Dr. Dre

In this article, it quotes Dr. Dre saying, "I like my vocals to sound 'crystal.' I use the Sony C800-G for vocals because it has a clean sound and about 85% of the people that get behind it sound great. My main objective is that the vocal sound is present and clean and ultimately does not distort. I get the sound I want out of the EQ on the SSL. We've used it forever and have made many hits on it, including 50s 'In Da Club'."

Dr. Dre appears to be using a Musician's Gear 6 in. Double Pop Filter at the 1:13 minute mark

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"Beats by Dr. Dre."

"Beats by Dr. Dre."

In an interview with Scratch magazine, Dr. Dre says "I love using the MPC3000. I like setting up like four or five different MPC3000's, so I don't have to keep changing disks. So I have them all lined up, and I have different drum sounds in each one, and then we use one for sequencing the keyboard." A copy of the publication can be seen here.

In this old-school NWA interview in the studio, you can see a couple of SP-1200 (the O.G. version, the reissue wasn't out in 88) on the table in front of Dr. Dre

As we can see in this picture of Dr. Dre, included in the booklet of his album "2001," is a picture of Dr. Dre using what could only be a Soundcraft Ghost mixing console.

In this coors light commercial you can see that he's on the plane making the beat to "Can you feel it" on what appears to be an MPC 2000XL.

In the N.W.A song "Gangsta, Gangsta", the signature sounds of the Roland TR-808 can be heard several times. At about 0:19 through 0:22, you can hear the TR-808 Open Hi-Hat, Closed Hi-Hat and Snare Drum in the left speaker. At about 0:22, you can hear the TR-808 cowbell in the left speaker. At about 0:26, you can hear the closed Hi-Hat and the clave sounds from the 808 in the right speaker. Also, the kick drum from the 808 can be heard several times throughout the song.

The item can be seen 0:01 into this video beside the Apple iMac

In this Photo, Dr. Dre can be seen with a Native Instruments Kore. It is below his computer monitor.

In this photo, Dr. Dre is seen playing an M-Audio Keystation Pro-88.

In this photo, Dr. Dre is seen with an Akai S900 Sampler.

Clearly seen at the 1min 40sec mark is a pair of DBX 160's.

At 16:28, Dr. Dre is seen using a Toft Audio Trident Mixing Console.

The Avid HD I/O 16x16 Digital can be viewed on the left side of the Studio at the 1:18 minute mark.

Dr. Dre's engineer is seen in front of a Mackie Big Knob at 1:20 minutes in.

Dr. Dre appears to be using the Avid Pro Tools Sync HD as part of his Pro Tools HD rig. It is noticeable in the rack cabinet to the left of the main mixer. A close up at the 1:18 minute mark shows a pretty clear pcture of the rack.

Dr. Dre is seen in front of the sE Electronics Reflexion Filter Pro 1:21 minutes in to the video

Dr. Dre is recording in his home studio ''Talking to my diary'' for his third and last last album ''Compton''. The item can be seen at 0:38 in this video.

Dr. Dre is recording in his home studio ''Talking to my diary'' for his third and last last album ''Compton''. The item can be seen at 1:47 in this video.

In this Photo, Spectrasonics Trillian can be seen as a Red Plug-in on the computer Monitor.

In this photo, Kompakt can be seen on Dr. Dre's computer monitor.

In an interview from 2004 with "Scratch" magazine, Dr. Dre says "I had Pro Tools right when it came out, but I wasn't a fan of it because I lost a little bit of my low end before they perfected it. So, I used to just use Pro Tools for sequencing the albums. But now I think they've perfected it enough for me to roll with it, so I've been using it quite a bit." A copy of the publication can be seen here.

In this photo, Dr. Dre is seen with a Fender Telecaster.

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