Herbie Hancock

Used on Village Life, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Yamaha RX11 Digital Drum Machine – Released in the early 1980s, this programmable drum machine featured 29 real drum samples and 12 audio outputs. Herbie used this instrument on his 1984 album Herbie Hancock And Foday Musa Suso: Village Life.

Used on V.S.O.P., as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Phase Shifter – This is an effects unit that can alter sound using certain techniques to change the sound waves. While these effects units were originally large boxes with knobs and buttons, today they are most often small pedals used by guitar players. Herbie used the Country Man Phase Shifter on his 1976 album V.S.O.P.

"In the early years, I was using the facility solely to put ideas down on tape. Had I not set up my own home studio, a lot of valuable ideas would have gotten lost. Soon I added a mixing console, the Soundcraft 2400, which gave me the ability to mix my musical ideas and complete preproduction for albums such as Thrust, Treasure Chest, and the soundtrack for Death Wish."

Herbie Hancock is credited with Mac Plus in the liner notes for Perfect Machine.

Hancock recorded a demo discussing and using the Echoplex EP-3 tape delay.

Used on Perfect Machine, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Kurzweil K-250 – First released in 1984, this sampler synthesizer was able to produce sound derived from sampled sounds without the need of a disk drive. It featured both acoustic and ROM sounds built in with twelve-voice polyphony. Herbie used this instrument on his album Perfect Machine in 1988.

Used for Dedication, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016 (originally from the "2013 Sony Box Set Liner Notes").

Shure Reverberation Mixer – This is a mixer you would see with any standard PA system. It allows for multiple instruments or microphones to be plugged into the unit, and the ability to control reverb, volume and more in the sound produced. Herbie used this mixer on his 1974 album Dedication.

Used on Sunlight and more, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201 – This synthesizer was designed specifically to be used with the voice via a microphone. It has the look of a standard PA unit with the ability to use controls normally found on a keyboard synthesizer with the human voice to alter the sound. Herbie first used the Vocoder for his vocals on his 1978 Sunlight album.

Used on Monster, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Linn LM-1 – This was the first drum machine to use digital samples of real drums and also had the ability to be programmed. This was used by Herbie on his 1980 album Monster.

Used on Magic Windows, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Linn Drum – This drum machine released in the early 1980s featured 15 drum sounds sampled from real drums and a sequencer. It was the successor to the LM-1. Herbie used this instrument on his 1981 album Magic Windows.

Used on Monster, as specified in Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary from September 14, 2016.

Roland CR-78 – A drum machine released in 1978 featuring analog sounds with digital controls and 34 preset rhythms. This instrument was used by Herbie on his 1980 album Monster.

Was used on "Future Shock" album (1983), according to Herbie Hancock’s Electronic Instrument Glossary (2016-09 from liner notes of 2013):

Oberheim DMX – A programmable, digital drum machine released in 1981 that featured 24 individual drum sounds and eight-sound polyphony. Michael Beinhorn used this instrument on the 1983 album Future Shock.

In this photo circa 1987 you can see him playing a KX5 while Michael Brecker is playing a saxophone

Rhodes Chroma for the lead and phasey lines, also used a Fairlight, DMX and 808.