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No. 88 · September 19, 2021

Dennis Cortés

Designer and Musician based in Nashville, TN

Dennis Cortés’s workspace

Dennis Cortés is the Head of Design at Northstar. He also makes music that is great for getting into a flow while working. Check out this hour-long mix of chill lofi beats.

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What software do you use for both your design work and your life as a musician?

For day-to-day work I mainly use Franz, Figma, Alfred, Spark, Bartender, Things, Notion, Spotify, and Chrome. For music I use Ableton Live 10 along with plugins such as Arcade, Portal, API-2500 Compressor, and J37 Tape. For videos I use Premiere Pro and iMovie.

Dennis’s gear

21 items.

On the desk21

  • Computer Macbook Pro M1 13" On 64% of the desks we’ve published
  • Mouse Logitech Vertical Mouse
  • Headphones Apple AirPods Pro On 16% of the desks we’ve published
  • Keyboard Apple Magic Keyboard On 26% of the desks we’ve published
  • Monitor LG 4K 31.5” Monitor
  • Tablet 11" iPad Pro w/ Apple Pencil 2 On 18% of the desks we’ve published
  • Tablet reMarkable 2
  • Accessories Supreme Pelican Case
  • Accessories Gather
  • Speakers Sonos One Speaker
  • Lighting IKEA Holmo Floor Lamp (x2)
  • Desk IKEA Säljan Desk
  • Accessories IKEA Skadis Pegboard (x2)
  • Accessories OP-1
  • Accessories OP-Z
  • Accessories PO-33
  • Accessories Elektron Digitone
  • Microphone Blue Yeti
  • Phone iPhone 12 Mini
  • Accessories Apple Watch Series 4
  • Accessories Incase City Backpack

From the census

Checked against every interview we’ve published. The Top 50 ›

29

An IKEA Skådis pegboard is in 29 of the 527 gear lists we’ve published, this one included.

No. 1

AirPods Pro are the most-listed pair of headphones in the archive.

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