In a teaser video for his fortcoming track “A Light That Never Comes” featuring Linkin Park, Steve Aoki accidentally revealed that he has been using a pirated synth when the camera scrolls over his computer screem . Specifically, the video shows him using Sylenth, a popular synth plug in used in a lot of American EDM music. When you look closely at the 23 second mark of the video, you can see that the plug in is licensed to “TEAM ArCADE,” a well-known software cracking group.
It may seem ironic that one of the world's richest DJs resported to pirating; Forbes recently ranked Steve Aoki eleventh on their Richest DJs List. Perhaps pirating audio software is so commonplace these days that no one worries about the consequences of getting caught anymore.