Timbaland

Timbaland is seen at 5:40 in the studio with Kanye West working on the ASR keyboard.

At the 1:05 mark in this video, Timbaland begins to play a track with the Abelton Push 2 in front his setup.

The beat professional, Timabaland is explaining some things as the beautiful SSL Matrix is in the back corner of the picture. it is located about halfway down the page of this link.

Timbaland is seen using the Apollo Twin Duo Thunderbolt Audio Interface from Universal Audio in a post on his Instagram, showcasing its role in his studio setup.

Walter-Storyk Design group built this facility for Timbaland with direction from his main engineer, Jimmy Douglas. In the slideshow, the Neve mixer is listed first.

Timbaland is seen with the Ensoniq EPS 16 Plus in an Instagram post captioned "And where it end !!!!!!!"

He's working on a NI Komplete Control S88 Midi Keyboard in this photograph he shared on instagram.

You can see a Macbook Pro in front of him while working.

Here you can see he's using a c24 Control Surface.

Used for Timbaland's vocals on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack", as stated by mix engineer Jimmy Douglass in this July 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

Lead vocals: Universal Audio 1176, MXR flanger, Izotope *Trash*

"The signal chain for Justin's vocals was an Audio-Technica 4060 mic, into a Presonus ADL600 mic pre, and then a Universal Audio 1176 limiter. I normally use the U87 for recording vocals, but I was curious about the AT and I had both mics in front of Justin. The effects I used on his vocals seemed to work better with the AT. I used the U87 on Timbaland's vocals and went straight into the desk. I like using the Neve VR mic pre. It's a little crunchy, it's not quite the 1072 or 1073, but it works.

"Justin then said 'Man, can you put some effect on the vocal? Something crazy, like a distorted kind of thing?' So I put the Trash plug-in on [Izotope's distortion, filter, delay and amplifier modelling plug-in]. I just happened to have it. To give you my exact settings would be silly. But I'll give you one clue: it wasn't something that I worked really hard to get. Just by using the plug-in the setting almost came up.

"The Trash plug-in wasn't the only thing I used on the lead vocals. I also had an outboard MXR flanger on it. Plus there was an outboard compressor, the Urei 1176. I used the same three effects on Timbaland's vocals, just less than on Justin's. But you can hear the flanger and compressor acting in the spaces, like just before Justin sings 'dirty baby'. There's no hiding it, and it creates a whole other dimension of sound."

Used for Timbaland's vocals on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack", as stated by mix engineer Jimmy Douglass in this July 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

Lead vocals: Universal Audio 1176, MXR flanger, Izotope *Trash*

"The signal chain for Justin's vocals was an Audio-Technica 4060 mic, into a Presonus ADL600 mic pre, and then a Universal Audio 1176 limiter. I normally use the U87 for recording vocals, but I was curious about the AT and I had both mics in front of Justin. The effects I used on his vocals seemed to work better with the AT. I used the U87 on Timbaland's vocals and went straight into the desk. I like using the Neve VR mic pre. It's a little crunchy, it's not quite the 1072 or 1073, but it works.

"Justin then said 'Man, can you put some effect on the vocal? Something crazy, like a distorted kind of thing?' So I put the Trash plug-in on [Izotope's distortion, filter, delay and amplifier modelling plug-in]. I just happened to have it. To give you my exact settings would be silly. But I'll give you one clue: it wasn't something that I worked really hard to get. Just by using the plug-in the setting almost came up.

"The Trash plug-in wasn't the only thing I used on the lead vocals. I also had an outboard MXR flanger on it. Plus there was an outboard compressor, the Urei 1176. I used the same three effects on Timbaland's vocals, just less than on Justin's. But you can hear the flanger and compressor acting in the spaces, like just before Justin sings 'dirty baby'. There's no hiding it, and it creates a whole other dimension of sound."

In an Instagram video by Timbaland, the distinctive lights above the keys and the presence of two separate screens confirm the use of the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2. This identification is supported by the fact that the Komplete Kontrol MK3 had not been released at the time of the post.