Gearhead Central

I take great pride in my keyboard sounds.  Whether it’s to cover something you’ve heard or something that’s original in nature, the sounds are SO very important.  I’ve spent countless hours and a whole lot of money to put together what I consider my “ultimate” keyboard rig.  My sounds are my own design – nothing is just right out of the box, and where possible I use emulations of the actual gear used to create the original sounds programmed to sound like the recordings.

Updated 3/3/2024

Keyboards / Controllers:
Yamaha EX5
Korg Kronos SE
Korg Kronos X (updated to match the SE)
Korg nanoKontrol Studio
Roland Ax Edge

Stand:
Apex AX-48 with custom rotating base
On-Stage KS7350 Folding-Z Keyboard Stand
On-Stage KS7365-EJ Folding-Z Keyboard Stand with 2nd Tier

Computer:
(2) MacMini (late 2012)
i7 dual Quad core processors
16 Gigs Ram
(2) 2 TB SSD Drives

Software:
Apple MainStage
Behringer X Air Edit

Plugin’s:
Apple MainStage Collection
Arturia V Collection 9
IK Multimedia B-3X
IK Multimedia Sample Tank 4
IK Multimedia Syntronic
Kong Legacy Bundle
Cherry Audio Quadra
Cherry Audio Pro Soloist

Mixer / Interfaces:
Behringer XR18Air Audio Mixer
iConnectivity PlayAUDIO12 Audio Interface
iConnectivity Audio4C Audio Interface
iConnectivity MioXM MIDI Interface
CME WIDI Master (for bluetooth connection to Ax Edge)

Monitoring:
Shure PSM900
JH Audio JH16v2 Custom IEMs

Power conditioning / UPS:
APC Lithium single rack space battery backup