Your live keyboard rig. [Archive] - Jordan Rudess' Community Forums

mmvrs09

10-16-2003, 08:48 PM

Depends on what kind of gig I'm doing. My next gig on November 2nd, all I'm bringing is my RS-9, being that it's a solo jazz gig. But, if I'm gigging with my band, I've got the RS-9, minimoog voyager, and my trendy Casio CTK-650 connected to my laptop with various softsynths and samplers.

PsawniK

10-16-2003, 10:40 PM

Considering that I only have one keyboard and one amp, my rig is an S90 into a Behringer KX1200. I'd like to add an Ion to that, eventually.

stradivarius

10-17-2003, 03:39 AM

Kurzweil PC88 - as a main controller, a blue Kurzweil K2000VP, a Kurzweil MicroEnsemble and a Ultimate Apex keyboard stand.

maJ estY

10-17-2003, 04:22 AM

I had nothing else than my PSR-730 on my last and only gig (which had an audience of more than 500 ppl though!), so I used only that. Today it wouldn't be anything else than my XP-30.
And you guys made me wanting an Expression mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:

Wizard

10-17-2003, 12:40 PM

Mine is composed of my 2 beloved Korgs: N5 and Trinity V3. I use them at home, I use them live :)

Marco

Thiago

10-17-2003, 02:41 PM

yeah... Home and Live: :P

Korg ix300 ( great basic synth sounds, AI2 synthesis ) + JD-990 ( oh, I love this one).

Wizard

10-17-2003, 05:07 PM

AI2 synthesis is featured in the N5 too.

Marco

Everlasting_Rain

10-18-2003, 07:32 AM

Just an N-364 (also AI2 synthesis)... I feel jealous reading your entries....

Over The Edge

10-18-2003, 10:01 AM

Anyone here use a Hartmann Neuron live?

FL
www.franklucas.net

Lyngs

10-18-2003, 10:33 AM

At the moment, my live rig will consist of only a K2500X. Who needs all those racks and racks of keyboards anyway? :P

U.

Over The Edge

10-18-2003, 10:42 AM

Actually,

You could get away with just that board for just about
every application. The rest is just for show anyways. :wink:

FL
www.franklucas.net

rutgerv

10-19-2003, 06:22 PM

My current rig:
-Korg Triton Pro
-Yamaha S30
-Oberheim OB3 (through Triton Leslie Sim)
-Yamaha SK10 (if the stage is big enough and i'm willing to transport the full rig)

All this to a Behringer MX1604A, midi-patched through a MOTU Micro Express.

Regards,

Rutger

Shreddy

10-19-2003, 08:16 PM

Roland XV88 with EV5 expression pedal, DP6 Damper pedal, and generic switch pedal.

Thats about it. When I watched Jordan's instructional vid I opted to create custom layer and split maps for each song. Some songs I dont have to change tones just move my hands or use the exp pedal. Others require tone changes.

Ed

ImaX

10-21-2003, 08:18 AM

Live I'm using a K2500XS keyboard with a N1R sound module.

At home I have a A90ex, a N5 and a M1Rex sound module.
I'd like to use the piano and organ sounds of the A90ex, but carrying the K2500 is hard enough, I don't want to take a second 88-key keyboard with me :-)

Leethal

10-26-2003, 08:39 PM

Playing Live with "Streets, a Tribrute to Savatage" My Rig is a Korg Triton Studio 61, a Korg Karma, Yamaha EX7 (My Most Beloved Synth!!!), and my Old Roland E70. (I know, I know, But I've had this Board for sooooo long now, I just don't FEEL Right if it's not in the Line up Somewhere! LOL)

The Live Amp Rig is a Old Peavey Mixer (Soon will be Retired though I haven't any Idea with what yet. Any Ideas?), a SWR SM900 Amp, SWR 4x10 Golitah Cab, and a SWR 1x15 Son of a Bertha Cab.

I haven't Found any other Amp Rig that works Better then the SWR Rig. It REALLY cuts Though LOUD Drums and Guitar!!!

