Software I use, gear I love, and other things I recommend.

The fans never turn on, even in sessions where loads of plug-ins are active.

In the past I've used Pro Tools, Reason & Recycle, and Ableton Live, and I love them all, but my daily driver for mixing and production these days is Logic Pro.

I've got number

693757

, made in Sweden back in 1966 in a batch of 1000 guitars. It's basically this but with the optional Bigsby Tremolo and whatever madness previous owners put it through in terms of switching out pickups.

Basically the cheapest keyboard I could find with weighted keys. Love it.

My audio interface of choice.

Really simple MIDI controller that has the perfect combination of knobs, faders, pads, and keys for the kinds of productions I'm working on.

The bottomless looper from Chase Bliss audio. Amazing for helping to flesh out ideas, and really inspiring for sound design.

A real classic – handy as a splitter too.

Every plugin has so much character, and are equally useful in a production or mixing context.

Definitely a cheat code; so helpful when used lightly.

The Air Band alone on this thing  is worth checking out, but the different bands also make for some really musical results when you start twitsting the knobs.

My current favourites include the Renaissance Bundle, SSL EV2 Channel Strip, Manny Triple D, J37 and Kramer Tape, F6 Dynamic EQ, C6 Multiband Compressor.