Watch three videos exploring the art of Chris Liebing's DJ sets

Beginning life as a vinyl DJ, Liebing has never been shy of evolving his set-up’s technology to stay ahead of the game. As an early adopter of Native Instruments technology, the original Maschine remains at the heart of his set-up.

He’s also been a vocal proponent of Traktor, and was one of the loudest voices when the decision was made to retain the programs infamous sync button. Unlike hordes of other people who get hung-up on the authenticities of beat matching, Liebing isn’t bothered with syncing. To him, it’s all about creating new layers.

“[The Maschine] sits front and center in my setup, allowing me to transform another producer’s song into something completely different by adding extra drums or spicing it up with some new percussion or melodic elements.

“I have no problem with syncing. For me, it's more important what comes out of the speaker. And if I don't have to worry too much about staying in sync with everything else all the time, I can use that time to be way more creative and do other things.”