Who says that Us Keyboardist Have to use a Little Keyboard amp or just plug into the PA, live.

But I Have to admit, Carven has Come out with a 1000 watt 7 channel Keyboard Amp that Looks Interesting. I may have to check that Puppy out!!!

Karmafied

10-30-2003, 02:55 PM

Hi my friends i really happy ´cuase tomorrow i have in my hands my new baby jejeje now i have the next gear for the live and studio works
(I promise post some photos of the gear the next week):

Roland Fantom s88 with SRX-04 Symphonique Strings
SRX-06 Complete Orchestra and 288MB sample Ram

Korg Karma Workstation EX17v with EXB 06/07Orchestral Collection Expansion Board

M1 workstation with EXB D20 Drums/Perc EXB RAM

Technics Acoustic Modeler KN 6500 & Technics Acoustic Modeler KN 5000

Roland AX1B & AX1G Custom Remote Controllers

Roland PK5 pedalier controller

AKG Guitar Bug UHF Trans/Receiver

Midiman transmidi piggyback (wireless midi system)

Behringer FootController BFC 1010

Etek Multi D.I. Splitter 16/32 Ch.

Sorry i have a clinic key obsesion jejeje

Vlakey

10-31-2003, 03:13 PM

Mine is composed of my 2 beloved Korgs: N5 and Trinity V3. I use them at home, I use them live :)
Marco
N5!!! \m/

Just an N-364 (also AI2 synthesis)... I feel jealous reading your entries....
N-364 is like N5, and it has a floppy unit... right?

My live rig and home equipment both consist of one keyboard... Korg N5...
I think that playing only one keyboard live is really cool... don't have many things to think about....
...and it's a good solution if you have a limited budget... :roll: :D
N5 however is pretty hard to use live... :?
especially when the buttons stop working so good... :roll:

Drusillus

10-31-2003, 03:35 PM

Vlakey I'm a little unclear... would you recommend an N5? :wink:

Everlasting_Rain

10-31-2003, 03:37 PM

Well, I don't know very much about the N5, but from what I've heard, yes, they're very similar.

And yes, the N-364 has a floppy unit, which I find really useful as I can use the combi banks to put my patches in a different order for each concert. That's the main use I give to it. Another thing is that I can put the midis (if they're not too long, like ACOS) directly into the sequencer.

Shreddy

10-31-2003, 04:54 PM

I have an X5 which is very close to the N5, the sounds are very nice. Typical Korg, the pianos are thin but other tones seem to round up the unit.

The keys on the X5 were crap (casio feel), looking at the N5 it appears to be the same keyboard case which means that its keys might be the same. The N364 might have a nicer feeling keyboard. My suggestion is to go out and test the boards.

Ed

ImaX

11-01-2003, 07:06 AM

The X5 doesn't have the same case as the N5. I'm using my N5 for about 5 years now and love it. It doesn't have that much features compared to other keyboards, and it's low price of course. I'm still using a lot of sounds from it, for doing cover-music I never had problems, and I don't think it sounds bad 8) but it depends on what you want to do with it of course...

Vlakey

11-01-2003, 12:09 PM

Vlakey I'm a little unclear... would you recommend an N5? :wink:
\m/
always!
but... than again.... I'm in love with it... so you just might ask someone else... :lol:
not the top of the bunch, but I'd recommend it to low-budget players...

mtkettun

11-01-2003, 01:17 PM

N5 however is pretty hard to use live... :?
especially when the buttons stop working so good... :roll:

True. A change of bank is 2 clicks of 2 diff buttons, and then the patch itself is 2 more. And when you try to do it fast you often screw up.
I played on this school thing a year ago, and instead of number 09 (a lead sound :wink: ) I went to 90, that was a really quiet, slow attack, warm pad sound :lol: :lol:

Deceit

11-02-2003, 03:16 AM

-Korg Triton Le 76 (simply love it, I can reach much higher speed with its keys)
-Roland Ax-1 (only with the Hard Rock group, I can't play on it with the prog metal one...I mean, I need all 76 keys with it!)

