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What DAW does Nation of Language use?

Nation of Language's Ian Richard Devaney uses a GS Music e7 in the live rig, a Moog Minimoog he calls his biggest investment and a Moog DFAM, with Logic Pro, its Delay Designer and Valhalla VintageVerb for writing. He has said he previously played a Sequential Prophet-6 and a DSI Tetra.

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What DAW does Nation of Language use?

Ian Richard Devaney uses Logic Pro for writing and demoing and calls its Delay Designer plugin a workhorse of the writing process.

What plugins does Nation of Language use?

Devaney uses Valhalla VintageVerb, one of the only non-Logic effects plugins he owns, plus Logic Delay Designer. He learned synthesis on the Arturia Mini V before buying a real Minimoog.

What synth does Nation of Language use?

Devaney added a GS Music e7 to the live synth station and calls his Moog Minimoog his biggest investment. He also uses a Moog DFAM, and has said he previously played a Prophet-6 and a DSI Tetra.

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Nation of Language is the Brooklyn synth-pop trio of Ian Richard Devaney, Aidan Noell and Alex MacKay. This guide covers the synths, plugins and DAW Devaney named in a 2025 MusicTech interview about Dance Called Memory.

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