Mike Elizondo

In this photo, Mike Elizondo can be seen with a Line 6 Variax 700 Bass.

In this photo, Mike Elizondo can be seen with a Harmony H22 bass guitar.

Elizondo-a confessed “Star Wars” fanatic–has a talking Yoda figure overlooking his mammoth 48-channel SSL 4000 E mixing board.

Other gear at the new space includes an SSL 4056 E/G console, a Neve BCM10, an Ampex MM1000 tape machine, an eight-track Scully 280B tape machine and an Endless Analog CLASP tape-to-digital converter.

Other gear at the new space includes an SSL 4056 E/G console, a Neve BCM10, an Ampex MM1000 tape machine, an eight-track Scully 280B tape machine and an Endless Analog CLASP tape-to-digital converter.

Other gear at the new space includes an SSL 4056 E/G console, a Neve BCM10, an Ampex MM1000 tape machine, an eight-track Scully 280B tape machine and an Endless Analog CLASP tape-to-digital converter.

In an interview with Sound On Sound titled "Producing Eminem & Fiona Apple," Mike Elizondo confirmed his use of the Akai MPC4000. He stated, "On the track 'Timps' I programmed a rhythm on the MPC4000 that I thought would sound cool with Fiona's vocal, and then we layered that with real marimbas, vibes, piano, a whole load of keyboards, and I played Minimoog bass on it. I felt that Fiona's piano parts called for something ethereal." This demonstrates his use of the MPC4000 in the production of Fiona Apple's album.

In an interview titled "Producing Eminem & Fiona Apple" by Sound On Sound, Mike Elizondo mentioned his use of the Moog Prodigy. He described his work on Fiona Apple's album, stating: "On the track 'Timps' I programmed a rhythm on the MPC4000 that I thought would sound cool with Fiona's vocal, and then we layered that with real marimbas, vibes, piano, a whole load of keyboards, and I played Minimoog bass on it. I felt that Fiona's piano parts called for something ethereal."

In the Sound On Sound interview titled "Producing Eminem & Fiona Apple," a photo features Mike Elizondo's use of the Moog Opus 3 string machine, along with a Moog Prodigy synth and a Wurlitzer EP200 electric piano.

In the Sound On Sound interview titled "Producing Eminem & Fiona Apple," Mike Elizondo stated: "By the time we did [Eminem's 2005 hit] 'Just Lose It', we had completely embraced the Pro Tools process of working. That song had a lot of sequencing. I think the bass sound came from a Minimoog soft synth made by Arturia, while the main keyboard riff came from a soft synth called Plastix, and there was another sample that [keyboardist] Mark Batson played, which was a random snippet of a percussion part from a sample library. The song was mainly soft synths, all done in the G5."