Steve Aoki admits to use of pirated DJ software
25 August 2013, 15:28
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Sarah Rowland
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Steve Aoki, one of the highest paid DJ’s in the world, has admitted to using pirated software for electronic producers.
Specifically, Aoki has been seen using a cracked version of the Sylenth 1 production plug-in. Although confessing the accusations to be true, he claims he legally purchased his initial version.
Reddit user ‘TheRedditarianist’ spotted the cracking software group logo ‘team ArCADE’ in Aoki’s most recent video teaser for ‘A Light That Never Comes’.
Check out the video below to see if you can catch the logo itelf:
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