Top 5Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC 2000XL“Like I said, I'm from Oxnard, so my MPC's pretty ghetto.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Oh No has said he builds beats on an Akai MPC2000XL, records straight into Avid Pro Tools, and has a Korg MS2000 and a Roland VS-1680 in his room studio. He learned on the E-mu SP-1200 and has said a Pioneer DJ CDJ works for time-stretching samples.
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Avid
Pro Tools“nowadays I just record straight into ProTools, that way it's there already.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Korg
MS2000“I got a little ProTools set-up, a couple of keyboards, an MS-2000 or whatever.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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“I used to record into that all the time”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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E-mu Systems
SP-1200 sampling drum machine“Yeah, I used to use the SP-1200 back in the days. That was Madlib's, though.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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What studio gear Oh No uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC 2000XL“Like I said, I'm from Oxnard, so my MPC's pretty ghetto.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
Has said they use
Avid
Pro Tools“nowadays I just record straight into ProTools, that way it's there already.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
Has said they use
Korg
MS2000“I got a little ProTools set-up, a couple of keyboards, an MS-2000 or whatever.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Has said they use
“I used to record into that all the time”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
Has said they use
AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ
CDJ players“if you can't do a timestretch on the MPC you can do an easy timestretch with a CDJ”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
Early days
Has said they use
E-mu Systems
SP-1200 sampling drum machine“Yeah, I used to use the SP-1200 back in the days. That was Madlib's, though.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Games
Has said they use
Microsoft
Xbox 360“Me and him be yakking on the Xbox 360. Heavy, heavy battling on that.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Has said they love
Sega
Dreamcast“I'm a real big Sega fan.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Sony
PSP“I got over 36 different handhelds that are like Gameboys. PSPs, GP32s, Zodiacs, everything.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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In the car
Alpine
Car audio system
Has said they use
Alpine
Car audio system“I got an Alpine with some 16"s in there.”
Said in Oh No: New Jackson Swing (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Seattle 2005), November 2005
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Records on repeat
Has said they love
“I've been banging Roc C's new album All Questioned Answered since it dropped”
Said in Oh No Interview (RapReviews), July 2006
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Questions
About Oh No's gear.
What DAW does Oh No use?
Oh No has said he records his beats straight into Avid Pro Tools, going from the MPC through his Roland gear into Pro Tools so the tracks are already there (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, 2005).
What sampler does Oh No use?
Oh No has said he makes beats on an Akai MPC2000XL. Before that he learned on the E-mu SP-1200 that belonged to his brother Madlib.
What synth does Oh No use?
Oh No has said his studio has a Korg MS2000 along with a couple of Roland keyboards (Red Bull Music Academy lecture, 2005).
What does Oh No record into?
Oh No has said he used to record everything into a Roland VS-1680 digital studio workstation before moving to recording straight into Avid Pro Tools.
What game consoles does Oh No play?
Oh No has said he plays the Xbox 360, owns a stack of handhelds including the Sony PSP, and is a big Sega Dreamcast fan. He sampled Nintendo 64 games for Mass Appeal's Rhythm Roulette.
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