What does DJ Shadow use to make beats?

In recent years, DJ Shadow has abandoned the MPC and explored new methods of musical mayhem, but if you're a fan of "Endtroducing" and "Private Press" you'll want to read some quotes from this old solesides interview:

DJS: Anyway, the first thing I did on the [E-mu] SP-1200 was, I looped up Pigmeat Markham’s "Here Comes Da Judge." I started out really simple, because I was trying to switch my whole format of thinking. When I finally scraped enough money together to buy a sampler, I talked to Stretch Armstrong, who’s a rap personality in New York, and he was saying there was a new piece of gear called the Akai MPC60 that I should check out.

The entire "Endtroducing" album was done on the MPC60, and at some point after that Shadow upgraded...

DJS: My new song is called "High Noon," a single for England, and it’s the hardest song I’ve ever done, bar none. The drum chops on that song take up 64 pads on the [Akai] MPC3000, and then more on another disk. So almost 100 pads on the drums alone, and that’s why the song was so difficult.

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DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Gear
Akai MPC3000
Akai MPC60
E-mu SP-1200

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