What Do Large Professor Use To Make Beats?

Large Professor is one of the greatest East Coast Hip Hop Producers of all time. Helping to discover Nas and producing 3 songs on arguably the greatest hip hop album of all time (Illmatic) Large Professor has had his fair share of machines. The centerpiece of his production setup is the SP 1200 with the AKAI S950. You can see him using it here. He used the SP 1200 to produce some of his most revered work. If you need any more evidence of his supremacy on a SP 1200, He taught DJ Premiere how to use an SP 1200….. enough said. The next drum machine Large Professor have used is the MPC 3000 LE. You can see him in this picture with it. You can also see the MPC 4000 in that picture as well. The MPC 4000 is still a monster today, even though its still an underrated machine compared to a lot of the other MPCs I cover. The next drum machine large Professor use is the MPC 1000. In an interview with Nod factor he was asked “What are you using in the studio these days?” Large Professor answered “I’m rocking the MPC 1000 and the Micro Korg. I like those pieces. Coming from the early clunky drum machine days these are blessings for me because they can damn near fit in your pocket. I like rocking with those and a few modules. I still keep my stuff sample-based so the 1000 is my choice.” He also mention using the Microkorg Synthesizer in that article as well. One of the underrated rum machines that Large Professor use is the Ensoniq ASR-X Pro. You can see it in his studio here alongside his MPC Renaissance.



Large Professor is one of the East Coast’s most influential hip hop producers. He’s produced for Nas, Eric B and Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest and Busta Rhymes. Shoutouts to SUPA ROCKIN DJ Smash, and Denied Confirmation for recommending Large Professor. If you have a producer that I haven’t done yet put in the comment section below. If you are interested in any of the equipment I spoke about in this video I have included a link to it in the description below. Thanks for watching.

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