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Here is some information on the types of instruments Mr. Sakuraba has used in the past and his comments on some of his past works.

Gikyoku Onsou
Favorite tracks: All

I was able to take more time on each track which I can't do nowadays. We did some rehearsals before recording this album. Memories from these days come back to me when I listen to this album. On another note, the jacket was designed by my father.

Equipment Used:
Piano: Yamaha C1 Grand Piano
Organ: Korg CX-3 with Leslie147
Synth: Sequential Prophet 600
Roland D-50
Roland U-220
Roland R-8
Korg Mono/Poly
Yamaha CS01
GikyokuOnsou
 
Shining the Holy Ark Soundtrack
Favorite tracks: 2 and 6

This album is also very impressive for me, because the recording equipment was the same that I used for making the Gikyoku Onsou album. It was bought when the studio that we used for making Gikyoku Onsou went broke.

Also, a typhoon hit this area when we were recording it and I remember that we had very a hard time there, from the water leaking into the basement studio. Recording and Mixing down took five days to complete this album.

Equipment Used:
Piano: Yamaha PF-150
Organ: Korg CX-3 with MotionSound Pro-3
Synthesizer, Sampler: Korg Mono/Poly
Moog Mini Moog
Roland JV-1080
Kurzweil K-2000
E-mu EMAX II
Sequencer: Performer
Shining the Holy Ark Soundtrack
 
Force of Light
Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10

This is the international version of the Shining Force 3 Arrange Album.

Track 1 is different from the Japanese version.

The Japanese version took such a long time to be released because the record company went broke when we were working on this album.

Equipment Used:
Piano: Yamaha PF-150
Organ: Korg CX-3 with MotionSound Pro-3
Synthesizer, Sampler: Korg Mono/Poly
Moog Mini Moog
Roland JV-1080
Kurzweil K-2000
E-mu EMAX II
Clavia Nord Lead
Sequencer: Digital Performer
Force of Light
 
Star Ocean: The Second Story Soundtrack
Favorite track: 1

This album has a wide atmosphere about it, and the sounds are different to a band playing.

Equipment Used:
Synthesizer, Sampler: Moog Mini Moog
Alesis DM5
Roland JV-1080
Kurzweil K-2000
E-mu EMAX II
Clavia Nord Lead
Mixer: Mackie SR32
Sequencer: Come On Music, Performer
Star Ocean: The Second Story Soundtrack
 
Valkyrie Profile Arrange Album
Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 3 and 9

This album contains more dark sounds because of the scenarios, but I like dark sounds.

Equipment Used:
Synthesizer, Sampler: Moog Mini Moog
Alesis DM5
Roland JV-1080
E-mu E4XT Ultra
Clavia Nord Lead
Korg Trinity V3
Yamaha FS1R
Mixer: Yamaha 01V
Sequencer: Come On Music, Digital Performer
Valkyrie Profile Arrange Album
 
Valkyrie Profile Voice Mix Arrange Album
Favorite tracks: All

I personally think this album was epoch-making at the time. It was the first time anyone made an album this way, and it was really a fresh idea. But, it was very hard to choose the words out of 1000 of these that fit the music.

Also lots of words from this game are dark and negative; I felt depressed and couldn't sleep because it effected me mentally after working on this album.

Equipment Used:
Synthesizer, Sampler: Moog Mini Moog
Alesis DM5
Roland JV-1080
E-mu E4XT Ultra
Clavia Nord Lead
Korg Trinity V3
Yamaha FS1R
Mixer: Yamaha 01V
Sequencer: Come On Music, Digital Performer
Valkyrie Profile Voice Mix Arrange Album
 
Star Ocean Blue Sphere Arrange & Soundtracks
Favorite tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12

The recording volume is not high because I want people to listen to this album at a high volume.

Track 5 (one of my favorite tracks) has an unusual arrangement with Piano Part 2 and Moog Base as the main melody.

Overall, Analog Synthesizer or Organ sounds were not sampled.

The used of Outboards were only Spring Reverb and Tape Echos.

Equipment Used:
Organ: Korg CX-3 with MotionSound R3-147
Synthesizer, Sampler: Moog Mini Moog
Korg Mono/Poly
Sequential Prophet 5
Alesis DM5
Roland JV-1080
E-mu E4XT Ultra
E-mu E6400 Ultra
Nemesys GigaSampler 64
Yamaha FS1R
Mixer: Soundcraft Ghost 32
Sequencer: Digital Performer
Star Ocean Blue Sphere Arrange & Soundtracks
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