Rhythm + sampling
Roland TR-1000 · MPC Live · SP-404 MKII · Maschine Studio
The backbone: drums, chops, swing, resampling, and the moments that make a loop feel like a record.
Will537 / The Studio
Lower East Side roots.
Built for records.
A hardware-driven room where gritty New York drums, cinematic textures, and original sound become finished music for artists.
Inside the real setup
Sin City · Arp section
Press play · Sound on
No stock setup
The room behind the records.
About Will537
NYC made.
Always independent.
Will537 is William Feliciano, a Puerto Rican producer from Alphabet City on New York City's Lower East Side. His sound brings together gritty drums, cinematic atmosphere, melodic tension, and the movement of hip-hop, trap, drill, Jersey club, and reggaeton.
Before earning his bachelor's degree in Music Production from Berklee Online, William earned a certificate from the Institute of Audio Research. He has worked with many artists, bringing musical instinct and technical discipline to every session and taking ideas from their first spark to a finished, artist-ready record.
This studio is built around real instruments and a hands-on process. The gear is here for one reason: to give every record its own character.
Alphabet City / NYC Berklee Online · IAR
What's in the room
Tools with a purpose.
This is not gear collected for display. Each piece has a job in the sound—from the first drum pattern to the final mix.
Synthesis
Access Virus TI2 · Hydrasynth · Roland SE-02
Custom basses, dark pads, leads, arps, and cinematic layers shaped from the sound up.
Recording + mix
Apollo x6 · Ableton Live · Pro Tools · Yamaha HS6 + KRK 8s
The capture and finishing side of the room—where every part gets arranged, balanced, and prepared for the artist.
Keys + control
Komplete Kontrol S61 · Akai MPK249 · Akai Mini
Hands-on control keeps the workflow musical and the ideas moving before the moment disappears.
The real signal path
Create. Process.
Sequence. Record. Finish.
The studio is wired to keep ideas moving. Drums and synths stay ready, the SP-404 adds texture, the MPC handles sequencing, and the Apollo captures everything cleanly into Ableton Live.
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Drums
TR-1000 into Apollo inputs 1/2.
02
Synth
Hydrasynth into Apollo inputs 3/4.
03
Texture
Virus TI2 into the SP-404 MKII for color and resampling.
04
Sequence
SP-404 into the MPC, then into Apollo inputs 5/6.
05
Finish
Apollo into the Mac, with Ableton Live handling the final arrangement and mix.
My complete workflow
The full process, mapped out.
From the first idea through sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering, and delivery.
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