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The stars' favourite music software

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By The MusicRadar Team
Published 29 May 2012

UPDATED: Artists and producers talk DAWs, plug-ins and more

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What's on your hard drive?

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).

NEXT: Carl Craig's favourite music software

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Carl Craig's favourite music software

Carl Craig's favourite music software

The Detroit techno legend talks Maschine, Traktor, Logic and more.

READ: Carl Craig's favourite music software

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Lee Curtiss's favourite music software

Lee Curtiss's favourite music software

The Detroit party boy on the tools behind his deep house and techno tracks.

READ: Lee Curtiss's favourite music software

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John Digweed & Nick Muir's favourite music software

John Digweed & Nick Muir's favourite music software

The prog house icon and his studio partner on their hard drive essentials.

READ: John Digweed & Nick Muir's favourite music software

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Dirty Vegas's favourite music software

Dirty Vegas's favourite music software

The house trio's Paul Harris and Ben Harris tell us about their tools.

Dirty Vegas's favourite music software

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Addison Groove's favourite music software

Addison Groove's favourite music software

The UK-based juke junkie gives us his top five list.

READ: Addison Groove's favourite music software

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Page 6 of 18
Paul Hartnoll's favourite music software

Paul Hartnoll's favourite music software

The Orbital man picks his DAWs and plug-ins of choice.

READ: Paul Hartnoll's favourite music software

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Page 7 of 18
Steve Lawler's favourite music software

Steve Lawler's favourite music software

The house DJ/producer shows you his desktop.

READ: Steve Lawler's favourite music software

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Page 8 of 18
London Elektricity's favourite music software

London Elektricity's favourite music software

What's on The Hospital Records boss's hard drive?

READ: London Elektricity's favourite music software

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Page 9 of 18
Meat Katie's favourite music software

Meat Katie's favourite music software

What's on the party-starting breakbeat guru's hard disk?

READ: Meat Katie's favourite music software

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Modeselektor's favourite music software

Modeselektor's favourite music software

Step inside the genre-crushing Berlin-based duo's applications folder.

READ: Modeselektor's favourite music software

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Page 11 of 18
Plastician's favourite music software

Plastician's favourite music software

The London boy on his top dubstep/grime production tools.

READ: Plastician's favourite music software

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Page 12 of 18
Siriusmo's favourite music software

Siriusmo's favourite music software

The genre-hopping producer's most-loved virtual tools.

READ: Siriusmo's favourite music software

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Page 13 of 18
Stanton Warriors' favourite music software

Stanton Warriors' favourite music software

Breakbeat maestros Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley discuss their setup.

READ: Stanton Warriors' favourite music software

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Page 14 of 18
Riva Starr's favourite music software

Riva Starr's favourite music software

Which five pieces of software does this exuberant, wobble-centric bootlegger favour for producing?

READ: Riva Starr's favourite music software

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Claude VonStroke's favourite music software

Claude VonStroke's favourite music software

The dirtybird boss on his top house-building tools.

READ: Claude VonStroke's favourite music software

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Page 16 of 18
Benji Vaughan's favourite music software

Benji Vaughan's favourite music software

The psytrance sorcerer's recommendations.

READ: Benji Vaughan's favourite music software

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Page 17 of 18
Jody Wisternoff's favourite music software

Jody Wisternoff's favourite music software

The prog house icon's top applications and plug-ins.

READ: Jody Wisternoff's favourite music software

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