The stars' favourite music software
UPDATED: Artists and producers talk DAWs, plug-ins and more
What's on your hard drive?
While MusicRadar is always keen to take a tour round a pro’s studio, we’re well aware that many contemporary producers are now primarily software-based.
With this in mind, our friends at Computer Music magazine are frequently asking artists to name their absolute favourite music software, and if you click on, you’ll find a regularly updated gallery that contains links to their responses.
Note that the artists/producers are listed in alphabetical order (either the first letter of the band name or the artist’s surname).
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Steve Lawler's favourite music software
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London Elektricity's favourite music software
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Meat Katie's favourite music software
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Modeselektor's favourite music software
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Plastician's favourite music software
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Siriusmo's favourite music software
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Stanton Warriors' favourite music software
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Riva Starr's favourite music software
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Claude VonStroke's favourite music software
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Benji Vaughan's favourite music software
The psytrance sorcerer's recommendations.
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Jody Wisternoff's favourite music software
The prog house icon's top applications and plug-ins.
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