J D Emmanuel

Live at New Media Art and Sound Summit, June 17, 2010, Austin Texas

Live Performance Setup, combination of any of the following gear:
• Yamaha SK-20 Synthesizer, local performances only
• 3 - Dave Smith Instruments Mono Evolver Keyboards
• Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08
• Dave Smith Instruments Evolver Desktop
• 2 - Behringer DD400 Digital Delays
• SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player for playing digital loops of environmental sounds or synthesizer loops
• Zoom R16, mixer, multi-track digital recorder
• Zoom H2 Portable Digital Recorder for live recording

Electronic Instruments
• Yamaha SK-20 Synthesizer, circa 1982, analog synth/organ/strings - a gift from my wife, Cindy in 1982 - Sweet!
• Evolver MEK, Dave Smith Instruments, as close as I could get to a Sequential Circuits Pro-One type keyboard. Very cool mix of analog and digital sound technology with a sequencer and arpeggiator.
• Dave Smith Prophet '08, the closest relative to my favorite Pro-One synths.
• Evolver Desktop, Dave Smith Instruments, basically like the MEK but without an arpeggiator.

Guitars
• 1982 Martin D-35, sweet! Got it in 1991, the sound was just starting to mature, now it is beautiful with a balanced bass and treble.
• 1998 Martin DBXR - I got this one in a pawn shop for $300. I could not figure out why it was so cheap and sounded almost as good as my D-35! When I researched it out, I discovered that it was a laminated guitar with wood bracing. This is a wonderful axe that sounds great and plays easy!! I take it camping because it won't get hurt in humidity and heat.

Studio Hardware
• Zoom R16 Multi-track digital recorder
• Zoom H2 digital recorder
• Tascam 302mkII, dual well cassette deck
• Alesis 3630 Compressor
• Nady GEQ 231
• Midiman USB Midiport
• Behringer Denoiser
• QSC RMX 1850HD Amplifier
• Sony MDS-JB930 MiniDisk deck for basic mixdowns

Studio Software
• Sony Acid Pro 6 for creating final mixes and loops
• Sony Soundforge 8 and 9
• Sony CD Architech 5
• Vegas Pro 11 Video Editor with DVD Pro Architech 5
• Mackie Tracktion 2

Past Instruments and Equipment
• 3 - Sequential Circuits Pro-One, I did my most creative work with this synthesizer. I would like to own a Pro-One again, but the prices are just too high.
• Crumar Traveler T1-C Organ, my first keyboard
• 2 - Ensoniq ESQ-M, I did my 2nd most creative work with these synthesizers.
• Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, the first analog MIDI synth to hit the market in 1982. This was restored by Wine Country Productions, a group of ex-SC techs. Never really used it for music work.
• 1974 Martin D-28-12, best 12-string guitar I have ever had the priviledge of owning.
• Casio MG-510 Electric/Midi guitar, one of the best tracking MIDI guitars ever plus a great blues/jazz sound.
• Octave Cat Synthesizer
• Yamaha CS-15 Synthesizer
• Roland Juno-D Limited Edition, awesome range of sounds and functions, a step above a regular Juno-D with some extra features and sounds.
• Delta-Lab DL2, used for the echo track on Wizards and many other compositions. An early, high quality audio, studio digital delay.
• Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine
• Korg X5DR Synthesizer Module
• Teac A-3440 4-Track Reel-to-Reel, my favorite 4-track I have ever owned. I would compare it to any other 4-track by any other company in quality and sound.
• Tascam 40-4
• Teac A-3340
• Otari MX5050B2 2-track Rec/PB, 4-track PB
• Echoplex EP-4
• Ross Phaser Pedal
• DOD Compressor/Limiter pedal
• Fender Stereo Pack Guitar Processor which includes chorus, overdrive, distortion and speaker simulation. Got it back in 1992 while traveling in the San Francisco area.

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