I'm gonna get another keyboard some day (probably aiming for Alesis QS(?) or Roland (I'm still too stupid to deal with a Kurzweil (tried it but it seems you need a degree in Physics to take out some sounds)))...when we start to play continuously live, 'cos in studio the VSTs are doing a great job...XPhraze is my favourite, even if I'm looking for Hypersonic.
At home I'm using my old Korg EC500 for its weighted keys (to train on something when I need it) together with Le sounds.
Deceit.

UnboundedSky

11-08-2003, 03:55 PM

I bring out WAY too much Stuff...

Rhodes Mk II Stage 73
Moog Opus III
Arp Odyssey
Korg DW-8000
Enqoniq KS-32

-Bill

Over The Edge

11-08-2003, 05:28 PM

My new live kit...

Yamaha Motif ES8
Moog Voyager

FL
www.franklucas.net

MoonDark

11-09-2003, 08:22 PM

Live gear
Korg Karma
Beringer FCB1010 midi pedal
Roland AX-7

I want to get some analog stuff soon
like a DX7 , and If I have the money a Nord...

Taliesyn

11-10-2003, 07:07 AM

I'm using a Triton LE-61 home and live. It's my first synth and I was very proud of it until now. I'm feeling jealous too Everlasting_Rain with all these ppl having great equipment. Well I guess that most of you are professional musicians and that's why you have all these sinths. Otherwise I will feel more jealous. So...how many of you are professional musicians?

maJ estY

11-10-2003, 10:58 AM

My new live kit...

Yamaha Motif ES8
Moog Voyager

FL
www.franklucas.net

Tell me if you don't need your Kurzweil anymore!

merijn

11-10-2003, 12:13 PM

Did I hear Kurzweil? :shock:

Over The Edge

11-10-2003, 02:12 PM

I took my board to a rehearsal with guitarist Neil Zaza
over the weekend. He had no prior knowledge of this board
and has always favored Kurzweil sounds, ADAMANTLY!

In a nutshelll...

he loved it!!!

He enjoyed the fullness of the sounds like the piano and strings
and even thought that the analog pads and comps were
more fresh and current/modern sounding than the sounds
off my K2600XS. I was able to switch between some complex
Performances in mix mode flawlessly with no
interruption in sound, just like on my Kurz. A part of me thought that he
would freak out at the change since he is pretty set in his
ways as far as his preference in synth sounds but seemed
to embrace the ES. NowI think he wants one too! (ha ha ha).
No Neil, you can't have mine...
go get your own!

BTW...I'm not getting rid of my Kurz anytime soon,
and even if I did...it would be for the new K3000.
So...don't even think about it Majesty! :P

FL
www.franklucas.net

Kamin

11-10-2003, 08:05 PM

K3000?? :shock: i havent heard about that, prolly for a good reason too, where you hear about that?

KeyMaster

11-12-2003, 10:47 AM

I use the Roland XP80 workstation and Yamaha P80 stage piano... I plan to change the XP80 with Motif ES7 in May 2004... I think this setup will finalize with the change of P80 with Roland xv88+concert piano board...

Vlakey

11-28-2003, 03:07 AM

here's my "rig" :lol: , the KORG N5...
http://www.yumetal.net/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=1357
I put some black tape over the "korg" logo to make it
look like it's in cyrillic letters (serbian language) :wink:

Wizard

11-28-2003, 04:43 AM

Yeah, the N5 rulez!!! \m/

Marco

jordanrudessjr

11-28-2003, 12:10 PM

Mine is a yamaha cs6x covered in DT stickers

korg4god

12-22-2005, 03:11 PM

My live/ studio set up:

Yamaha DGX-500 (I'm too old to lug weighted keys around) :)
Korg PA-1x Pro
Countryman E6 mic
Korg D16XD Multitrack studio

Office:
Korg N264
Yamaha DX7
Digitech Vocalist Harmonizer

Home teaching studio:
Yamaha psr-GX76
Acoustic console piano

I have a Nyle Steiner MIDI EVI beinfg made for me as I speak and will have it wireless MIDI fitted..... can't wait

