What does DJ Premier use to make beats?

DJ Premier is perhaps one of the most respected producers of all time. We learn about some of Premier's techniques in an article from Sound on Sound:

Following the meeting with Large Professor in the late '80s that led Preem to switch to the E-mu SP-12, he also used an Alesis drum machine, and eventually settled on the Akai MPC60. Around the same time he also started using an Akai S950 sampler.

Premier: "Akai gave me an MPC2500, but I have not yet used it, because it's a learning curve, and I have to learn all the commands. My schedule is so heavy, I haven't had the time to sit down with it and learn it, but once I do learn it, it'll take me to the next level of expertise with my production stuff and how I do my beats."

It seems like Premo also uses an M-Audio Oxygen 8 keyboard on occasion from what can be seen on thelab123 blog.

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