J Dilla

“I started with the SP-12 then moved to the SP-1200 and then shortly after that the MPC-60, then the MPC-60 II, then the MPC3000 and Ive been on the MPC 3000 ever since then. Ive tried other samplers but the 3000 is best for me for what I like to do.”

In this tribute to J-Dilla on Stones Throw's official site, Karriem Riggins says, "They brought him a little Boss [SP] 303 sampler and little 45 record player.....That's what brought him through to make a lot of music that we hear on Donuts."

Nodfactor re-publishes an article from a February 2006 edition of Scratch magazine where Alvin “Aqua Boogie” Blanco interviews J-Dilla. Aqua Boogie asks what equipment did J-Dilla start with, to which he replies “I started with the SP-12 then moved to the SP-1200 and then shortly after that the MPC-60, then the MPC-62, then the MPC3000 and I’ve been on the MPC 3000 ever since then. I’ve tried other samplers but the 3000 is best for me for what I like to do.”

Nodfactor re-publishes an article from a February 2006 edition of Scratch magazine where Alvin “Aqua Boogie” Blanco interviews J-Dilla. Aqua Boogie asks what equipment did J-Dilla start with, to which he replies “I started with the SP-12 then moved to the SP-1200 and then shortly after that the MPC-60, then the MPC-62, then the MPC3000 and I’ve been on the MPC 3000 ever since then. I’ve tried other samplers but the 3000 is best for me for what I like to do.”

Nodfactor re-publishes an article from a February 2006 edition of Scratch magazine where Alvin “Aqua Boogie” Blanco interviews J-Dilla. Aqua Boogie asks what equipment did J-Dilla start with, to which he replies “I started with the SP-12 then moved to the SP-1200 and then shortly after that the MPC-60, then the MPC-62, then the MPC3000 and I’ve been on the MPC 3000 ever since then. I’ve tried other samplers but the 3000 is best for me for what I like to do.”

Nodfactor re-publishes an article from a February 2006 edition of Scratch magazine where Alvin “Aqua Boogie” Blanco interviews J-Dilla. Aqua Boogie asks what equipment did J-Dilla start with, to which he replies “I started with the SP-12 then moved to the SP-1200 and then shortly after that the MPC-60, then the MPC-62, then the MPC3000 and I’ve been on the MPC 3000 ever since then. I’ve tried other samplers but the 3000 is best for me for what I like to do.”

In this video, J. Rocc and others open J Dilla's storage locker, and he recounts a story with J Dilla at 20:54:

"...and they sent him THIS. He hit me up, 'J. Rocc, I've got the Moog back man, I'm back in business baby!' I was like, 'C'mon man! What?' It was on the TV tray... he was like, 'I got the keyboard back!' He was waiting for this..."

Seen at 1:45, the awkward stalk of the vocoder microphone can be spotted atop the knobbed interface of the Microkorg.

In this video Mastering Engineer Dave Cooley talks about some of the equipment J Dilla used while living in LA during his time working with him including the Korg Electribe (Esx-1) among other pieces, at 15:50.

In this image, J Dilla is seen in his home studio with a Numark PT-01 portable Record Player to the RIGHT of his MPC 3000.

In this image, you can see a Technics SL-1200 Mk2 in the background next to a DJ mixer.