While a lot of artists like Giorgio Moroder purchased their synthesizers and music equipment, Kraftwerk built a ton of it themselves - drum pads, robot vocalizers, sequencers [1], digital music programming, etc.
One of the biggest influences on everything we call music today. RIP Florian.
One of the biggest influences on everything we call music today. RIP Florian.
[1] - http://www.doepfer.de/maq.htm