“Fruity Loops is still my go-to. Always has been. I just never made the jump to anything else.”

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What DAW does Hudson Mohawke use?
Hudson Mohawke has said FL Studio is still his go-to DAW. He has named the Sequential Prophet-6, Korg M50, Roland Alpha Juno-1, Roland Jupiter-X and ASM Hydrasynth among his synths, runs his gear into Cranborne interfaces, and has said he DJs with Serato and turntables.
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Studio
“Fruity Loops is still my go-to. Always has been. I just never made the jump to anything else.”
“So everything goes into two of these Cranborne interfaces.”
Synths
“It's kind of corny sounding but in a very pleasing way”
“That one also has a lot of sentimental rave sounds, the original Hoover sound”
“It has the classic Roland vocoder on it. It does everything, and it's very hands-on and doesn't have a lot of menus.”
“Very simple workflow, but sounds huge and it's not crazy expensive.”
First synth
“I got it for Christmas one year as a kid: Yamaha DJX.”
DJ booth
“I continue to play with Serato, but I still continue to use turntables.”
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What DAW does Hudson Mohawke use?
Hudson Mohawke told Synth History in 2022 that Fruity Loops (FL Studio) is still his go-to and always has been. He told Resident Advisor he has stuck with it because its odd workflow is incredibly quick.
What synth does Hudson Mohawke use?
He has named the Sequential Prophet-6, a Korg M50 he bought in 2007, the Roland Alpha Juno-1, the Roland Jupiter-X and the ASM Hydrasynth, whose random button he likes for making new sounds.
What audio interface does Hudson Mohawke use?
He told Synth History that everything goes into two Cranborne ADAT interfaces, which take his 500 series preamps straight to digital conversion.
What does Hudson Mohawke DJ with?
In a 2015 Red Bull Music Academy interview he said he still had the very first Serato box, still played with Serato, and preferred turntables to CDJs.
Hudson Mohawke is Glasgow-born producer Ross Birchard, known for Butter, Lantern, Cry Sugar and the duo TNGHT with Lunice. This guide covers the DAW, synths, interfaces and DJ software he has named in interviews.
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