“I’m convinced as I started learning how to use FL Studio at such a young age, it definitely gave me an advantage as I grew older.”
What DAW does Max Dean use?
Max Dean has said FL Studio is where production started, installed on a laptop at about age 12 by a neighbour. Max Dean has named Azari and III's "Reckless With Your Love", Infinity Ink's "Alienation" and Hot Natured's "Benediction" as tracks that got Max into electronic music.
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What studio gear Max Dean uses: a sourced gear guide
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Where it started
“I’m convinced as I started learning how to use FL Studio at such a young age, it definitely gave me an advantage as I grew older.”
Records that shaped me
“This record is a big inspiration of mine and influenced my music massively.”
“This era of music for me was the best. Unbeatable.”
“one of the tracks of my early visits to Ibiza.”
About Max Dean's gear.
What DAW does Max Dean use?
Max Dean has said a neighbour who owned a label downloaded FL Studio onto a laptop when Max was about 12, and that learning it that young was a real advantage later on.
What tracks got Max Dean into electronic music?
In a 2023 Toka interview, Max Dean named Azari and III "Reckless With Your Love", Infinity Ink "Alienation" and Hot Natured "Benediction", plus the Mark Knight remix of Florence and the Machine "You've Got the Love" from early Ibiza trips.
What record inspired Max Dean the most?
Max Dean has called Azari and III "Reckless With Your Love" a big inspiration that influenced the Max Dean sound massively, and later remixed it.
Max Dean is a London DJ and producer behind the neXup label and hits like "Can't Decide" and "Gets Like That" with cousin Luke Dean. This guide covers the software Max learned on and the records Max has named as inspirations.
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