About Me

Elliott Sebag (aka Evan Hays) made his first steps into audio with the wish to share and make discover to other people the music that he loves so much.

He started with Djing, characterized by long eclectic Dj sets, mixing multiple House/Techno subgenres along old school, exotic or even experimental influences.
You might have heard him mostly in Paris or Montreal in some places like the Redlight, Batofar, Folies Pigalle, 4 Elements, Panic Room, Concorde Atlantique, Newspeak, Le Belmont or at his stop at the Marvellous island Festival in 2016.

On the side, he quickly discovered the production/studio world and made his first audio experiments, with since the beginning a strong attraction for audio synthesis and modulations. We indeed find this back in his tracks with those catchy synths, rich and bewitching that keeps evolving with life.

Along with his childhood friend, Lowel, Evan cofounded TDF Records a collective born association which has now become a full part Label. Based between Paris & Montreal, TDF gathers a few artists, organize some events and release some underground Techno music.

His interest for audio technique led Elliott to acquire more knowledge & experience via an Audio Production Technique formation at Musitechnic which he completed with “excellence mention”. He developed some competences in various domains from audio recording/engineering to sound design, post production for video content, dynamic audio integration into video games via the Wwise Engine which he is both 101 & 110 certified user…

During the last years he specialized himself into musical Mixdown & Mastering mainly into electronic music (Techno/House) as well as experimental, reggae, folk pop … which he offers his services via Smart DSP.
Do not hesitate to contact him for any collaboration!

Finally, more recently he started a second website more oriented towards Audio (Post) Production where you’ll be able to find his references, favourite freewares list, key binding list & downloadable custom mapping, in-depth audio articles & templates/files, etc. Check it out at www.elliottsebag.com !

  • TDF - The Dream Factory : Global audio project mainly represented by the label subproject : TDF Records. While the 2 other subprojects are still in internal development.
  • Smart DSP : Community for audio artists & pros as well as a marketplace between quality technicians/engineers and artists for audio services and products.

Studio Setup

  • Presonus - Studio One Pro 4

  • Ableton - Live 10 Suite

  • Steinberg - Cubase LE 9

  • Steinberg - Wavelab LE 9

  • Audiokinetic - Wwise 2018.x

  • Izotope - RX 7 Standard

  • Celemony - Melodyne 4 Assistant

    ACME Audio :
  • Opticom XLA-3

    ADA :
  • STD-1 Stereo Tapped Delay

    AMEK :
  • EQ 200

    Ampeg :
  • V-4B

    Arturia :
  • V Collection 7

    Black Box Analog Design :
  • HG-2

    Brainworx :
  • bx_digital V3
  • bx_subsynth
  • bx_saturation V2
  • bx_townhouse Buss Compressor
  • bx_2098 EQ
  • bx_console E
  • bx_console Focusrite SC
  • bx_console G
  • bx_console SSL 4000 E
  • bx_console SSL 4000 G
  • bx_console N
  • bx_bassdude
  • bx_blackdist2
  • bx_bluechorus
  • bx_cleanweep Pro (+V2)
  • bx_control V2
  • bx_delay 2500
  • bx_distorange
  • bx_greenscreammer
  • bx_limiter
  • bx_masterdesk
  • bx_megadual
  • bx_megasingle
  • bx_metal2
  • bx_oberhausen
  • bx_opto
  • bx_opto Pedal
  • bx_panEQ
  • bx_refinement
  • bx_rockrack V3 (+Player)
  • bx_shredspread
  • bx_stereomaker
  • bx_XL V2
  • bx_yellowdrive
  • bx_meter
  • bx_rooMS
  • bx_boom
  • bx_tuner
  • bx_subfilter
  • bx_solo
  • bx_cleansweep

    Celemony :
  • Melodyne Assistant

    Chandler Limited :
  • Curve bender Mastering EQ (native)
  • GAV19T

    Diezel :
  • VH4

    DS Audio :
  • Thorn V1.2

    Elysia :
  • Alpha Compressor
  • Karacter
  • Mpressor
  • Museq
  • Niveau Filter
  • Nvelope
  • Phil's Cascade

    ENGL :
  • E646 VS
  • E765 RT

    Fabfilter :
  • Pro-Q 3
  • Pro-C 2
  • Pro-MB
  • Pro-L 2
  • Pro-R
  • Saturn/Saturn 2

