favorite keyboard setup?

OmarNoori · Post by **OmarNoori** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:55 pm

hey guys what are your favorite keyboard setups while permorming?

for me it is

pa800 and roland fantom on 2tier ultimate stand

and roland d50 on the side for those old school vintage leads

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:55 pm

Hi!

My favourite live rig consist of just 1 keyboard...
I love to focus attention on performing instead of remembering what sound use on what keyb...but of course it's just me.
I prefer to spend a few more time at home to program all sounds that I'm going to use during the live gig, so I step from sound to sound through a switch pedal.

At the moment I've got a Yamaha S90 ES with an Access Virus B desktop, but I'm going to replace the S90 ES with a Korg M3 61 (seriously thinking about the 73 version...) as soon as I sell the Yamaha and the Trinity Rack.

I'm interested in the Fantom G, I think the Motif XS is a great board, I love the Triton series sounds, but I hate the keyb feels (that's why I sold the Triton Studio to buy the S90 ES).

I'm using a Spider Pro stand, with Yammy + Virus on the lower tier, and on the upper one I put the Traveler and the iBook.
Killer live setup, never had a single problem with that...nothing but a heavy load to carry with you and a lot of time to set it up and running on the stage.

regards

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:57 pm

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I paly with a pop/rock band.
I must say that the keyb setup highly depends on what kind of music you play; of course, there are some keyb that fits well in a lot of styles, other that don't sound so good in some kind of music...
But IMHO the UNIVERSAL keyboard still has to come...

krazy78 · Post by **krazy78** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:01 am

KORG all the way.
My live setup , TEX , PA80 , microkorg.

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:28 am

My current setup is:

Front - Korg Triton Extreme
Side Two-Tier - Roland RS70, Yamaha MO6
Laptop Rack- V-Rack with Korg Legacy, NI B4, NI Pro-53, Atmosphere, The Grand, and a few small others

My setup 15 years ago:

Front two tier - Kurzweil K2000, Korg M1
Side Three-Tier - Yamaha DX7II, Ensoniq EPS 16+ (or SQ1), Korg Poly 800
Rear Rack - Ensoniq Mirage, Korg Vocoder, Yamaha TX81Z

My PREFERRED setup is:

Korg Oasys and Nord Electro with a Lead Classic on top.

Jon Solo

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:35 am

Mine change in years due to the changing of bands... right now (I joined a prog-psichedelic-electronic band) I use the k2661 as a master to pilot a virus b and a v-synth xt. In the past as player for DT cover band I used the Triton, then for a rock-metal band I used a master keyboard plus a motif rack es... everything changes eh eh eh
Regards, Lorenzo

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:02 pm

Well, in the past, I've had a Trinity base version, 61 notes, which I still consider a great great great keyboard (I've been in the "nostalgic" period from the next day after I sold it

)
Then I bought a second hand Triton Studio Pro /w MOSS: amazing sound capabilities, infinite programming power, but unplayable keys, I've never been used to its bad bad action, so I sold it to buy the S90 ES.
In the meanwhile I bought a second hand Access Virus B and a Trinity Rack.

Regards

OmarNoori · Post by **OmarNoori** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:11 pm

my old setup was a pa80 instead of pa800, but i am thinking of replacing the fantom x6 with the new fantom g6

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Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:09 pm

Have you already tried the G series?
I can't try it because in Italy isn't available yet...

I'm curious to understand if it can give you real benefits, or not...

regards

Kerzwhile · Post by **Kerzwhile** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:29 pm

We just got out Fantom G in yesterday and I must say, Sounds like a Roland!!

The screen is absolutely gorgeous!!

OmarNoori · Post by **OmarNoori** » Sat May 03, 2008 7:08 pm

diego, i havent tried the fantom G yet, but i will once it comes to a music store close to me

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:31 am

I'm son interested to try out this one, to see how the sequencer is usable in live situations, to see if it comes with a PC/Mac editor, I would love to try a lot of things...
The M3 sits on the top of my list, BTW, I'm excited about its possibilities.
I've never had a Roland, so after going from Korg to Yamaha, maybe now I should try the Roland's way, too

Vadim · Post by **Vadim** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:07 pm

Triton Extreme and TR-Rack

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:57 am

Triton Extreme and TR-Rack

Small but killer setup!
Very good to travel with!

Regards

Milter · Post by **Milter** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:59 pm

I have a PC1SE and a Triton Extreme on top. Both sitting on a Spider PRO stand. The boards are connected via MIDI so when I change setup on the TEX my Kurzweil automatically change to the right setup. That way I only have to manage one program change per song (unless we play our Abba medley, where I am sweating a bit:) Here I just have all the right setups right after one another, and only need to press INC_setup to shift.

I like the sound of the Kurzweil and also the TEX. though I miss my K2500 with KDFX - I don't miss carrying it!