Boards of Canada

"We have five or six samplers, but my favorite by far is still the Akai S1000. It's an old tank now, and the screen has faded so that I almost can't read it, but I know it inside out. It's the most spontaneous thing for making up little tunes. It adds something to the sound - maybe the lower bit depth has something to do with that."

From an interview w/ Michael Sandison.

"Whether they're working separately or together, getting ideas down is generally a result of recording extended jams to tape on anything from a Tascam MSR-16 reel-to-reel to an old Revox recorder to a Grundig machine to an ordinary cassette. Remix, 2005"

The back of an Akai S3200 can be seen in this photo taken during a live performance of Boards Of Canada.

The rear of an Akai S3200 can be seen in this live image.

Boards of Canada is stated to use Logic Pro in a 2005 interview called "Emotional Abuse". "Given BOC's apparent allegiance to all things vintage, it should be no surprise that the duo eschews the use of software — including plug-ins, instruments or synths — aside from the occasional convolution reverb and Apple Logic Pro for arrangement duties." Given the date of the interview, it's very likely that they used version 7.

Michael Sandison of BOC states in this interview they they "have a lovely new Taylor Big Baby steel-string guitar".

In the original album description provided by Boards of Canada's label (Warp Records) the Yamaha CS-70M is mentioned as their "trademark" synth.

via Bleep

This photo taken in 1999 shows the members of Boards of Canada. That blue keyboard is a Yamaha CS-1X.

On Boards Of Canada Wikia page it states that "BOC use the SH-101 extensively."

The AN1x was used by Boards of Canada during the Lighthouse Party.