RZA

The Rza talks about the Ensoniq ASR-10, the legendary board he used to create many classic songs, at 5:58, saying "...But in 1991 going on 92, Ensoniq put out the ASR-10 and when they did that...that's when I became a master producer. The whole first One Hundred Wu-Tang songs was made on ASR-10..."

At 3:29 in this video, RZA says, "...I was at Easy Mo Bee's house, we were on Gza's first album and he had a SP-1200, and I'd never seen that in my life never knew what it was. It was 1987 probably." "Took about a year and a half before i finally got ahold of one....so i was about 19 when i got my first SP-1200..."

Rza talks about his production gear history in this video, mentioning this Casio at 3:55: "I also had a Casio rz1 that also sampled.."

At 5:32, RZA says, as he talks about his past gear, "...Ensoniq had made something called the EPS 16 plus....and I went and got it."

"If you go to my studio then you'll find my rolling material, of course I love Pro Tools, that's industry standard, and I'm into New Window, I'm into Sonar, but I love Ableton. Ableton is very unique to their approach to music programming."

The Rza talks gear he used in the past at 5:10, saying, "...when we switched and he gave me the Eps i started making two bar loops, 4 bar loops..nobody wasn't doing that. So it was the Eps that turned me on to that, and he traded with me, and i fell in love with the Eps i din't care about the Sp-1200 anymore.."

The RZA talks about his history with drum machines and such in this video at 2:50, including the 909 machine "...My Dj Scotty Rock gave me my first 909 drum machine..."

Used on 36 Chambers Album

In this video he mentions using a Novation Bass Station for the bassline of "Triumph" from the album "Wu-Tang Forever".

Used for Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, as stated by mix engineer Carlos Bess in this February 18, 2009 Gearslutz post.

At the time RZa used an SP-1200, EPS 16 Plus then Graduated to an ASR-10. We would lockup the units to tape using a Roland SBX-80

The Following machines were used for the following Tracks

1 Bring da Ruckus - EPS16+

2 Shame on a Nigga - ASR10

3 Clan in da Front - ASR10

4 Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - ASR10

5 Can It Be All So Simple/Intermission ASR10 /Sp-1200 for Intermission

6 Da Mystery of Chessboxin' ASR 10

7 Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit - EPS16+

8 C.R.E.A.M. EPS16+

9 Method Man SP1200

10 Protect Ya Neck EPS16+

11 Tearz -EPS16+

12 Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber, Pt. 2 ASR 10 ( I provided the live Drums )

The RZA talks about his history with drum machines and such in this video at 2:10 and the iconic 808 machine "After the 707 I started hanging out in queens, and i came across the 808..."

"RZA At The Studio With The MPC4000 And 3 Emus On The Wall

in this video, RZA is seen crafting a beat with this item at Guitar Center. the item is shown at 0:04, but at 0:16 RZA is seen getting his hands on it.

In this video at 1:41 the RZA talks about his past and different machines used throughout his career, including the 606.

Rza can clearly be seen using this piano in his home studio at 55 sec's in on this video.

the microkorg can clearly be seen on the floor in the left hand corner of his room. 1:34 sec's in.

In this video RZA mentions owing the Roland MC-909, right at 1:24

at 1:33 RZA says "Right now we using .... of Pro tools" and he also stated how he was one if the first people to use pro tools

At 2:24 in this interview with RZA, the producer talks about his Roland MV-8000 and what makes him so fond of the drum machine "...the MV is one of the most user friendly drum machine type of samplers out there, because unlike the MPC the access to your sounds and how your gonna edit your sounds and all those things is at the snap of a button. So far i've probably made over a hundred and fifty beats with this thing..."

Wrote the foreword.

With a foreword by the RZA, compelling photographic essays are paired with in-depth interviews to illustrate what motivates record collectors to keep digging for more records.

seen using this device in his home studio at 1:03 sec of this video.

you can clearly see Rza's unit display the MV-8800 logo at 1:35 sec's in.

During a performance with the Colorado Symphony titled "36 Chambers of Shaolin" and "A Ballet Through Mud," RZA is clearly seen using an Akai MPC Live II on his workstation. This is evident in the front, left quadrant of his desk as shown in the YouTube video by Taylor B. Heydman.