Dan GoldingInterview
Academic, author, composer
Adapted from Dan Golding's interview on Uses This, published 24 July 2018. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I'm on a MacBook Pro, which I use to make pretty much everything described above, including writing, research, recording, video editing and music.
I also use an iPhone X, which is great, though I'm a little creeped out by the facial recognition tech, which has reshaped the way I think about my phone.
I use a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S49 keyboard (though a slightly older version than the newer ones, which also look ace), which is just about the best digital keyboard I've used.
Productivity
For keeping track of my academic research, I use Zotero, which is free and open source.
Coding & Development
For writing (especially long-form work like books and theses), I love Scrivener.
Media
I use Logic Pro X for my music and audio recording, and a wide variety of plug-ins and virtual instruments.
My favourite is Cinematic Studio's Strings, which are really beautiful and naturalistic, and made here in Australia, too.
For writing, I don't know where I'd be without Spotify, too, on which I have more than 36 hours worth of film music playlisted by decade and ready to go.