Hello!!!

As many of you know, i play keyborads. My current gear is:

Roland D-50
Korg Karma
Roland Fantom
Moog Rogue (My Favorite)
Roland U-220 Module
Emulator Proteus Orchestral 1 Module

All that with Cakewalk 10 and Pro Tools

Anyone Else??

This is my gear:

Yamaha Motif 88
Roland A-37 MIDI Controller
Roland XV-5050 module w/ Supreme Dance Card
Novation A-Station
Midiman 8x8 interface

I use Sonar 2.2 and ACID Pro 4 for recording and production. I also have a bunch of software instruments.

I want a Moog Voyager!

I'm mainly a bassist but keyboards is my second instrument. I, however, have not spent the amount of money on my keyboard gear as I have my bass rig/instruments. I use an old Yamaha YS200 as a controller for several modules which include a Korg X5DR, Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha TG33 & Yamaha TG55. I've previously owned a Casio CZ1000, a Casio VZ-8, a Kawai K5R and various other gadgets. I use an Alesis SR16 drum machine and an Alesis MMT8 Sequencer. I have a Fostex VF-08 8 track hard disk recorder. I use Cakewalk Sonar 2.2XL, Acid Pro 3 and Fruity Loops software. I know it's a bunch of old crap but it works for me.

I'm a keyboardist too. I have:

Yamaha PSR 290
Casio WTK-947(I'm not sure about the number)
Roland AX-1
Akai EWI and synth module

I use Finale, Voyetra Digital Orchestrator, and Cakewalk.

I kept my keyboards from the old days, but have been thinking about a digital piano....

Please restrain your laughter, I have a really old Fender Rhodes, a Prophet 10, a DX-7 (yes, it's 20 years old !) and a Moog Prodigy. Years ago, I had the sense to dump the OB-xA and the CP-80 (it weighed a lot, and I couldn't keep moving it). I still have a Linn 9000 drum machine, too. I think I keep it all for nostalgia.

There is a cool site for all of this vintage stuff, http://www.synthmuseum.com/index.html

That's what I have! An 80's keyboard museum... Here's one, my pal (not Mr Wakeman) invented this strange instrument:

http://www.8trackheaven.com/birotron.html

I really like the Korg Karma, especially those chord buttons on it. You play a few chords and the Karma just generates some amazing stuff for you. The keys are really weak though.

I still have my copy of Digital Orchestrator. What an easy program to use! And not CPU intensive either!

Yeah, the digital orchestrator really helped me out with some ear training and counting. A good way to start arranging if you ask me.

i use a few boards- kurzweil PC88 (it holds it down), yamaha motif 7, and if you want to count it, my fav, a 1973 73-key rhodes mark I stage piano.

Yep!! It is a good keyboard !!! I bought it after consulting with Tom. He told me that Jay uses it so , i thought it was a good refference.

About the keys, i really expected the weakness. Most of the workstations have weak keys. For me is good 'cause i can play a bit faster.

Ars: I think that you can get the voyager on e-bay.

Howdy fellow key-lords,

I have:
Yamaha CS-80
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
PPG Wave
Hammond B3
MiniMoog
Yamaha SY77
... all softsynths using Sonar Producer

and then, for live:
Yamaha Tyros
Yamaha KX-5 remote
Yamaha S-30
Roland RD-700
Korg MS-2000
Apple iPod (for those backing tracks everyone loves)

oh and Kat - a prophet 10?? wow! Those are so cool... You win in my book with the best gear!

Come to La Palapa in Long Beach and see me play on Thursdays!

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Go Count!! That's a cool gear lineup!!

My gear isn't as elaborate, but I have a Korg N-5 main board, with a Roland U-220 sound module. I also have an Oberheim OB-3 (Hammond B-3 emulator with drawbars) and a Boss DR-202 groove box/rhythm machine. It worked well for all the live gigging I did (I retired shortly after my daughter was born, with live gigs in the distant future again) but it took me longer to set up than everyone else, even the drummer!
I use everything now with a Yamaha AW-16G at home.

Check this out!
www.howtojam.com

ya know Count, the early Prophet 10s were plagued by instabilties and pitch problems, I bought the the last version in the early 80s, mostly because I was into Howard Jones, and the Human League and such synth driven sounds.

I laugh when I think about buying this synth. I really needed a new car, but opted to put the money into the Prophet. List was pretty high back in the day, and would have bought a new compact car. My family was horrified! I did buy it used, so I wasn't that crazy.

Kat, the P-10 is better than a car!
I saw the Human League in Anaheim this summer, it was awesome. Howard Jones is playing an acoustic show in San Diego in June (no synth)

all you key-people - check out Howard's site at http://www.howardjones.com

Go analog!

Yeah!! I go for the "phat" analog sounds too!!!

Casio 1800 man!!!!!!!!!

I play bass in most of my live stuff, but in the days of yore and in the studio my rig was/is:

Alesis DG-8
Korg Triton Studio 76
Hammond C2 w/leslie 145
Roland VK-8M
Edirol PCR-50
Yamaha PSR-510M MIDI'd to a
Yamaha MU-90

And for the software/recording gear:

Tascam US-122 USB-Audio Interface
Behringer 12-ch mixer
Cakewalk Home Studio 2004

Bass Stuff:

Peavey KB-4 Keyboard Amp (Rock Solid for small to medium bass gigs)
Fender Jazz Bass

's all I need.