“Logic is something I need in my life, I can't work without it. I've tried other DAWs but it just doesn't work.”

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What DJ gear does Swedish House Mafia use?
Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello has said Logic is something he can't work without and that he produces on a Mac laptop. Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso have said they used reFX Nexus on I Found U, Calling and Reload, Axwell edited the One vocal in Melodyne, and the One video featured a Teenage Engineering OP-1.
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“Logic is something I need in my life, I can't work without it. I've tried other DAWs but it just doesn't work.”
“I used NEXUS on my track "I Found U" for the piano sound, and I really love the simplicity of NEXUS”
“Well, it worked after Axwell [third Mafia man] Melodyne'd the crap out of it!”
“Just being able to run everything on a laptop is amazing.”
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What DJ gear does Swedish House Mafia use?
Swedish House Mafia has been seen using the Teenage Engineering MOAD (Mother Of All Decks) (musicradar.com, June 2022). Swedish House Mafia has been seen using the AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000 (gearnews.com, June 2022).
What DAW does Swedish House Mafia use?
Steve Angello has said Logic is something he needs, and that he has tried other DAWs but nothing else works for him, in a Future Music studio interview filmed in 2007.
What plugins does Swedish House Mafia use?
Axwell has said they used reFX Nexus for the piano on I Found U, and Sebastian Ingrosso has said they used Nexus on Calling and Reload. Steve Angello has said Axwell edited Pharrell's vocal on One in Melodyne.
What synth is in Swedish House Mafia's One video?
The video for One (Your Name) prominently featured the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer, sampler and controller, per MusicRadar in 2010.
What MIDI keyboard does Steve Angello use?
Future Music's 2007 studio visit showed an Edirol controller keyboard in front of two Apple screens, with a Mackie Big Knob controlling his monitors.
What computer does Steve Angello use?
He told Future Music in 2007 that he moved from a PC to a Mac and that being able to run everything on a laptop is amazing.
Swedish House Mafia are Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello, the Stockholm trio behind One, Save the World, Don't You Worry Child and Paradise Again. This guide covers the DAW, plugins, synths and studio tools the members have named in interviews and on brand pages.
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