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This page collects a list of all of ventla's known equipment, as well as songs on which each piece is used. The list is a work-in-progress. Most of the list is based on ventla's initial equipment list, and additional equipment has been added as mentioned.
Items marked with * were added after the initial 2011 equipment list. Items marked with ** were added with the 2018 equipment list update.
New equipment list: (tumblr)

• YAMAHA MT8XII (8-track cassette recorder, 1996)
Smuggled (and most of the rest of the discography)
• YAMAHA MT4X (4-track cassette recorder, 199?)
• YAMAHA MT400 (4-track cassette recorder, 199?)
• TASCAM 488MK2 (8-track cassette recorder, 1995)
• YAMAHA DX-100 (FM synthesizer, 1985)
"mijirogi no sai", "grass", "inagi", "spine"
• ROLAND EF-303 Groove Effects (effects module, 1999)
"nettaiya academy", "feb", "noevir"
• ROLAND MC-202 MicroComposer (synthesizer, 1983)
"mijirogi no sai", "forward", "internship"
• ROLAND RE-201 Space Echo* (delay effects unit, 1974)
"Submarine"
• ROLAND SH-101 (synthesizer, 1982)
"spine", "tingklik", "buttons", "brainmedia", "abacus"
• ROLAND TR-606 Drumatix* (drum machine, 1981)
"タイトル不明"
• ROLAND TR-909 Rhythm Composer (drum machine, 1984)
• ROLAND CR-68 CompuRhythm (drum machine, 1978)
• ROLAND CR-1000 Digital Drummer (drum machine, 1986)
"brewery"
• ROLAND CR-8000 CompuRhythm (drum machine, 1980)
• BOSS DR-202 Dr. Groove* (drum machine, 1998)
  "wellaton", "abacus"
• BOSS DR-220e (drum machine, 1985)
"inagi"
• KAWAI R-50e (drum machine, 1987)
"forward"
• KORG D4* (4-track digital recorder, 2005)
"Submarine"
• KORG DDD-1 Dynamic Digital Drums (drum machine, 1987)
"nettaiya academy", "buttons", "proxxon"
• KORG RHYTHM 55 (drum machine, 1979)
"hajimekara", "wellaton", "mace"
• MPC the CLAP (drum machine, 1982)
"Submarine", "internship", "novelty"
• MPC the KIT (drum machine, 1982)
"keisei fushizen"
• Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-8L (drum machine, 1972)
"kirikaeshi", "kinki mansai", "playback", "series", "marsh"
• NINTENDO Gameboy DMG-01 (Modified) (handheld video game console, 1989) + LSDj / Little Sound DJ (music sequencing software, 2001)
"1991 Eternal", "Hello Again", "Lines", "Oxyride Pop Punk", "Twisterella", "Chinelo de Dedo", "Melodramatic Popular Song", "ポニカ", "Tips and Cheats", "bergamotte", "magnax"
• BOSS SP-303 Dr. Sample ( sampler, 2001)
• YAMAHA SU10 Sampling Unit (sampler, 1999)
• KORG ES-1 mkII ElecTribe S (sampler, 2004)
• BOSS VT-1 Voice Transformer (vocal effect box, 1996)
"Submarine", "Twisterella", "I'm So Depressed", "筋弛緩剤", "din sync romance", "hornet", "kakisonji", "dark coral"
• BANSHEE Talkbox (vocal effect box, 2002?)
"Submarine", "durban haze", "swell", "mijirogi no sai", "grass", "spine", "brewery", "viscose"
• FISHER SC-300 Stereo Composer (keyboard boombox, 1988?)
• PANASONIC R-1088 (portable radio and mini-organ, 1974)
• SHARP Melody Searcher W MR-990 (boombox with mini-organ, 1985)
• SHARP QT-50CD (boombox, 199?)
• SONY Rhythm Capsule CF-9000 (boombox and drum machine, 197?)
• SANKEI Stereo Entertainer (electric organ, 1978)
• SONY MZ-RH1 (MiniDisc recorder, 2006)
• JOEMEEK threeQ (compressor and EQ preamplifier, 2004)
• HHb Radius 3 Fatman (stereo tube compressor, 2000)
• RODE NT3 (condenser microphone, 2000)
• SONY ECM-360 (condenser microphone, 1999)
• SONY ECM-MS907 (condenser microphone, 1996)
• audio-technica AT9470 (condenser microphone, 2002)
• FISHER Spacexpander (spring reverb unit, 1968)
• IBANEZ FP-777 Flying Pan (phaser effects pedal, 1976)
• BOSS SL-20 Slicer (audio pattern processor guitar pedal, 2008)
• BOSS FV-50L* (stereo volume pedal, 1995)
"magnax"
• MAXON CS-550 (stereo chorus pedal, 2008)
• AMDEK FLK-100 (flanger pedal, 1981)
• AMDEK DMK-100 (delay pedal, 1981)
"potion"
• AMDEK DSK-100 (distortion pedal, 1981)
• AMDEK CMK-100 (compressor pedal, 1981)
• KORG Stage Echo SE-500 (echo unit, 1978)
"proxxon"
• HAWK HE-2250 (stereo delay unit, 197?)
