Equipment Blog http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog the ever-evolving keyboard rig of Pat Strawser Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 MO6 Maiden Voyage http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=119 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=119#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:22:03 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=119 20130610-192151.jpg

]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=119 0 Palm Desert, CA Symphony Concert – April 5, 2013 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=116 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=116#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:20:50 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=116 A stripped-down setup for me at this one. Didn’t need quite so much with a seventy-piece orchestra sitting right next to me!

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=116 0 Some New Toys http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=113 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=113#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:06:02 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=113 Continue reading →]]> With every tax return must come a few rig upgrades. This year, I made a few modest, yet necessary, additions to my bag of tricks:

- A used Yamaha MO6 has made itself right at home atop my Yamaha P200 for most applications, replacing the M-Audio 88ES. In the Almost Elton John band I’ve see fit to using all 3 boards, which has given me a lot of versatility. I use it especially for strings, leads and some synth pads, as well as to drive a few soft synths.

- A Presonus Audiobox 2×2 has finally replaced the M-Audio Fasttrack. Very solidly built, and a clean sound, the Audiobox has two mic pres, which come in handy for routing the P200 into Mainstage for reverb (needed at times since the onboard verb function on the P200 has mysteriously quit working), or for routing a mic into my vocoder (also a Mainstage plug).

- finally, an iPad Mini rounds out the new toy box. It’s application is limitless to be sure, though as of now I’m primarily using it for reading PDF charts or using the iReal b app at jazz functions. I’m looking forward to pursuing its other functionality. I have Animoog, which is gobs of fun, but not yet practical to be used for anything that I’m doing at the moment.

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=113 0 The Home Studio http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=108 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=108#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:30:50 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=108 This a photo of my current workspace, complete with a stack of 1099s.

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=108 0 Lite Rig http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=105 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=105#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:49:52 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=105 Open house with Band of Gold. Used a stripped down rig, since my man John Clark was on keyboards too.

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=105 0 Hangin with Bill http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=102 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=102#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:24:39 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=102 Nerding out.

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=102 0 Rhodes http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=99 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=99#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:24:41 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=99 Really digging the NI Scarbee Mark I….

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=99 0 Robinson, Illinois http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=96 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=96#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:20:30 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=96 The rig:

Yamaha YPG 365
Kurzweil KME 61
Akai SynthStation 25

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=96 0 Improvising http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=92 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=92#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:10:16 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=92 So I show up to a gig, only to realize that I’d left my keyboard stand at a gig from a few days ago. Luckily I found some scaffolds in the kitchen of the venue….

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]]> http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?feed=rss2&p=92 0 A Spotty Rig http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=87 http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=87#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:05:15 +0000 admin http://www.strawsermusicstudio.com/Equipment_Blog/blog/?p=87 Continue reading →]]> The rig for the latest Spotty Lads gig:

Yamaha P200
M-Audio ES88
Korg Prophecy
Yamaha CP70

Another software addition to the rig was Pro-SoloVst by AM Music Technology, a great emulator of the ARP Pro Soloist. Fitting for a Genesis band!

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