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What DAW does The Crystal Method use?

The Crystal Method has said they use Pro Tools HD on an Apple Mac Pro at their Crystalwerks studio, with Ohm Force Ohmicide distortion, the Waves L3-LL Multimaximizer and SSL bus compressor, plus Arturia Jupiter-8V, Absynth 4 and GForce impOSCar soft synths, and two MacBook Pros running Pro Tools on stage.

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What DAW does The Crystal Method use?

Pro Tools. Ken Jordan has said Crystalwerks runs Pro Tools HD on an Apple Mac Pro, and that their live show ran on two MacBook Pros, both running Pro Tools.

What plugins does The Crystal Method use?

Ken Jordan has said they use Ohm Force Ohmicide for distortion, the Waves L3-LL Multimaximizer and the Waves SSL stereo bus compressor on lots of their mixes.

What synth does The Crystal Method use?

In the studio Ken Jordan named the Arturia Jupiter-8V, Native Instruments Absynth 4 and GForce impOSCar soft synths. His first setup was an Ensoniq ESQ-1 synth with an Ensoniq Mirage sampler.

What laptop does The Crystal Method use live?

Two Apple MacBook Pros, both running Pro Tools, with one locked to the other by word clock and MIDI time code, according to Ken Jordan.

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The Crystal Method is the Los Angeles electronic act started by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, known for the big beat album Vegas; Kirkland has led it alone since Jordan retired in 2017. This guide covers the studio software, synths and laptops the duo described in a Crystalwerks studio interview.

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