• VESTAX DDG-1 (digital delay pedal, 1997)
• VESTAX DSG-2 (digital delay and loop sampler, 199?)
"dsg-2 etude", "rhyme"
• Guyatone PS-014 Delay (delay pedal, 198?)
• Guyatone PS-013 Chorus (chorus pedal, 198?)
• YAMAHA EM-90A (6-channel mixer with drum machine, 1973)
"konseki wazuka"
• VESTAX PMC-05 MKIII (2-channel mixer, 2004)
• TASCAM M-06ST (6-channel mixer, 198?)
• Flute (reedless wind instrument)
"mijirogi no sai", "grass", "prop"
• Matófono / Matofono (Argentinian aerophone instrument)
"calabaza", "matofono vignette", "omitted", "mace", "sinvino"
• Bass Recorder (wind instrument, between tenor and great-bass recorders)
"series", "spare", "some didge etude"
• Trumpet (brass instrument)
• HOSHIDEN Elemonica (electronic harmonica, 1975)
• Noseflute (wind instrument played with nose)
• HOHNER Guitaret (electric lamellophone, 1963)
"Espadrille", "guitaret 01", "wild dagga", "sandalwood", "no mercury added", "wakabadai", "series", "abacus", "roll down", "prop", "rtdd"
• Steel Pan (pitched steel drum)
"some saw suite", "kakisonji", "musashi-sunagawa"
• Glockenspiel (percussion instrument with tuned metal keys)
"Submarine"
• Vibraphone (percussion instrument with tuned keys with vibrato)
• Marimba (percussion instrument with tuned wooden keys)
• Xylophone (percussion instrument with tuned wooden keys)
• Musical-Saw (saw played with bow)
"some saw suite"
• Baritone Uke (second-largest ukulele)
"torayvino", "dousa kanman", "decay"
• Banjo-Uke (ukulele with banjo resonator body)
"ポニカ", "keisei fushizen", "leaflet", "series", "coleco waltz", "brewery", "roll down", "musashi-sunagawa"
• Banjo (5-string instrument with resonator body)
"marsh", "potion"
• Indian Banjo / Bulbul tarang (stringed instrument similar to taishokoto)
• Sitar (plucked string instrument from India)
"abacus"
• Charango (Andean 10-string lute)
"roll down"
• Autoharp (chorded string instrument)
"tingklik one"
• Soprano Lyre (string instrument)
"jojoba", "some didge etude"
• Ghostcatcher (Siberian mouth bow)
"ghostcatcher 01", "naganuma", "jojoba", "leaflet"
• Electric Guitar (6-string steel string electric guitar)
• Classical Guitar (6-string nylon string acoustic guitar)
"dark coral", "viscose", "sagaremy"
• E-Bow (electronic string resonator)
"dark coral", "roll down", "coldburn"
• VOX Wah (wah-wah pedal)
• Electric Bass (4-string electric bass guitar)
"durban haze", "torayvino", "inagi"
• HOHNER melodica alto (polyphonic free-reed instrument)
• SUZUKI Melodion B-24 (bass melodica)
• SUZUKI Melodion PRO-37 V2 (alto melodica)
• SUZUKI OHP Melodion (alto melodica teacher unit with overhead projector) (tracks listed with "melodion" are grouped here)
"ポニカ", "menicon", "kirigamine", "thermalgraph", "naruse (хөөмий mix)", "kakisonji", "hajimekara", "proxxon", "nishifu", "rtdd", "coldburn"
• SUZUKI Andes (similar to melodica but with recorder sounds)
"Lonesome Toyger"(?)
• EXCELSIOR Accordion (box-shaped bellows-driven free reed instrument)
"ＪＯＧＧＩＮＧ", "がんじ（あんじ）", "Tilt", "Submarine", "Espadrille", "nettaiya academy", "playback", "series", "ditch", "abacus"
• CASIO PT-7 (soft-key keyboard, 1984)
"kakisonji"
• CASIO Casiotone MT-11 (keyboard, 1982?)
