Top 5Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Then we switched to Cubase for a while and now we are in Ableton Live.”
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14 items · Last checked What DAW does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Ableton Live as their DAW, with Lennar Digital Sylenth1 for main leads, u-he Diva, Spire and older synths like reFX Vanguard. They have said they use Sennheiser HD 25 headphones for producing on the road, V-Moda Crossfade headphones for DJing and Genelec monitors.
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LennarDigital
Sylenth1“Sylenth is mostly the top lead, the main lead, because it is in your face.”
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Reveal Sound
Spire“We have Spire as well.”
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Cakewalk
Z3TA+Said in Splice: W&W Talk Workflow with Ableton Live, Sylenth and Collaboration with Hardwell, July 2014
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Studio
Has said they use
Ableton
Live“Then we switched to Cubase for a while and now we are in Ableton Live.”
Has said they use
LennarDigital
Sylenth1“Sylenth is mostly the top lead, the main lead, because it is in your face.”
Said in Splice: W&W Talk Workflow with Ableton Live, Sylenth and Collaboration with Hardwell, July 2014
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Has said they use
Reveal Sound
Spire“We have Spire as well.”
Has said they use
u-he
Diva
Has said they use
Sennheiser
HD 25“When we produce on the road we use the Sennheiser HD-25 headphones, very clear sound!”
Said in Hammarica: Daily DJ Interview: The Success of W&W, January 2013
Has said they use
Genelec
Genelec studio monitors“We use Genelecs ourselves but there are so many good ones.”
Said in Hammarica: Daily DJ Interview: The Success of W&W, January 2013
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Old-school trance synths
Has said they use
Cakewalk
Z3TA+Said in Splice: W&W Talk Workflow with Ableton Live, Sylenth and Collaboration with Hardwell, July 2014
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Novation
V-StationSaid in Splice: W&W Talk Workflow with Ableton Live, Sylenth and Collaboration with Hardwell, July 2014
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Mixing
Has said they use
Xfer Records
OTT“OTT, which is multiband compressor.”
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Cambridge EQ“We use UAD Cambridge a lot for EQing.”
DJ booth
V-Moda
Crossfade headphones
Has said they use
V-Moda
Crossfade headphones“For DJ-ing we use the V-Moda crossfade ones, they're really good and they look cool!”
Said in Hammarica: Daily DJ Interview: The Success of W&W, January 2013
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Where it started
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Steinberg
Cubase
Has said they use
Reason Studios
Reason“We used to work in Reason, but we could not use any free VSTs”
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What DAW does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Ableton Live. Willem explained they started in Reason, moved to Cubase for a while and then switched to Ableton Live (Splice, 2014).
What synth does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Lennar Digital Sylenth1 for the main lead, plus Spire and u-he Diva for more analog sounds. For an old-school trance feel they have said they go to Z3TA+, reFX Vanguard and Novation V-Station (Splice, 2014).
What plugins does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Xfer OTT multiband compression and the UAD Cambridge EQ a lot for EQing, alongside synth plugins like Sylenth1, Spire and Diva (Splice, 2014).
What headphones does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Sennheiser HD 25 headphones when producing on the road and V-Moda Crossfade headphones for DJing (Hammarica, 2013).
What studio monitors does W&W use?
W&W have said they use Genelec studio monitors (Hammarica, 2013).
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