Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By Phillystres Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:57 am
To all those who are Curious about what your favorite Beat makers use,
well here the list you're been waiting for ,special Thank to the now
Defunct Sp1200 board at egroups.com. Let me know if you can find out what anymoreProducers
use. Here it goes!!

Large Professor -
Kurzweil K2000
Ensoniq ASR-X
SP1200
Oberheim DMX
Akai S950
Erick Sermon - Ensoniq Mirage, Roland W30 (listen to
the use of it's resonant filters and lo-fi 15khz sound
generator on Heavy D's 'Take your time')
Marley Marl - SP1200, DMX, Emulator II, TR 909 and 808
& S950
Pete Rock - MPC 3000, SP1200, S950, S1000 (now and
again) two Fender Rhodes and an ARP Overdub
Kay Gee (Naughty by Nature) MPC 60, SP1200 & S950
DJ Premier - MPC 60 mkII & S950
De La Soul (post Prince Paul era) MPC 60 mkII, SP1200
& S950
DJ Scratch - MPC 3000, S950 & Alesis keyboard
L.E.S - MPC 3000, Roland JV2080
Swiz Beatz (no comment..) MPC 3000 & Korg Trinity
DJ Shadow - MPC 3000
Grandmaster Flash - S950, S1000 & Pro-Tools
DJ Quik - MPC 3000 & JV2080
Alchemist - Ensoniq EPS 16
Bomb Squad - Roland S50, MPC 60, SP1200 (I don't know
what Chuck D is using nowadays)
Jay Dee - MPC 3000, SP1200
DJ MUGGS - MPC 60, S950
Freddie Foxx - MPC 60mk II, MPC 3000 & S3000

By phatbeats Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:25 pm
Swizz beats uses MPC 4000 with a Motif 7. Large Professor also uses a MPC 4000 they were both in the source magazine a while back.

By bboy Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:18 pm
and pete rock uses a 2000xl, not a 3000.

alchemist - ASR10, pro tools, minimoog
rjd2 - mpc2000xl, protools, fender rhodes, guitar
Dre - mpc3000 (x5)
People UNder The Stairs- mpc3000, sp1200
By Phillystres Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:28 pm
Some these Production Gear on this list is Older,But Pete DID use the 3000 a while Back check remixmag.com he where talks using one.
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By jorge guzman Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:37 pm
i guess the list should be what your favorite producer used then right. lol

By Fokesd25 Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:32 am
alot of that shit is wrong
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By DSTRUCT Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:35 am
hahahahahahaha
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By Swissmaster Cheese Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:30 am
You forgot one.....



Swissmaster Cheese-MPC 2kxl, Yamaha P something something keyboard, Tascam 788
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By DSTRUCT Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:38 am
DStruction- mpc 2000 classic, thousands of dusty records, ounces of sticky and imagination.

roland vs890 for recording
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By vakseen Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:43 pm
HAAA...gotta drop my 2
Classic 2k and NOW the 1k, reason 2.5, a microkorg, a yamaha "P..something..something" lol what up swiss
PC & tascam US-122 for them vocs and recording AND my crazy @ss mental
bout to get me some more $hit any day now
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By DSTRUCT Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:31 pm
what up vaks! so THATS why your beats is so hot? you using the classin banga! like yours truly! haha
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By digital_bastard Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:47 pm
I also use a 2k classic. Bet Einstein would have too, should he still be around.. :)

By funky-74 Sun Jun 13, 2004 1:30 pm
Premo is rockin MKI fosho!
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By djadonis206 Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:02 pm
DJ DAN - my favorite DJ/Produder uses Pro-Tools and a SE-1

a lot of guys I know who produce dance music use a 2000xl and Reason

oh yeah and a few of them use SONIC FOUNDRYs ACID

my cousin back in China uses Fruity Loops - SYKE!