sylenth1 and Serum, handles most dynamics with Waves SSL plugins and the FabFilter bundle, and kept iZotope Ozone on his master bus for the Tesla album.
What synth does Flux Pavilion use?
He has said he has a Prophet '08 at home that gives him ideas and a Roland Jupiter-6 he plays around with. A 2021 episode of his own FromTheLab series is built around the Moog Subharmonicon.
What outboard does Flux Pavilion use for mastering?
In 2016 he said he had just got a Neve 33609 mix bus compressor and an SSL bus compressor, which he has said he puts on when he does mastering.
Flux Pavilion is Joshua Steele, the UK dubstep producer behind I Can't Stop and Bass Cannon and co-founder of Circus Records. This guide covers the DAW, plugins, synths and outboard he has named in interviews or shown in his own studio videos.
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