ChrisMcCoy

12-22-2005, 03:30 PM

My Current Live Rig:
Quicklock Z716/724 stand.
2nd Quicklock stand for 3rd keyboard
Roland RS-9
Roland Jd-800
Roland JX-3p
Roland JV-1080 w/Vintage Synth, Experience 2 and 60's-70's expansions
MX-8 Midi Patchbay
Behringer Eurorack 1602
Furman PL-8
Crate KX-80

Michael Troy

12-22-2005, 06:54 PM

Yamaha S90 and Motif 6 (need the semi-weighted action too)

Mikkel

12-24-2005, 07:09 AM

My live rig is

Korg 01w Pro
Korg Triton pro
Korg X-2

:biggrin:

Arda

12-24-2005, 11:23 AM

Only a k2500S. I hate semi-weighted keys. I'm planning to buy a k2600XS in this summer..

hostVentura

12-24-2005, 01:06 PM

Currently:

Korg Triton 88 Keys
Kurzweil K2000R Rack
Custom Made Rackmount Computer With All Sorts Of VSTs
Custom Made Rotating Stand
Peavey KB5 Amp

hephiroth

12-24-2005, 01:09 PM

Live, I use either:

a Korg Karma

or

a Korg Triton Pro-X

Whichever one I'm using (depends on my mood and the gig), I also use:

EXB-PCM08 Concert Grand Piano Expansion Card
Roland Damper Pedal
Boss FS-5U Footswitch
Rotating Stand
Kurzweil ExpressionMate (only sometimes and only w/ Triton).

-jeff-

https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/jhpalmer/Jeff%20with%20Light.jpg

St0rMl0rD

12-24-2005, 04:26 PM

Kurzweil pc88mx, controlling:

Roland JV-1080
EMU ESI-4000 Turbo sampling unit

Want to replace the last two racks with Yamaha Motif ES 8...

Peace out,
JJ

Biospark

12-24-2005, 04:37 PM

Main Axe : Roland Jx-10

Korg Ex-8000 "controlled by Jx"

Roland D-50

and occasionaly I'll flip out my Casio Cz-5000

Maximus

12-25-2005, 09:58 PM

Main Axe : Roland Jx-10

Korg Ex-8000 "controlled by Jx"

Roland D-50

and occasionaly I'll flip out my Casio Cz-5000

Cool combo, sonicly interesting, very retro, but would a modern workstation suit your needs?

Maximus

12-25-2005, 09:59 PM

Mine Usually:

Korg Triton Extreme with MOSS
Alesis QS6 with Stereo Grand Piano Card
Ultimate Silver Apex Keyboard stand
Yamaha MG10/2 Mixer
Proel cables with neutrik plugs
And 2 Korg PS1 pedals

I really like the Triton/QS6 combination because they don’t sound anything alike, true the alesis lacks all of the bell & whistles of the Triton but its not as edgy/sharp sounding and it has been with me for many years, gigs & sessions (there affordable but build like tanks) and it does some tricks very well, I would only get rid of it when I find a QS6.1 in mint condition

RobD

12-26-2005, 02:54 PM

M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (master controller)
Roland GR20 (for connecting guitar to the setup)
Laptop with a bunch pirated/free VSTs in Ableton Live 4 (also pirated)

I wanted to keep it simple, because (1) I have the guitar setup to worry about and (2) I'm lazy, so one controller and stolen software seemed the way.

Biospark

12-28-2005, 01:11 AM

Trust me maximus, if I could afford a Triton or something of the like I would snap one up in a minute. Yet, I really cant complain with my live rig. Great sounds, reliable "except for when the ex battery went dead." and I know them like the back of my hand. Its nice having gear like that. :smile:

jkwheel

11-13-2006, 12:46 PM

Roland RS-9
Korg X-5
Native Instruments B4II
Compaq Laptop
Korg Rk100

prismtheory

11-13-2006, 02:28 PM

I went from
microkorg
kurz k2000
korg triton le
apex stand

to

1. Triton Extreme 88 /moss
2. ultimate v stand

Doing some research on KORE and thinking about incorporating some soft synth stuff as well...just depends on how much of a pain it is going to turn out to be.

