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What DAW does ODESZA use?

ODESZA uses Ableton Live and a rack of hardware synths, naming the Sequential OB-6, Black Corporation Deckard's Dream, Korg minilogue, UDO Super 6 and Novation Peak in 2025. They use Soundtoys Decapitator and Devil-Loc, and have said they use Native Instruments Maschine and a Kontrol S49 keyboard.

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What DAW does ODESZA use?

ODESZA uses Ableton Live. Harrison Mills told Synth History in 2025 that he started on Reason, Clayton Knight was on Logic, and they moved to Ableton mainly because of their live shows. In 2015 they said they mixed in Logic with Maschine as a plugin.

What synths does ODESZA use?

In 2025 they named the Sequential OB-6, Black Corporation Deckard's Dream, Korg minilogue, UDO Super 6 and Novation Peak, and said the Moog Matriarch has been used. In 2017 they also named a Moog Voyager XL, and u-he Diva for software synths.

What plugins does ODESZA use?

ODESZA uses Soundtoys Decapitator and Devil-Loc and has said they run most things through Decapitator or Radiator. They have also named Overloud Gem Dopamine, u-he Diva, Native Instruments Komplete and Universal Audio UAD plug-ins.

What MIDI keyboard does ODESZA use?

Harrison Mills told Mix in 2017 that their studio was built around Native Instruments Maschine and the Komplete Kontrol S49 keyboard.

What records inspired ODESZA?

Clayton Knight has said Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion was iconic for him, and Harrison Mills has said Jorge Ben's Forca Bruta is a record he could listen to on loop. Both have said they were big fans of Caribou.

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ODESZA is the Seattle duo of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, behind In Return, A Moment Apart and The Last Goodbye. This guide covers the DAW, hardware synths, plugins and controllers they have named in interviews, plus records they have said shaped them.

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