Analogue Quote by Moby

I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even…

— Tony Visconti

I don't believe in getting a lot of new gear all the time, so I get very deeply into one instrument and use it…

— Jon Hopkins

You can get the oldest drum machine out and whack out four sounds like a kick, snare, and two types of high-hat, and try…

— Rob Brown

At home I don't really have any drum machines or anything like that, I just have a piano and a cassette machine, an old-fashioned…

— Bryan Ferry

I've got different drum machines that I use for different things, but I think the older ones are always the best when it comes…

— Mannie Fresh

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

— John Fogerty

The problem you get with most today's drum samples is that when you use them, you sound like everyone else using them.

— Joey Sturgis

There's so much that you can do if you mimic your style to a drum machine. I think that's far more exciting.

— Matt Tong

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

— Jeff Tweedy

After making my first album, I was thrown into pop sessions where people very rarely had a drum kit or any real instruments in…

— G Flip

I love Sylvan Esso. I want to bring in more electronic elements, but also some analogue stuff. Stuff like '70s drum machines really fascinates…

— Phoebe Bridgers

I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.

— Ikue Mori