Dr. Dre's Studio Equipment

In a photo featured on Gearslutz, Dr. Dre is seen using a Soundcraft Ghost LE Mixer, highlighting its role in his production setup.

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Tupac’s All Eyez on Me (1996) was mixed on the SSL 4000 and Dr. Dre, among others, used it regularly to put together his mixes.

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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.

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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

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Dr. Dre is seen in the Studio working with B-Real a Sony C800G and a Kaotica Eyeball

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

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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.

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

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

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

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You can see Dr. Dre using SSL 4000E on a lot of pictures, he had been using it since early days in Death Row Records. This SSL was used to enhance beats created by Scott Storch, to produce masterpeice tracks, such as; "Still Dre" and "California Love"

He sold it in 2014, as detailed here.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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 1:20 in this video.

Ps : I don't think it's 27 inch.

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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 1:20 in this video.

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Dre is a keyboard maestro. Over the years, he has switched a lot of keyboards, but the one that has stuck with him is M-Audio Hammer 88 Piano.<

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In the upper part of the photo can be seen the Akai MPC 2500 sampler-drum machine.

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In a photo featured in the FMHipHop article titled "Dr. Dre Reportedly Making New Music for Upcoming ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Game," the Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection can be seen in Dr. Dre's equipment rack.

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A photograph shows on Dr. Dre's keyboards an Apple Magic Mouse, visible at the bottom side of the image.

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In the video titled "Dr Dre In The Studio Making Beats" by DreStudioBeats on YouTube, an Apple iMac 27" can be seen on Dr. Dre's desk, indicating his use of this computer in his music production setup.

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Dr. Dre uses the Lexicon 224 Digital Reverberator, as seen in the YouTube video titled "D12 Eminem in the studio with Dr Dre" by slimkaraz.

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In the YouTube video titled "D12 Eminem in the studio with Dr Dre" by slimkaraz, Dr. Dre is shown using the Lexicon 480L controller in the studio, providing visual confirmation of his use of this gear.

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In the image provided, Dr. Dre's studio rack clearly includes the Universal Audio UREI 1176-LN Peak Limiter.

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