As said in interview, in early days Bonobo used Akai S3000, which he recived from Amon Tobin.

Tom Rowlands, of Chemical Brothers fame, working in his studio. Just check out the complete list of this synthesizer nerd … an instant daydream … and also explains the original sounds on their records!

As I browsed through the sleeve notes on Moby's albums I noticed that the gear lists documented in the 1995 release Everything Is Wrong are almost identical to his current setup. Could it really be possible that this successful musician had no spare cash to spend on new studio gear during the last four years? "From Everything Is Wrong until now I've bought a vocoder and a new sampler and that's about it. On the one hand I'd love to get a bunch of new equipment, but on the other hand there's something to be said for working with equipment with which I'm comfortable. I'm thinking that at some point I will actually switch over and get a full Pro Tools setup and start doing things more in the computer, but for this record I didn't feel compelled to do that."

MOBY GEAR Apple Mac running Steinberg Cubase sequencer. Soundcraft Spirit 24:8:2 desk. Alesis ADAT digital multitracks.

SAMPLERS Akai S950. Akai S1000. Akai S3000. Akai S3200.

SYNTHS/KEYBOARDS Casio CZ101. Emu Proformance piano module. Oberheim Matrix 1000. Roland Juno 106. Roland Jupiter 6. Serge Modular Synth. Waldorf Pulse Plus. Yamaha SY22. Yamaha SY35. Yamaha SY85.

PROCESSORS Dbx 160XT Compressor. Eventide DSP4000. Soundlab Vocoder. Yamaha SPX900.

SEQUENCERS & DRUM MACHINES Roland TB303. Roland TR606. Roland TR909. Roland TR808.

OTHER EQUIPMENT Hafler Pro 5000 Power Amp. Technics 1200 turntables. Ibanez Electric Guitar. Fender Precision Bass.

For Very they used: Korg M1Rs Akai S1000s Akai S3000s Roland S770 E-mu Systems Proteuses Oberheim Matrix 1000 Roland MKS80s Roland MKS50s PPG Waveterm Roland JD800 Roland Juno 106 Sequential Circuits Prophet V Roland R70 Fairlight CMI Macintosh running Notator Logic Dynaudio monitors This is according to Music Technology magazine (Dec 1993)

"I use Logic, but only as a recorder, not for running soft synths. All my sounds are in Akai S3000 sample format, and sometimes I sample another instruments like the Minimoog. With the Akai samplers I have learned the system, so now I don't have to think about it - when you are working long hours in the studio, that's important. And they are very cheap now, so I would prefer to have a whole bank of Akai samplers than to try to make my computer play samples and soft synths. You would really need four or five computers to achieve the same capacity and to avoid any playback delays, so I just don't think computers have reached that stage yet."

Although boasting a lush sound, the album was recorded largely at Paul's Rhythm Ranch studio on a single tascam 16-track with a Studiomaster desk. Synths used include: Roland D-50, Akai S1000 and S3000, Kork M1R, Waldorf Microwave, Roland Super Jupiter module, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Yamaha TX802, Minimoog, MIDIMoog, Oberheim Two-Voice, Roland Jupiter 8 and SH-101.

In the video titled "Hey Good Looking Part 3 of 3" on Vimeo, at around 12:03, LTJ Bukem can be seen with many rack synthesizers in his studio, including an Akai S3000.

can be spotted at 17:30 in this tour

Kajiura uses a G4 Power Mac and records and mixes in Pro Tools. Hermain keyboard is an Ensoniq SR-76, her main synth is a Korg Triton andher main sampler is an old Akai 3000. She uses Digital Performer as asequencer. When playing sampled instruments and editing, she records athome, generally working with anywhere between 30 and 64 tracks, thenheads to local studios to record live musicians and singers.

(Full translation)

Shoji Meguro

Date of birth: 6/4/1971

Person I respect: Late Principal Matsudaira

Favorite Music/Artist: Philadelphia Orchestra

Attitude toward Music: Basically, I don't listen to CDs very much, and listen to music only occasionally on music programs in the middle of the night.

I want to create something original without being influenced by other artists.

My boom: Cello

Favorite character: Tomoko

Main equipment: JD-990, Trinity Pro, S3000, Logic Audio sequencer

User Message: This time, the requests were very strict, and I had to work very hard, but I think I was able to create the best I could at this stage of my career.

My music is still in the process of growing, so please look forward to Meguro Sound in the future.

Favorite technique: Legato

If I were to compare myself to a demon: Gray Man

Aphrodite's well-loved S3000 can be seen @0:48

The “drawing board” consisted of Gray's electric and acoustic guitars (Martin, Lauden and Gibson), an Electro-Voice D257 microphone, a 4-track, an Akai S3000 sampler and a Roland Groovebox synth. (“About half the sounds on the album come from the Groovebox,” Gray explains.) Without a recording contract or a proper studio, Gray and his drummer and sometime bassist Clune began “messing around,” without any intention of making an album. “I was writing a lot of stuff, all kind of miserable, trying to get something going again, trying to find out what I was doing,” he says.