What I work with.

Gear, software, and tools I use daily - for music and digital work. Updated when something changes.

In the studio

LP

Logic Pro

Main DAW. Production, recording, mixing, mastering — everything starts and ends here.

AR

Arcade by Output

Sample engine. Fast, musical, and stays out of the way when you need to focus.

NI

Native Instruments

Battery, Massive, Kontakt. The instruments that show up on almost every session.

KS

Keyscape

Spectrasonics. The best keyboard plugin available. Used on almost everything.

FF

FabFilter

Pro-Q, Pro-C, Pro-L. Surgical and transparent. The standard for a reason.

WV

Waves

SSL, API, CLA series. The color and glue across the mixing chain.

AC

Acustica Audio

Hardware emulations done right. Heavy on CPU. Worth every cycle.

The setup

AP

MacBook Pro M2 Pro

16GB RAM, 500GB. Handles full sessions without noise or heat. The switch from Intel was significant.

AU

Audient iD14 MkII

Main audio interface. Clean preamps, reliable drivers — it just works.

MB

Monkey Banana Gibbon 5

Studio monitors. Honest low-mids, good imaging. Mixes translate well out of the room.

BY

Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro

250ohm. Closed-back, detailed. Used for tracking and late-night sessions.

AT

Audio-Technica AT2020

Condenser microphone. Not the most expensive option — intentionally. At home I don't need more.

AR

Arturia MiniLab MkII

MIDI controller. Compact, enough keys for sketching ideas fast.

Everything else

DR

DaVinci Resolve

Video editing. Professional-grade and free. Used for visual content and production videos.

VS

VS Code

Main code editor. Extensions kept minimal — the less clutter, the better.

Co

Comet

Primary browser. AI-native from the ground up.

Cl

Claude

Used for refining concepts I built myself. The ideas are human — the polish is collaborative.

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