LIVE RIG:

The P.A is a Roland M-12E Rackmount 12 Channel mixer, 2 x ARX Subwoofers and  2 x ARX F.O.H  Speakers powered by a CUSE KA800 (4 x 500w.r.m.s) power amp and 2 x ARX Foldback Wedges powered by an ARX 2 x 300w.r.m.s power amp. For back-up I have a Yamaha EMX860 200x200x200 Watt Mixer/Amp

Stage keyboard is a Roland D-70 midi’d to a Roland MKS-20 Piano module through an Alesis Quadraverb

Guitars are: Fender “Stratocaster”  and Fender "Squire" Stratocaster fitted with a "F.A.A.S" Acoustic Pick-up System and a Fender "Montara" Acoustic/Electric

Sequences are played via a Hewlett Packard Omnibook 510 Laptop computer. Back-up is a Creative Nomad Jukebox and Sony MDS-JE520 Mini Disc player

Microphones are Shure SM58 and Chayo FM Wireless with an SM58 insert

Vocal FX are via an ART Multiverb & TC Helicon Voiceworks. Guitar FX are via a Johnson J-Station

Lighting: 4 x Par 56 cans & 2 Par 36 cans

STUDIO EQUIPMENT:

For writing Midi sequences, I use a Roland A-33 Controller keyboard midi’d to my computer via a Steinberg Midex 3 midi interface. Sequencing/recording software is Steinberg Cubase VST and Cakewalk v9.0.

Monitoring is via Yamaha power amp and a Roland M-16E Mixer. Finished sequences are converted to mp3 files and loaded into a HP510 laptop and backed up on a Creative Nomad Jukebox and Sony Mini Disc

Sound Modules used are:

Creative SoundBlaster Live! Sound Card (Miscellaneous Sounds) Roland U-220 (Horns, Strings, Organs etc) Roland M-BD1 (Basses) Roland MKS-20 (Pianos) Roland R-8M (Drums) ESQ-M (Analogue Synth) Various VST Synths and FX