    Fiedler Audio :
  • Stage

    Fuchs Amps :
  • Overdrive Supreme 50
  • Train II

    Gig Performer :
  • Gig Performer 3 (PA Edition)

    Lindell Audio :
  • 80 Series
  • 254E
  • 354E
  • 6X-500
  • 7X-500
  • ChannelX
  • PEX-500
  • TE-100

    Maag Audio :
  • EQ2
  • EQ4
  • Magnum-K

    Millennia :
  • NSEQ-2
  • TCL-2

    ProAudioDSP :
  • DSM V3

    Purple Audio :
  • MC77

    Shadow Hills :
  • Mastering Compressor Class-A
  • Mastering Compressor (Native)

    SPL :
  • Vitalizer Mk2-T
  • Iron
  • Passeq
  • HawkEye
  • Transient Designer Plus
  • Attacker Plus
  • De-Verb Plus
  • Mo-Verb Plus
  • EQ Ranger Plus
  • De-Essers
  • DrumXchanger
  • TwinTube

    Sonnox :
  • Oxford Limiter V3
  • Oxford Inflator V3
  • Vocal Doubler (Widen+Thicken)

    IK Multimedia :
  • TR5 Stealth Limiter
  • TR5 Master EQ-432
  • TR5 White 2A
  • TR5 British Channel
  • TR5 EQ-81
  • TR5 Dyna-Mu
  • TR5 Quad Limiter
  • TR5 Quad Compressor
  • TR5 EQP-1-A
  • TR5 De-Esser
  • TR5 Mic Room
  • Syntronik (18 sample based classic synths emulations)

    Izotope :
  • RX 7 standard
  • Ozone 8 standard
  • Neutron 2 elements
  • Nectar 2 elements
  • Neutrino
  • Vocal Doubler

    Nugen Audio :
  • MasterCheck Pro

    Sennheiser :
  • Ambeo Orbit

    Soundtoys :
  • Little Plate
  • Little Radiator

    Slate Digital :
  • Virtual Mix Rack
  • Virtual Mic System: Classic Collection (18 mics emulations)

    Unfiltered Audio :
  • BYOME
  • Dent 2
  • Fault
  • G8
  • Indent 2
  • Instant Delay
  • Sandman Pro
  • SpecOps
  • TRIAD
  • Zip

    Vertigo :
  • VSC-2
  • VSM-3

    Waves :
  • Abbey Road plate Reverb
  • Smack Attack
  • Sibilance
  • H-Comp
  • Berzerk Distortion
  • OneKnob Wetter

    Applied Acoustics Systems :
  • Ultra Analog Session 2
  • Lounge Lizard Session 4
  • Strum Session 2

  • + Live 10 Suite stock plugins + All Packs + Users shared M4Live patchs

  • + Studio One 4 Professional stock plugins + All Packs

  • + Over 50 Freewares & more... My favorites freewares are listed here

    • Main Workstation (Selfbuilt & Audio Optimised):
      • CPU - Intel I7 8700k
      • RAM - 32Gb ddr4 3600mhz
      • GPU - MSI GTX 1060 GX 6gb
      • OS Drive - 500 Gb SSD
      • Audio Drive - 500 Gb SSD
      • Data Storage - 1 Tb SSHD
      • OS - Windows 10 pro

    • Laptop - Asus ROG GL553VD


    • Audio Interface - MOTU M4


    • Mixing Controller - Presonus Faderport 8

    • Production Controller - Ableton Push

    • Production Controller - Arturia Keystep


    • Synth - Korg Minilogue xd

    • Synth - Moog Theremin Etherwave +

    • Synth - PO-Robot

    • Synth - PO-Sub


    • Speakers - Presonus Sceptres S8

    • Headphones - Sennheiser hd 25

    • Headphones 2 - Pioneer HDJ-500


    • Mic - Slate Digital ML-2


    • Power Supply - Furman PL-Pro C

    • Display 1 - LG MP59G-P

    • Display 2 - Acer T232HL


    • Dj Mixer - Allen & Heath Xone92

    • Dj Controllers - NI X1 mk2 x2

    • Dj Audio Interface - NI Traktor Audio 10