▁culture ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Syn thes izers ▁▁ ▁Syn thes izers ▁are ▁used ▁often ▁in ▁hip ▁hop ▁production . ▁They ▁are ▁used ▁for ▁mel od ies , ▁bass lines , ▁as ▁per cuss ive ▁" st abs ", ▁for ▁ch ords ▁and ▁for ▁sound ▁synth esis , ▁to ▁create ▁new ▁sound ▁text ures . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁synth es izers ▁was ▁popular ized ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Dre ▁during ▁the ▁G - f unk ▁era . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁Jim ▁J ons in , ▁C ool ▁and ▁Dre , ▁Lil ▁Jon , ▁Scott ▁St orch , ▁and ▁Ne pt unes ▁continue ▁to ▁use ▁synth s . ▁O ften ▁in ▁low - bud get ▁studio ▁environments ▁or ▁recording ▁rooms ▁const rained ▁by ▁space ▁limitations , ▁the ▁composer ▁would ▁use ▁virtual ▁instruments ▁instead ▁of ▁hardware ▁synth es izers . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 s , ▁virtual ▁instruments ▁are ▁becoming ▁more ▁common ▁in ▁high - bud get ▁studio ▁environments . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁ ▁In ▁hip ▁hop , ▁a ▁multi - track ▁rec order ▁is ▁standard ▁for ▁recording . ▁The ▁Port ast udio ▁c ass ette ▁rec order ▁was ▁the ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁in - house ▁recording ▁stud ios ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁Digital ▁AD AT ▁t ape ▁record ers ▁became ▁standard ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁but ▁have ▁been ▁largely ▁replaced ▁by ▁Digital ▁Audio ▁Work st ations ▁or ▁DA W s ▁such ▁as