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."

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 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..."

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