What equipment and software do you use for your music production and/or DJing?

I think it is a nice idea to use a forum topic about the gear you use for your music production and/or DJing. It is meant that we can discuss about it and also give advices to help each other.

I use several software and equipment for my activities. While I just use software for all my music projects STAHLSCHLAG, Fundustrial, In Tenebris and Stiminal, I have some "old" gear to perform my music live.

My main DAW is Renoise: https://renoise.com/

I love to use Renoise because it support just the way I think. I started using trackers end of the 90s to write my first tracks and I never really changed it. I tried DAWs like Fruity Loops or Reaper but I always come back to Renoise to track but Reaper is my DAW for mastering releases. The new Renoise version also offers direct coding for music in LUA. Which is something I have to dig deeper into.

For the music production I really own way too many Synthesizers and effects. I tend to try something new with every track and release, so I can just tell a little about my favorites here.

Synths:
- Tone2 Synthesizers: I really love what they offer. I almost own all of them: https://www.tone2.com/ Icarus and Saurus are freaking amazing. While Icarus is an allround synth with kind of every synthesizing approaches, Saurus is a substractive Synth with great analog sound.
- u-he Synthesizers: u-he has some amazing Synths too. I own Zebra and Hive and I am really happy with their features. Looking forward a lot to Zebra3. Zebra is an allround synth too with semi modular features.
- Melda MSoundfactory: This is an awesome Synth (platform) with a lot of dedicated Synths. You can compare it to Kontakt in a way. Its is all modular and you can build your own synth, if you like. I totally enjoy their smart randomizers too. I like to use them to create starting sounds. This is what I use for my dark ambient stuff too.
- Mirage/Floe: This is maybe something not known well. https://floe.audio/ It is a great sample library with a randomizer too and has such creepy dark sounds. Perfect for dark ambient and my main synth for it.

Effects:
- Minimal Audio Rift: My favorite Distortion effect and because I like to make stuff crunchy, it always delivers. What I love about it is the amount of algorhithms to destroy stuff and the smart randomizer.
- Shaperbox3: Shaperbox is multi effect processor with such inspiring modules. It comes with filters, panning, crushing effect and more. Really great to get inspired for any effect or for transitions.
- Fuse Audio Labs Ocelot Limiter and Clipper: I have a lot of limiters and clippers but I think these are the best ones to use. Use a clipper before a limiter to shove off peaks and then limit it. It works pretty good.

Live-Equipment:
- AKAI MPD24: Old but gold. I own it for almost 20 years. I use it to trigger loops and samples in Renoise.
- Roland SP-555: And this is another great toy for live performances. It is a sampler with effects. I also use it for playing loops and sequences of certain tracks.
- Yamaha AG06: My audio interface for producing and live performances. Great sound and I also record vocals with it.

Ok, that's it so far. Please feel free to share your equipment too, if you want. Or just ask questions.

When i started producing music it was a lark- I made something in Bandlab that I could use for introducing my DJ shows. A few months later I was curious what else I could make. I still go back to Bandlab from time to time for the free sample packs they offer- there is always something new and with effects and VST/Plug-Ins you can adjust them to your needs.
Now, I use Tracktion Waveform Free as my main DAW (https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-free) . It's layout reminds me most of Bandlab's with the caveat that it's much more advanced and adaptable. I have Reaper as well, and have been known to build in one DAW and Master in another.

For the notable, strange programs I utilize- Serum 2 has been a delight, Cherry Audio's Yellowjacket synth, Jamahook, (https://jamahook.com/) which is an analysis/sample lookup tool that 'listens' to a track, then finds samples in your library that match, or may work with your idea. I started working with X-O drum sampler, that does a similar thing allowing you to quickly traverse drum samples and find sounds. (https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/xo)
I also just purchased Vochlea's Dubler 2 (https://vochlea.com/products/dubler2) which allows you to turn your voice into a midi. I have yet to really get into that yet.
For effects (distortion) etc I generally use Camel Crusher (https://camelcrusher.com/) which has some nice pre-sets, that are easily adjustable. I kinda fumble along, trying things, seeing what I like and as such really have too many plugins to list.

Hardware wise- I have a Maschine 2, Arturia 49 Key synthesizer and Teenage Engineering's EP- 1320 Medieval sampler.

I'm big on experimentation, and even if I don't know how to use something I still am going to try. Hardware, software, instruments....

This is all so interesting.

I just decided to produce a new album just with one synth, drums samples from the same few packs and just iternal effects in Renoise for sound design purposes but I will use some mastering and mixing tools I really like.

I want to limit myself more again to have more fun producing. It is really hard for me not getting lost in all the plugins I own.