Danny Elfman

"Typically, I'll bring a rig with an Apple Power Macintosh 9500 running Mark of the Unicorn's Performer, two Emulator EIV samplers with 128 MB of RAM, and two Roland S-760 samplers. Sometimes, I'll also bring my other Emulator samplers: two 3XPs and two ESI-32s. The S-760s are playing guide stuff — the orchestral string and horn mock-ups that I've sequenced at home — that I can refer to, but these tracks seldom end up as a part of the final score. The EIVs and the 3XPs are the machines actually laying down what will end up on the final score as the drums, percussion, and so on."

The Samson S-Direct Plus box can be seen on the left of Elfman's studio rack during the 2015 "Exilarte" interview.

During the 2015 interview for "Exilarte" magazine, the Furman PL-PLUS Power Conditioner/Light Module can be seen built into Elfman's studio rack.

Danny states in this interview that he used "the first Mac" when composing the score for "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure;" the first Mac is the 128k.

"Typically, I'll bring a rig with an Apple Power Macintosh 9500 running Mark of the Unicorn's Performer, two Emulator EIV samplers with 128 MB of RAM, and two Roland S-760 samplers. Sometimes, I'll also bring my other Emulator samplers: two 3XPs and two ESI-32s. The S-760s are playing guide stuff — the orchestral string and horn mock-ups that I've sequenced at home — that I can refer to, but these tracks seldom end up as a part of the final score. The EIVs and the 3XPs are the machines actually laying down what will end up on the final score as the drums, percussion, and so on."

Yamaha O2r mixers can be seen in Danny Elfman's studio.

"I have things patched digitally through Pro Tools, but I've also got groups coming up through the [DM-3200]. So I can take groups of instruments and mute them - I don't like having everything virtual. Also, as I bring in different instruments, I've got a board to plug into. I'm constantly adding things like analog synths, this and that. It makes things so much easier. If I want to bring in a vocoder, or a new synthesizer, I just plug them right into the board. Whereas going digitally into Pro Tools, it's a lot more complicated. You're dealing with a world where everything is patched through multiple digital lightpipe connections. It's a beautiful thing in one way, but frustrating in another. You can't just grab a lightpipe and plug it into a synthesizer. So I really like the combination of a hands-on mixer with meters, and having a digital, virtual mixer on a screen that has a breakdown of everything as well. So I can deal with it on an individual level, from the screen, or in a more traditional sense on a mixing board."

In the September 1987 issue of "Keyboard Magazine," the upper third column on page 31 mentioned that Danny Elfman owned a Roland SBX-80 Sync Box, alongside a Yamaha KX88, Prophet VS rack, Sequential Circuits Prophet 2002 rack, and Prophet VS keyboard. The article was authored by Bob Doerschuk and Jeff Burger.

In the September 1987 issue of Keyboard Magazine, the bottom right column on page 30 mentioned that Danny Elfman used a Yamaha QX-1 for sequencing at live shows. The article was authored by Bob Doerschuk and Jeff Burger.

In the September 1987 issue of Keyboard Magazine, the bottom middle column on page 32 mentions that Danny Elfman owned an Akai S900 MIDI Digital Sampler. The article was authored by Bob Doerschuk and Jeff Burger.