Tricky

Tricky can be seen using the Yamaha QY20 at his old school in the documentary film Naked and Famous

Spin magazine December 1996 article on Tricky by Chris Norris:

As we sit on his hardwood floor, Tricky shows me his primary instrument: the Yamaha QY-22, a black device about the size of a volt meter. “I put together most of the album on this,” he says. “The whole bass line on ‘Christiansands,’ most of ‘Tricky Kid,’ the strings from ‘Bad Things,’ ‘Lyrics of Fury.’”

Per this article from e-Musician, 'All I know is that I got a Korg keyboard, an [Akai] S1000 and an MPC3000, which I use very rarely…oh, and Pro Tools, but I don't know how to use it,' Tricky admits with a laugh."

Per this article from e-Musician, 'All I know is that I got a Korg keyboard, an [Akai] S1000 and an MPC3000, which I use very rarely…oh, and Pro Tools, but I don't know how to use it,' Tricky admits with a laugh."

Per this article from e-Musician, engineer Vincenzo LaRusso notes that “Tricky likes raw-sounding synth sounds... these, layered with heavy guitars and dirty drums, help drive ‘Council Estate.' The first thing he wanted to do was enhance the drums by adding heavier samples to beef things up. I introduced Tricky to Drumagog on this record."

Per this article from e-Musician, "For Knowle West Boy, Tricky used Logic to record some demos and basic tracking in his loft before moving to engineer Vincenzo LoRusso's L.A. studio for arrangement and recording."

Edit: the gear list at the bottom of the article identifies the software iteration specifically as Apple Logic Pro 8.