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Ableton
Live“I use Live as a musical instrument, but not from the classical perspective”
Said in Ableton: Sara Landry: High-End Hard Techno, July 2021
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12 items · Last checked What DAW does Sara Landry use?
Sara Landry has said she produces in Ableton Live Suite with a Push 2 at the center of her studio and Apogee Symphony converters. She has named Live's Wavetable, Operator and Saturator, Spectrasonics Omnisphere for pads, Xfer Serum in every track and the Soundtoys suite as tools she relies on.
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Ableton
Push 2“This is my favorite and most-used piece of studio gear”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
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Ableton
Wavetable“I love using Wavetable because it's incredibly easy to create weird, textured noises that have a lot of movement”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
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Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
OperatorSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
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Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
SaturatorSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“I use Live as a musical instrument, but not from the classical perspective”
Said in Ableton: Sara Landry: High-End Hard Techno, July 2021
Has said they use
Ableton
Push 2“This is my favorite and most-used piece of studio gear”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Apogee
Symphony I/O converters
Has said they use
Apogee
Symphony I/O convertersSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
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Has said they use
Ableton
Wavetable“I love using Wavetable because it's incredibly easy to create weird, textured noises that have a lot of movement”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Has said they use
Ableton
OperatorSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Has said they use
Ableton
SaturatorSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Ableton
Corpus and Resonator (Live audio effects)
Has said they use
“to take something that's very atonal and give it a tone”
Said in Ableton: Sara Landry: High-End Hard Techno, July 2021
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Has said they use
Spectrasonics
Omnisphere“I use Omnisphere for pads mostly, and my pad in Sacrifice is a custom pad from this VST.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Has said they use
Xfer Records
Serum“I use at least one instance of Serum in every track to create background textures and atmosphere.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
Soundtoys
Soundtoys plugin suite
Has said they use
Soundtoys
Soundtoys plugin suite“The money I spent on the Soundtoys suite remains the best money I've ever spent on plugins.”
Said in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Sara Landry, Sacrifice EP, April 2020
What I wear
Rick Owens
Black gown
Seen wearing
Rick Owens
Black gownSeen in Flaunt: Sara Landry, A Paris Fashion Week Photo Diary, March 2025
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Rick Owens
Flannel sweatpants
Has said they love
Rick Owens
Flannel sweatpants“The coolest, most insane pieces from my closet are by Rick, as are my favorite flannel sweatpants.”
Said in Flaunt: Sara Landry, A Paris Fashion Week Photo Diary, March 2025
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Questions
About Sara Landry's gear.
What DAW does Sara Landry use?
Ableton Live Suite. She told Magnetic Magazine in 2020 that her Sacrifice EP was made in Live 10 Suite, and told Ableton in 2021 that she treats Live as a musical instrument, building her own racks and workflows.
What plugins does Sara Landry use?
She has said she puts at least one instance of Xfer Serum in every track, Spectrasonics Omnisphere for pads, and the Soundtoys suite, which she called the best money she has spent on plugins. She also leans on Live's Wavetable, Operator, Saturator, Corpus and Resonator.
What MIDI controller does Sara Landry use?
Ableton Push 2. She told Magnetic Magazine it is the piece of studio gear she relies on most, and that she reconfigured her studio so the Push sits front and center.
What audio interface does Sara Landry use?
She told Magnetic Magazine in 2020 that besides her Push 2, the gear she relies on most is her speakers and Apogee Symphony converters.
What designer does Sara Landry wear?
Rick Owens. She told Flaunt in 2025 she has been a fan for more than 10 years, that the most daring pieces in her closet are by Rick, and she wore a black Rick Owens gown to his Fall Winter 2025 show.
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Sara Landry is an Austin-born hard techno DJ and producer known as the High Priestess of Hard Techno and for her KLUBHAUS events. This guide covers the Ableton-centered studio setup and plugins she has described, plus her Rick Owens wardrobe.
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