RJD2 – Dame Fortune

According to an interview with Reverb.com, Ramble (RJD2) had used bought this instrument between 2008-09.

"Because the record I did the Song Exploder on, that album came out in 2010. And I used the CS-80 a lot on that recording."

Also, on the new album Dame Fortune, he mentions the Yamaha as being used on the album.

In an interview with Thump.Vice.com, Ramble has this to say:

"The best polyphonic synthesizer ever imagined, in my opinion. Has graced countless classic recordings. I'm into this one for upwards of 30-50 man-hours, if I'm guessing. All five of the lower PCBs were rebuilt with modern components; hundreds of chips and capacitors were desoldered, and newly manufactured ones were put in place. It's now one of the most stable synths I own—just a dream to play. The first track on Dame Fortune, "A Portal Inward," is almost entirely this synth. I can't say enough good things about this machine."

Concerning the new album Dame Fortune, Ramble mentions this:

"The CS-80 is on there, I love that thing, the ARP 2600 is in there, and then there are some odds and ends, but that’s kind of the meat and potatoes of it."

RJD2 posts a photo of his DAW session on Twitter, showing he uses Pro Tools for his productions.

In an emusician article about the making of his 2013 album More Is Than Isn't, he talks about using Pro Tools:

“I’ll chop up samples and pitch them to where it sounds natural,” he replies. “I try to keep it at A 440. But sometimes I forget to do that. Some of my older songs are between A and A-flat. Often I will start at 440 as closely as possible and still end up pitching stuff. With analog synths, you have to consider their ability to stay in pitch. I reference things against the Rhodes to know if it’s bang-on in terms of 440. Other times, I’m in the mixing phase and I’ll have to fix the pitch using the pitch shift in Pro Tools.”

Since 2013, RJD2 still uses Pro Tools quite a bit. In an interview with Reverb.com, Ramble mentioned that in the new 2016 album Dame Fortune, he had used Pro Tools to record everything in the album.