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Matt Mullen

"I've never been interested in it because it's a digital synthesizer": Mike Dean shows off the "crazy rare" wavetable synth that everyone wanted in the '80s – and still sounds great today

One of pop and hip-hop's most renowned producers, Mike Dean has a discography that could make even the most successful hitmaker drool, having worked with The Weeknd, Beyonce, Kanye West, Drake, Madonna and Jay-Z, among many others.

A gifted multi-instrumentalist, Dean is also a noted synthesizer aficionado, his productions laced with licks from an extensive collection of instruments that includes classics such as the Oberheim OB-X, the Memorymoog and the very same Yamaha CS-80 used on Michael Jackson's Thriller.

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