De La Soul & De La Soul – De La Soul is Dead
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1991 album De La Soul is Dead.
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Gear Used On De La Soul is Dead
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of De La Soul & De La Soul – De La Soul is Dead (1991). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by De La Soul on De La Soul is Dead
Avg price: $225.00
The Sk-5 can be seen at 3:59 in the "3 Feet High and Rising" press kit video. Prince Paul also mentions using it with De La Soul in this interview: https://medium.com/micro-chop/make-those-records-you-make-prince-paul-reacalls-the-making-of-de-la-soul-is-dead-d72af2ddeaf6 From that interview:
Gino: I’m amazed that you guys were utilizing an SK-5. I know that’s a very limited sampler. Did you just use the external mic device to sample?
Prince Paul: I honestly don’t remember. I still have that sampler, but it’s in my attic. I think there was a mic input and it also had mic built in on top of it that you could speak into. I think we just plugged into the mic input and sped samples up. Obviously the sound was kind of jacked up, but nobody was concerned about quality back then. We were just impressed by the novelty of sampling. Everyone was like, “Ooh, I can take a piece of something and play it on a keyboard.”