Deceit

11-13-2006, 03:14 PM

Currently moving in Italy with a Roland JP8080 remotely controlled from a Korg Triton Le 76 w/32mb sampling ram, custom piano and choir samples.
Deceit.

Omega Monkey

11-13-2006, 03:16 PM

Mine would depend on what kind of music I was doing.

Very basic but well rounded...

EX5

For some jazzy fusion type stuff probably...

Rhodes 73 Stage (with Vox wah, dbx tube preamp, phaser, and run into eithe rmy JC-120 or Fender Bassman 10)
EX5
JX3P (with PG-200 of course, and run through my Ensoniq DP4)
TG77 (for those awesome Elektric Band type sounds/general FM stuff)

For rock oriented stuff...

EX5
JX3P
TG77 and/or D50 (with PG 1000)
maybe my PK5 bass pedals (contolling either the EX5, the JX, or my Alpha Juno1)
maybe my EX800
maybe my SQ1+

For full out Tangerine Dream style electronica...

EX5
JX3P
Alpha Juno1
Rhodes
Ensoniq ASR-X
D50
TG77
FB01
PK5
DP4
various other effects
maybe my Hammond J112 (depending on how big the gig was and if it was needed, its got that great 60s transistor organ sound a la early Pink Floyd)

Actually, I would love to start a TD style band with 1 or 2 other keyboard players, a drummer, and maybe 1 or 2 other people (bass or guitar for instance, or even something like violin).

Of course, if I could just have a Motif ES8 or Fantom X8, a PEK, the TG77 or an SY99, and a CX3 (or some other clonewheel), and the PK5, that would be pretty much all I would need for most situations.

HammondToby

11-13-2006, 04:46 PM

Small stagesetup:

Nord Stage 88
Kurzweil K2661 (with all ROMs and Sampling, 2 Kurzweil KFP-1, one Roland EV-7)
Ultimate Apex
Yamaha MG 16/6FX
Shure PSM 600 (hardwired)
Ultimate Ears UE-5pro

the big one:

Fender Rhodes MK II > MXR Phase 100 > EH PolyChorus > Dunlop TS-1 > Boss DD-6 > two TwinReverbs
Minimoog
Hammond C3 > Combo Preamp > Leslie 147
Kurzweil K2661 (with all ROMs and Sampling, 2 Kurzweil KFP-1, one Roland EV-7)
Yamaha MG 16/6FX
Two Mackie SRM-350
HearSafe Earplugs (-25 dB filtering)

mdsonic

11-15-2006, 08:39 AM

Currently my live rig is:

Motif 6 ES
Triton 61 key
M-Audio Pro keys 88 controller
Laptop with - Korg Legacy, NI Pro 54, Cyclone, Papen Blue and Albino, Sample Tank.
NI Kore
Prosonus Firewire audio

Graulrus

11-15-2006, 08:58 AM

Here's my live rig:

Kurzweil K2600XS
Kort Trinity V3 (soon to be replaced by my new PEK)
Roland XV-5080 (Classic Keys & Orchestral expansion boards)
Korg MS2000R
Yamaha TG77
MOTU Midi Express XT
Mackie 1604VLZ

Shure E-3 plugged into our Hear Technologies personal monitor mixer.

God I love that K2600XS!!

