Epic Synth Studio Tour 2022 DEEP DIVE!

Appreciate you taking the time to document the process - very helpful to see how a pro makes use of all the stuffs out there ..... thank you!

Jim!!!! - Finally, great to see you again - I'm almost ready here (release january 13th on my 60th birthday) be there :-) - ..And WAOW that was one of those video's you can watch every morning before Coffee, well done :)

Oh man, perfect video for a sick day. I need a DX7 in my life, and to buy another Pro 3.

Watching this makes me so happy 🎉🎉🎉🎉

You’ve done it again, Jim! As a fellow synth-head, it’s fun seeing how you always come up with creative solutions for your setup. Amazing video as always! With my new Oberheim OB-X8, I now own 11 hardware synths, and seeing that spaghetti at 12:10 totally reminds me of my own synth studio dilemma. 😂 Coincidentally, I also had to remove my mixer from my setup because it was giving me some problems, and I think it helped to streamline my workflow. Definitely taking notes from your vids as I go along.

Loved the walk through, Jim. Great work!

One of the best vids of this kind I've ever seen! Thanks, Jim, for taking the time & effort to do this... 🎹❤

thats fantastic studio - really nice to see - hope its going well

Nice rig. Rebuilding yes, all the time. The main reason is to have access to sound design on synths and perform on them. I have 17 synths including one groove box and one sampler, and I had to fit it all in the corner of the Livingroom in a 6x8 foot space. So, for my main 3 tier stand I built it out of a desk and 1x12inch pine boards. So now the main keyboard stand holds three synths and a groove box along with a 32-channel mixing board, a 24-track hardware recorder, 2 active monitors, and 3 effects devices; all in a 32x47inch floor space, under the desk is power conditioners for the studio, another synth, a vocal processor and guitar processor, plus all the pedals for the 3 synths. Never could have done this with commercial keyboard stands and this stand is rock solid, no motion, just like playing a grand piano stability. The remainder of the studio is on two double brace two-tier X stands. I use the top of the "X" for 19inch rack gear, it fits perfectly in there and there is room for 4 spaces. I just use zip ties in the holes of the rack ears and it holds the equipment just fine. One small desk hold 2 synths finishes the "square" arrangement where I sit in the middle and can play all my synths without moving, have a stool that rotates for 360 degrees of playing. I record Vangelis style where I play the entire song in one take, no overdubbing. This requires a floor full of control pedals, and every synth in a ready to play position. It takes a few days to set up for one song and adjust mixer levels, EQ, effects design, effects levels, sound design and recording levels. Once everything is perfect, I begin practicing the song and train for all the pedal and modulation controls for a seamless finished song. I use a sampler and a VERY powerful pattern sequencer to fill in the blanks when both my hands and feet are busy. On a rare occasion I may use a step sequencer. I can't afford the top end gear you have, so make do with some lower cost stuff. IF you are interested below is the list: 1) Roland RD-2000 just of the V-Piano. 2) Roland FantomO6 just for the group sequence launch from the 4x4 pads. 3) 1010Music Black Box sampler, for sample clips of acoustic guitar and building gigantic (mixed samples) stereo poly synths from an Arturia mono synth. 4) Minilogue and a MinilogueXD the perfect 4 voice synths for monophonic play. 5) Kurzweil PC4 with VAST/FM, a poor boys 32x16 module modular synth. 6) Boutiques JP-08, JX-03, JD-08, JX-08. 7) Roland Gaia layered with a Yamaha RefaceDX. 8) Roland E-A7 used for the powerful pattern sequencer 8 tracks can run as long as 100 or more measures. I program from a blank initiated style. (presets are ugly) 9) Roland JunoDS just for the vocoder with 4 layers of vocal patches. Layered with a Korg Triton and a 3 layer vocal patch. 10) Korg KromeEX controlling the Boutiques and occasionally a patch. 12) Yamaha MX49, mainly used as controller for analog synths. 13) Korg Electribe2 Blue groove box. used for layering drums with the E-A7. 14) Effects: three Zoom CDR pedals in the aux loop of the mixer and one Night Sky reverb. 15) Mackie 32 channel Mixer with 8 sub outputs to the Zoom R24 SD recorder. 16) Yamaha DGX-670 piano, used only for solo piano, not in the studio. No computer used. Will be buying a MAC MINI this year for mastering with Logic.

Thank you Jim! what a SUPERB Video.. love it!

This is awesome!

Im SOOOO happy that u are a actual PLAYER!!!! When u reach up and play the OBX8 AND the JUPITER X at the same time, THAT'S when ideas shift into more than sounds, right? Same with the System 8 and MIGHTY PRO 3 SE (MATRIX BRUTE as well) Ideas start to become songs! Do that Synth record, my brother!! U are representing us very well, Sir

You're a life saviour! Thank you!! Very helpful!!

gotta say some of those photos of all the work that had to be done made my back hurt.

Holy synth

You re so beast your Studio is amazing

I love my Jupiter X too.

Amazing video

Hi Jim, I agree with you on the sound of the Yamaha console. I use a Yamaha AW4416 stand alone recorder. I love the effects that are in it. I believe they are the same effects that are in your 02R. This video motivates me to reorganize my studio as well. Cables are getting out of control again. Loving the sound of my OBX8, although I am having a lack of voices problem. About time to contact SC over this. I just read some of your firmware update suggestions on the SC site. Thanks for sharing! Jim

Hi, Jim. Chris here with Stone Prophet. This video is probably the most informative and friendly experience on YouTube I’ve had in a very long, long time. Thank you for sharing your studio logistics and knowledge base with us!