Verde’s top 5 studio essentials

Apple Logic Pro X

195 » 9/10 » £140 “We use this to make every track. It gets better and better with every release, and although they’ve made it look a little bit like GarageBand, it’s easier on the eye than Ableton Live when you’re staring at it for long periods of time.” www.apple.com

Native Instruments Maschine

198 » 10/10 » £829 “We make our drums in Maschine. It’s just so easy to use. And whether you’re using the hardware or the software, it’s really quick to get something down. We’ve got a big library of our own drum samples in there now, too.” www.native-instruments.com

Moog Music Sub 37 N/A » N/A » £1249 “Most of our basses are from there, and most of the deep Reese-type sounds we use are from there, too. When we started to use it, it didn’t have the plugin editor, and the addition of that has only made it more convenient.” www.moogmusic.com

Native Instruments Massive

107 » 9/10 » £129 “The amount of presets that are available, you can always find something near to the sound you have in your head and tweak it to get to that point. It’s really easy and really quick, so we use it on every track.” www.native-instruments.com

Arturia V Collection

215 » 9/10 » £339 “Again, we use this on everything. There are so many starting points and so many different instruments. The CS80-V2 is really nice for deep brass sounds, pads and strings, and we also use the Modular V on a lot of our tracks.” www.arturia.com