{"id":574152,"date":"2026-03-30T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574152\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:33:07","slug":"deadmau5-shows-off-his-synth-paradise-in-new-studio-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574152\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadmau5 shows off his synth paradise in new studio tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

From pawn shop bargains to museum-grade rarities, Deadmau5<\/a>\u2019s studio is exactly what you\u2019d expect from a self-confessed gear obsessive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my office, my lab, my retreat\u2026 I have a severe gear acquisition syndrome,\u201d the producer says, as he opens the door to what is, by all accounts, a seriously stacked electronic music setup.<\/p>\n

In a new Reverb tour, Deamau5 takes viewers inside a synth collection that spans vintage Roland<\/a> classics, sprawling modular rigs, and rare one-off curiosities \u2013 each meticulously curated over years of obsession.<\/p>\n

As Deadmau5 explains, turning this dream studio into a fully functional creative space wasn\u2019t exactly easy: \u201cI had a really good idea of what I wanted coming in,\u201d he says. \u201cThis took like a solid three years just to get it to make sound.\u201d And it shows. Every corner is packed with instruments that will make any synth nerd\u2019s jaw drop.<\/p>\n

Among the first stops on the tour is a Roland Juno-106, \u201cmaybe the second synth I ever bought,\u201d which Deadmau5 scored for just $40 from a pawn shop in Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go in there, and I know exactly what the fuck that thing is,\u201d says the producer. \u201cHe\u2019s got it sitting sideways in a \u2018fuck it\u2019 bin. I say, \u2018hey man, I\u2019m looking for a MIDI controller\u2019, and I pull it out and I\u2019m like \u2018what about this?\u2019 He didn\u2019t even know what the fuck it was. I said, \u2018I just need the keys.\u2019 And he\u2019s like, \u2018okay, 50 dollars.\u2019 I was like, \u2018eh\u2026 40?\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018yeah, whatever.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond classic analogue staples like the ARP<\/a> 2600 and Oberheim<\/a> SEM modules, Deadmau5\u2019s studio is also home to instruments that verge on museum territory. Take the Fairlight CMI30A, a historic sampling synthesizer complete with a still-functioning light pen, for example.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis predates the invention of the [computer] mouse,\u201d Deadmau5 notes. \u201cI\u2019ve used this on tracks. I use it on a track called 2448.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the EMS Synthi AKS \u2013 a compact modular synth \u2013 remains a firm favourite, with Deadmau5 joking he\u2019d \u2018definitely grab it in a fire\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not dirty, but I use it a lot,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s the justification that, oh, I spent so much money on this fucking thing, I might as well use it, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

The room also houses a gold-plated Minimoog Voyager<\/a> 10th Anniversary edition, which Deadmau5 refers to as \u201cthe last unicorn.\u201d One of only 31 ever made, the $15,000 synth is housed in a wooden box painted with high-gloss piano lacquer and accented with Japanese Awabi pearls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never tour with anything I can\u2019t replace,\u201d Deadmau5 adds. It\u2019s a rule he\u2019s only broken once, when he brought the Voyager out for a one-off orchestral performance at The Wiltern Theatre in 2018.<\/p>\n

Watch the full tour below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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