David Wise

"On the way to that pursuit, I was working in a music shop. Two guys came in one day - [Rare founders] Tim and Chris Stamper - and I was demonstrating a Yamaha CX5 music computer to them. This was the early days of MIDI, and the CX5 let you connect keyboards to computers. I'd written some of the stuff I was demonstrating, told them when they asked, Tim asked if I had an office. I thought 'yes, I've sold another one', so I took them upstairs, started getting the finance papers out - and they offered me a job."

"I have a CME keyboard, though last year I was in America, and purchased an Akai MPK mini with the drum pads. I used that for a couple of weeks and really liked it, so the next one I’m going to purchase will be the 88-note Akai MPK88 (its big brother). Software-wise, I use Native Instruments Komplete 7, Cubase 6, Vienna Ensemble Pro to act as a host and to network with my other computers to host the Vienna libraries, as well as other 32- and 64-bit applications. I use the Spectrasonics Instruments too– absolutely fantastic and easy to program. I’m also running Halion 4 and Halion Sonic amongst a whole host of others. I also use the Sony Oxford range of plugs when mixing, along with Izotope Ozone and Alloy."

"I use Cubase 7.5 and have Steinberg CSX interfaces."

A photo of David Wise playing a Roland Alpha Juno shows a Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer next to him, confirming its use.

Composer David Wise has confirmed that he used the Roland S770 during the SNES Donkey Kong Country era, as stated in a response on Twitter: "I once had a U220, but that was before the SNES era. However, by that time I had the Roland S770. These same sounds are still being used in most of their 'ZEN-Core Pro' sound sets today."

David Wise is confirmed to use a Korg SQD-1, as shown in an Instagram post.