Kanye West

In this photo, Kanye West is seen using an Akai MPK49.

In this video Kanye West is seen at 2:27 and 3:57 with a MPC 2000XL in the studio

In this video Kanye West is seen at 0:24 using an Ensoniq ASR-10 in the studio.

At 2:58 in this interview, Kanye West says “whatever tools I need to get that point across, to get that sound across but, I was blessed to have grown up playing the EPS-16+”.

Kanye West and 070 Shake, in the studio in Wyoming using the Kaotica Eyeball

In a user-uploaded photo, Kanye West is seen with a Dave Smith Instruments Tempest drum machine positioned to his right, alongside a synthesizer.

An Apollo Twin MKII (not certain if it's a SINGLE, DUO or QUAD) can be seen sitting on the desk at around 00:52 and throughout in Kanye's recent interview with Zane Lowe, held in West's recently acquired Wyoming property.

The dynamics processor that has been used for Kanye's vocals throughout the recording as well as for all his live performances is the Tube-Tech CL-1B.

We are very pleased to have an artist of this importance on our users list - and much more so because Mr. West normally doesn't want to have his name connected to any specific piece of gear. In this case, however, he has agreed, and, in all modesty, we see that as a very important recognition of the Tube-Tech sound.

Kanye West’s sound engineer is Noah Goldstein, who got the gig only 6 years after graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia, working in Electric Lady Studios with artists such as Arcade Fire, Steve Earle, Katy Perry and Danish act Kashmir in the meantime. Noah is responsible for all Kanye's vocal recordings and for a main part of the mixing and organizing Kanye's tracks for his records, as well as for live use.

He has an iPhone X, shown multiple times including his meeting with Donald Trump. The source states, "I’ve also noticed that you have studio setups in pretty much all of your workspaces. With everything you’re doing, when do you decide it’s time to record?

Kanye: I just rap into my iPhone. Best microphone on the planet. Thirty, forty percent of The College Dropout was recorded on a [Roland] VS-1680. Twenty percent of Jesus Is King was recorded on an iPhone.

Your actual vocals on the album are just voice memos? Kanye: Yes. I first started doing that on Yeezus. Like Closed on Sunday, you’re my Chick-fil-A—that part is off the phone."

A Roland VS-1880 is mentioned in this article as one of the main music making tools Kanye uses.

[West's] lyrics explored themes of loss, alienated fame, and heartache, while the album's production abandoned conventional hip hop sounds in favor of a minimalist sonic palette, which included prominent use of the titular Roland TR-808 drum machine.

In the Youtube Video "Kanye West’s 2002 home studio (pt. 1)" at 4.07 , Kanye can be seen using a version of the Mackie 1202.

In a user-uploaded photo, Kanye West is seen using the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer while working on his album 808s & Heartbreak. Notably, the TR-909 features prominently throughout the album, surpassing the usage of the iconic 808.

An LM-2 LinnDrum drum machine can be seen in photos of Kanye West's studio during the production of 808s & Heartbreak, his 4th studio album. The drum machine was positioned directly above his Oberheim OB-Xa.

in Jeenyuhs episode1 at around the 7:28 mark, you can see this CD recorder behind Kanye as he is making his beats.

In this Youtube video at 0:25, Kanye West can be seen using his Iomega Zip Drive. Judging by the shape of the little window, it is the 250mb version of the Iomega Zip Drive.

In the YouTube video titled "Coodie & Chike Unveil Unreleased Kanye West Footage From 'College Dropout' Days (Exclusive)," which is provided by Billboard, Kanye West is visibly using the Roland VS-1680 Digital Studio Workstation while recording a verse from the song "All Falls Down."

The image clearly shows Kanye West using an Apple MacBook.

In a video titled "Kanye West & Travis Scott Making 'FATHER' In The Studio" by BumOfDaniel on YouTube, at timestamp 0:17, Kanye West is visible using the Akai Professional MPC Live III Standalone Music Production Center while he browses through sounds to find the right hats and claps.

Kanye West used the Audient Evo 4 audio interface during the recording of "Bully," as documented by a photo shared by RYN on Instagram, highlighting the studio equipment used for the track.

Kanye West is confirmed to have used the TASCAM DP-24SD during the recording of his track "Bully," as evidenced by a photo shared by user theykilledryn on Instagram, which documents the studio setup for the song.

Kanye West is confirmed to have used the Akai S3200XL during the recording of "Bully," as evidenced by a studio setup breakdown shared on Instagram by user @theyKilledRYN.

Kanye West is confirmed to have used the Universal Audio Apollo x4 during the recording of "Bully," as evidenced by an Instagram post from user theykilledryn, who shared insights into the studio setup employed for the track.