Kid Rock

he has used the 808 from 1989-2002

"Though he's happy to kick out the jams with just his raps and his decks, Kid Rock has himself a big-ass rock 'n' roll combo and he knows how to use it. On tracks like "I Got One For Ya" or the title cut, Twisted Brown Trucker burn down the joint while the Kid fiddles with his 808."

AL SUTTON (White Room co-founder, engineer): We were the grunge, hard-rock studio. Bands came in with amplifiers, guitars and drums. And in walks this guy with a sampler and MPC60.

He started hanging out in the studio. We needed somebody with his skills in our camp. He could program and loop, and we needed to be a little more current in that way. We had a B-room that he basically took over, coming in midday and staying 'til 5 in the morning.

"Drum track produced with the EMU SP-1200 Drum machine."

I had those little Synsonic Drums, a little Casio RZ1 with a sampler in it so small I could get like half an 808, or maybe an 808 snare.

Gear List: 48 input SSL Duality console Neve 8014 console 48 channel Pro Tools Studer 827 24 track tape machine 2 Fairchild Compressors 2 Acme xla-500’s Lang Equalizers Pultec Equalizers Drawmer Processor Bricasti Reverb 1176 limiters DBX 902 Processors LA-2A Compressors Distressors Shadow Hill Processor Calrec Equalizers Private Q system Custom TAD monitors.

Gear List: 48 input SSL Duality console Neve 8014 console 48 channel Pro Tools Studer 827 24 track tape machine 2 Fairchild Compressors 2 Acme xla-500’s Lang Equalizers Pultec Equalizers Drawmer Processor Bricasti Reverb 1176 limiters DBX 902 Processors LA-2A Compressors Distressors Shadow Hill Processor Calrec Equalizers Private Q system Custom TAD monitors.

Kid Rock uses the Neve Portico 5014 Stereo Field Editor as part of his studio setup, as detailed by Steven Durr Designs.

Gear List: 48 input SSL Duality console Neve 8014 console 48 channel Pro Tools Studer 827 24 track tape machine 2 Fairchild Compressors 2 Acme xla-500’s Lang Equalizers Pultec Equalizers Drawmer Processor Bricasti Reverb 1176 limiters DBX 902 Processors LA-2A Compressors Distressors Shadow Hill Processor Calrec Equalizers Private Q system Custom TAD monitors.

Gear List: 48 input SSL Duality console Neve 8014 console 48 channel Pro Tools Studer 827 24 track tape machine 2 Fairchild Compressors 2 Acme xla-500’s Lang Equalizers Pultec Equalizers Drawmer Processor Bricasti Reverb 1176 limiters DBX 902 Processors LA-2A Compressors Distressors Shadow Hill Processor Calrec Equalizers Private Q system Custom TAD monitors.