"Now, with Engines of Creation, Satriani launches a new era of creativity — built with PowerBook and Power Mac computers, keyboards, guitars, and effects."

Throughout countless scores, Macs have long been a staple in Zimmer’s arsenal of tools. “We have loads of Macs and we have loads of PCs,” he says. But he keeps four Power Mac G4s close at hand in his home studio. “I think the Mac is really intuitive,” he adds. “It feels solid.”

we see the instrument, at prince's home studio in paisley park

The studio is based around two Apple Mac G4 computers running Logic, plus a selection of outboard including (right) the Digitech Studio Vocalist used extensively on Another Day On Earth, a Lexicon Jam Man loop sampler and an Eventide H3000 Harmonizer.

Mac G4 is included in the list of computers, DAWs and recording hardware.

"Back in his own home studio (equipped with Steinberg Cubase running on an Apple Mac G4), Sumner then imported those ideas and generated new ones using either a Roland XV-5080 or Doepfer MS-404 synth to create string parts, additional bass lines or background atmospherics."

As the center of his studio, BT uses M-Audio's Radium61 61-Key USB MIDI Controller to drive his system, complemented by an array of Pioneer Pro DJ gear. He has both a Macintosh G5, running Logic Pro with Digidesign's Pro Tools HD hardware systems, and a G4, allowing him to run older software and hardware interfaces. Additionally, there are multiple AMD Dual-core Opteron computers running Native Instruments' Kontakt 2 with EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Choir libraries as well as Quantum Leap Colossus and Stormdrum and Native Instruments' Kompakt. The space is nothing if not versatile. For his score for 2004's "Monster," BT wanted a more organic sound, so vocals, guitars and percussion overdubs were done in various room at his home. For this, he used a variety of mics, some of the many guitars hanging on his wall and Neve microphone preamps.

Recorded on an Apple Mac G4 running Digidesign Pro Tools and MOTU Digital Performer with Steinberg Cubase VST and Cycling '74 Pluggo, Chasm includes guest appearances by Arto Lindsay, David Sylvian and various Thai monks, as well as YMO's Hosono and Takahashi (now known as Sketch Show).

"Although Numan writes all of his music on an aged upright piano, slowly adding effects, synth sounds and big beats, he also works with modern gear: Emagic Logic Audio Platinum and Digidesign Pro Tools on an Apple Mac G4 with two iZ Technology RADAR 24 digital recorders and a Mackie d8b desk. His synths are both soft and hard: Korg Wavestation, Alesis QuadraSynth, Korg M1, Roland D50 LA, GEM S2 Turbo and a Korg electric piano."

Mentioned in this 2003 Sound & Recording interview (of which the magazine printing can be found here), which has been translated into English here.

メインの作業スペース。モニターはFOSTEX NF-1Aで、面に立ち上がっているのはSTEINBERG Cubase VST（APPLE PowerMac G4/500MHzを使用）。マスター・キーボードのROLAND A-80の上にはWALDORF 4Poleが置かれている

Nujabes’ main workspace. The monitors are Fostex NF-1A’s, and seen running on the screen is Steinberg Cubase VST (through an Apple PowerMac G4/500MHz). Set up on top of his master keyboard, the Roland A-80, is a Waldorf 4Pole.

Quoted from the interview, Bob said:

What I got at home, the core is using the Power Mac G4's, whether it's my laptop or dual gig tower I got.

The center of the studio is a console with a big 36 channel mixer (Soundcraft), the master keyboard (Quasimidi "Cyber 6"), a computer (Apple Power Mac G4) and additional equipment (see photo). To the left and right of the mixer there are flat screen computer monitors. Below the mixer the master keyboard is placed on a board which is assembled like a drawer so that Klaus can pull it out when he plays music, and push it back when he works mainly with the computer. The computer stands on the floor.