"senzankou", "wakabadai"
• CASIO Casiotone MT-68 (keyboard, 1983)
"grass", "hitoshikiri", "shinoshozoku", "ditch", "decay"
• CASIO Casiotone 1000P (programmable synthesizer, 1982)
"mijirogi no sai", "jojoba", "magnax"
• CASIO Casiotone 201 (keyboard, 1980)
"brewery"
• CASIO VL-1 (miniature synthesizer, 1981)
"kakisonji", "spine", "vl tone raga", "fault"
• CASIO VL-5 (miniature keyboard, 1982)
• CASIO VL-10 (miniature synthesizer, 198?)
• CASIO VA-10 Voice Arranger (keyboard with voice modulator, 1994)
• CASIO KX-101 (boombox with keyboard, 1984)
"temptation", "coleco waltz"
• CASIO SK-1 (sampler, 1986)
"forward"
• BONTEMPI Minstrel α (synthesizer, 1983)
• PAiA Oz (portable mini-organ, 1977)
• PAiA Gnome (synthesizer, 1974)
• STEIM Cracklebox (synthesizer, 1975)
• Marpac Marsona 1200 (sound machine, 197?)
• Fundimensions Sound Gizmo (sound machine, 1980)
"no mercury added", "temptation", "fault"
• SUZUKI Omnichord System Two OM-84 (electronic chord instrument, 1984?)
"Submarine", "nettaiya academy", "keisei fushizen", "kinki mansai", "wakabadai", "rhyme", "viscose", "prop", "decay"
• Dubreq Stylophone 350S (stylus keyboard, 1971)
"Tilt", "Submarine", "naganuma", "brewery", "rtdd"
• General Electric Tote-A-Tune (keyboard, 1971)
"tote-a-tune suite", "shinoshozoku"
• Texas Instruments Speak & Music (electronic music game, 1982)
"buttons", "brewery"
• KAWAI X20 (keyboard, 198X)
• EMENEE Computer Play Organ (electric organ, 1981)
• TAKATOKU Game Robot Kyuu (electronic game, 199?)
• VTECH Music Major (keyboard, 1986)
• YONEZAWA Melody Pocket (more info needed...)
• Upright Piano (acoustic keyboard instrument)
• JAYMAR Toy Piano (miniature piano-like instrument)
"playback"
• KAWAI Toy Piano (miniature piano-like instrument)
"ditch", "abacus"
• Hello Kitty Toy Piano (miniature piano-like instrument)
"coleco waltz"
• Schaaf Music Box (more info needed...)
• SELCOL Goldentone Carillon (wind-up music toy, 195X)
"Lonesome Toyger", "wakabadai"
• NAEF Gloggomobil (hand-crank xylophone, 2008?)
• Junior Drum Kit (minature set of drums played with sticks)
"guiro"
• Guïro / Guiro (rubbed percussion)
"kinki mansai", "omitted"
• Polish 26-Stringed Harp* (plucked string instrument)
• COLECO Talking Teacher* (musical toy, 1985)
"Submarine", "coleco waltz", "some didge etude", "coleco funk"
• Cavaco / Cavaquinho* (Portuguese 4-string instrument)
"cavaco one", "kakisonji", "no mercury added", "kinki mansai", "series", "ditch", "brewery", "rhyme", "sagaremy", "novelty", "sinvino"
• Agogô / Agogo* (African bell percussion instrument)
"grass", "senzankou", "viscose", "coldburn"
• Jawharp / Jew's Harp / Jewharp* (plucked mouth instrument)
"ポニカ", "torayvino", "no mercury added", "potion"
• Thumb Piano / Kalimba / Mbira* (African plucked metal instrument)
"naganuma", "feb"
• Caxixi (African shaken percussion)
"keisei fushizen"
• Woodblock (wooden percussion)
"shinoshozoku"
• Cajon / Cajón (Peruvian box drum percussion)
"shinoshozoku", "kinki mansai", "dousa kanman", "series", "ditch", "spare"
• Triangle (struck metal percussion)
"shinoshozoku", "series", "viscose"
• Rattle (shaken percussion)
"shinoshozoku"
• Ride Cymbal (rhythmic pattern cymbal)
"ideal"
• REMO Tablatone (drum)
"dousa kanman", "vl tone raga", "ditch", "ozaku"
• MEINL Galaxy (metal percussion)
"leaflet", "brainmedia", "mace"
• Tingklik*
"tingklik one"
• Udu
"wakabadai", "vl tone raga"
• Cowbell
"proxxon", "coldburn"
• Cabasa
"nishifu"
• Bongos
"decay"
• Toulouhou / Cicada
"ozaku"
• Clarion ML-9000* (more info needed...)
"ditch"
• Mamekara* (more info needed...)
"rhyme", "decay"
• Arion SPH-1* (stereo phaser pedal)
"rhyme", "fault"
• Taishogoto* (Japanese stringed harp)
"noevir"
• Didgeridoo*
"some didge etude", "Big Room House Tutorial"
• Tambourine
"がんじ（あんじ）"