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What does Kaytranada wear and use?

Kaytranada has said they use Native Instruments Maschine and FL Studio for production, with a custom FM8 patch behind their organ-like synth sound. On stage Kaytranada uses CDJs, per a 2025 Hypebeast cover story, and AIAIAI shows them with TMA-2 Studio headphones.

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What does Kaytranada wear?

Kaytranada has been seen wearing the Dries Van Noten Suit (billboard.com, June 2023). Kaytranada has been seen wearing the Ferragamo Shoes (billboard.com, June 2023). Kaytranada has been seen wearing the Acne Studios Eyewear (billboard.com, June 2023).

What DAW does Kaytranada use?

Kaytranada has said FL Studio (FruityLoops) was the first software they learned at 14 and is mainly for sampling, and that Native Instruments Maschine became the main production tool (Red Bull Music Academy, 2016; DJ Mag, 2024).

What plugins does Kaytranada use?

Kaytranada has said they use Native Instruments FM8, customized so it sounds like a cross between a church organ and an accordion (The FADER, 2016).

What headphones does Kaytranada use?

AIAIAI features Kaytranada on its official TMA-2 Studio headphones page, and Kaytranada has been seen using the TMA-2 Studio.

What DJ equipment does Kaytranada use?

Kaytranada uses CDJs, per a 2025 Hypebeast cover story, with tracks loaded on flash drives. In 2024 Kaytranada told DJ Mag about moving from laptop programs to Traktor with hardware controllers.

What jewelry does Kaytranada wear?

Kaytranada has been seen wearing Chrome Hearts rings and an Armani bracelet in the 2025 Hypebeast cover shoot, and Martine Ali jewelry in the 2023 Billboard cover shoot.

What records does Kaytranada love?

Kaytranada has said they love Erykah Badu's The Healer, Craig David's Born To Do It, A Tribe Called Quest's Find A Way, Jay-Z's The Black Album and Justice's Cross.

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Kaytranada is the Haitian-Canadian producer and DJ Louis Kevin Celestin, now based in Los Angeles. This guide covers the production and DJ gear, cover-shoot style and records documented in interviews and magazine features.

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