Analogkid

11-15-2006, 06:17 PM

I constantly shift things around. With my new Who tribute band here is my set up

Alesis Fusion 8HD
JP8000
Minimoog Voyager
Roland U20
300W Beheringer 15"
Various pedels phaser, distortion, leslie
Yamaha 10 channel mixer
and 2 quick lock double tier stands

jeebustrain

11-15-2006, 10:29 PM

this was my old live rig (when I played keys in the band)

M-Audio Keystation pro 88
Yamaha Motif 6
Oberheim OB12
Korg Trinity Rack
Korg MS2000BR
Access Virus A (not pictured - was in for repair at the time)
HP Laptop with lotso softsynths, with everything driven by Ableton Live 5
http://www.polariswindow.com/other/wayout_keys.jpg

Now that I'm playing drums too, here's my live keyboard rig
M-Audio Oxygen8 controller
Roland SPD-20 percussion pad
Panasonic Toughbook Laptop running Ableton Live and a buncha softsynths
http://www.viralmatrix.net/other/redsea_drums06_02.jpg

Maximus

11-16-2006, 09:13 AM

Its called proper programing

jkwheel

11-16-2006, 11:17 AM

I just added the native instruments b4II to my rig. This thing sounds awesome!! I cranked up my Carvin amp last night and it was a monster!

jeebustrain

11-16-2006, 11:49 AM

Its called proper programing

exactly.

Since I've moved to drums, two other guys in the band are playing keys too (along with guitar), so the amount of stuff I actually have to play is a LOT less than before. Basically, I'm just filling in stuff with my left hand (while right hand and foot drumming) while both guitars are playing. Octave-wise, I have it set to exactly what I need to play in that part of the song.

In both rigs, I made the effort to make sure that all my sounds, splits, and layers programmed down to the exact notes needed for whatever song is going on.

Plus, for a few things, I actually have some of the drum pads programmed to trigger chords and single notes that I wouldn't be able to get to if I were to have to put a stick down and play the keybed. I also have the release/decay set up exactly where I need it to be so I don't have to worry about making sure a sustain pedal can hold sound between notes.

I'm probably the only guy I know who plays a moog and a mellotron (both VST) with drumsticks.

Omega Monkey

11-16-2006, 05:04 PM

Carl Palmer had Moog stuff wtih ELP, I think he was one of the first actually.

jeebustrain

11-16-2006, 07:34 PM

Carl Palmer had Moog stuff wtih ELP, I think he was one of the first actually.

yeah, Bozzio had some when he was with Zappa, too

and speaking of drums/keys, I was watching some ABWH stuff on Youtube a couple nights ago and noticed that Bill Bruford had some sort of keyboard (at least a 49 key something, if not bigger) behind his kit.

Analogkid

11-17-2006, 07:34 AM

yeah, Bozzio had some when he was with Zappa, too

and speaking of drums/keys, I was watching some ABWH stuff on Youtube a couple nights ago and noticed that Bill Bruford had some sort of keyboard (at least a 49 key something, if not bigger) behind his kit.

Ya he did Jee, I was lucky enough to see the show when the where in town in 88 or 89. I think Bill just used it for some sound patches, he never actually played it.

jeebustrain

11-17-2006, 11:34 AM

........ *passes out*

I uh... turn on my keyboard.. and when I wanna switch patches I press a button :smile:

I'm a gearhead and I love all this complicated midi junk, so I like to dig as far in as possible.

When I was playing keys full time, my pre-programming made my shows actually pretty brainless. All my patch changes were actually completely automated (I didn't even need a switch) by my laptop. Depending on where I wanted to be facing in whatever part of the song (usually giving cues to different bandmembers or something), I'd have my splits set up so that every sound would automatically be in the most convenient section of whatever keybed that hand was under. Most songs usually involved 8-10 different sounds (or more - spread across 3 rack modules, 2 hardware synths, and a bunch of softsynths), so the less I had to think about on stage, the better.

What I did/am doing is really not that much different than how Jordan has his equipment programmed. To me, doing it the "manual" way is really no different than driving your car and putting it in park, shutting it off, and getting out of the car at every stop light and stop sign. You'd be suprised how much easier it makes your life.

jeebustrain

11-17-2006, 11:35 AM

Ya he did Jee, I was lucky enough to see the show when the where in town in 88 or 89. I think Bill just used it for some sound patches, he never actually played it.

yeah, that's what I figured. You would think that Wakeman and Anderson would be able to cover everything else (did Anderson actually have a board onstage during that tour? I can't remember)