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Avid
Pro Tools HD“Pro Tools is the hub, for sure.”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
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El-P has said Pro Tools HD is the hub of the studio and that the Ensoniq EPS 16+ sampler is still in use. External synths named include a Roland Jupiter-4 and a Korg Triton, and El-P calls the Waves H-Delay plugin a constant go-to, all over Run the Jewels 3.
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Ensoniq
EPS 16 Plus“I still use my EP 16+.”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
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Roland
Jupiter-4“I use a lot of external synths. I've had Moogs and Oberhiems and Tritons and a Jupiter 4”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
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Waves
H-Delay Hybrid Delay“H-Delay is a constant go-to. I can get simple, useful delays out of it immediately; it never slows my work flow.”
Said in H-Delay artist quotes (Waves), September 2026
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Studio
Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools HD“Pro Tools is the hub, for sure.”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
Has said they use
Ensoniq
EPS 16 Plus“I still use my EP 16+.”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
No store page for this one.
Synths
Has said they use
Roland
Jupiter-4“I use a lot of external synths. I've had Moogs and Oberhiems and Tritons and a Jupiter 4”
Said in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
Has said they use
Korg
TritonSaid in Beat Construction: El-P (The FADER), May 2012
Plugins
Has said they use
Waves
H-Delay Hybrid Delay“H-Delay is a constant go-to. I can get simple, useful delays out of it immediately; it never slows my work flow.”
Said in H-Delay artist quotes (Waves), September 2026
Questions
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What DAW does El-P use?
Pro Tools. El-P told The FADER in 2012: "I have a Pro Tools HD system," and "Pro Tools is the hub, for sure."
What sampler does El-P use?
The Ensoniq EPS 16+, El-P's first real sampler from the early 1990s. In 2012 El-P told The FADER: "I still use my EP 16+."
What synths does El-P use?
El-P told The FADER about using a lot of external synths, naming Moogs, Oberheims, Tritons and a Roland Jupiter-4.
What plugins does El-P use?
On Waves' H-Delay page El-P says: "H-Delay is a constant go-to," adding that it is all over Run the Jewels 3.
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