David Rosenthal
US keyboardist
David Rosenthal's Gear
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 2:26, we see David explain his Roland PK-5A MIDI pedals. "And then down here, we have the Roland PK-5s, which is also a controller."
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 2:22, he displays his Roland Fantom G6.
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At about 1:25, David explains how all the keyboards are being used as controllers. When he calls up a preset song on his iPad, that sends the data to his Kurzweil K2600, which brings up the patch programs from Mainstage.
In a photo on the Arturia website, David Rosenthal is shown using the V Collection 8.
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is using the Kurzweil K2600X as well as his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 00:18, he says, "The main keyboard here that I'm using in the front is the Kurzweil K2600X; pretty much using it as a controller, although I do have a lot of the sounds programmed into it to use it stand-alone should the whole rig go down."
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 1:46 in the video, we see the Hammond XK-3c, in which David explains "... and that's running through a Leslie 147, which is below the stage.
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is using the Kurzweil K2600X as well as his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 2:00, we see David mentioning his Kurzweil K2661. "... sustain pedal for the K2661 which is my other controller up top here."
David Rosenthal describing and explaining his rig, where he is explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014.
At 1:49, he acknowledges his Hammond XK-3c, and that he has that running into a Leslie 147. "The XK-3c, and that's running into a Leslie 147 which is below the stage."
In the video titled "David Rosenthal - A Keyboard Serenade" by APlace in Time, David Rosenthal is seen playing an array of synthesizers, including the E-Mu Emulator I. Other instruments featured include a Memorymoog Plus, Oberheim OB-Xa, Minimoog, and various Roland synthesizers.
I’m this video David is playing all kinds of synths here. A memory moog plus, EmU emulator, Oberheim OBXa, Minimoog, Memorymoog, and all kinds of other Roland synths I think might be a Jupiter on bottom.
In the video "David Rosenthal - A Keyboard Serenade" by APlace in Time on YouTube, David Rosenthal is seen playing a variety of synthesizers, including the Moog Minimoog Model D.
In the video "David Rosenthal - A Keyboard Serenade" by APlace in Time, David Rosenthal is seen playing an Oberheim OB-Xa among other synthesizers, including a Memorymoog Plus, Emu Emulator, Minimoog, and several Roland models.
In the video "Billy Joel - Live from Long Island (1982)," David Rosenthal can be seen using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer at the 6:34 mark.
David Rosenthal utilizes a Roland JD-800 as part of his keyboard rig, as evidenced by a setup description in Keyboard Magazine, which details his equipment arrangement.
David Rosenthal utilizes the Kurzweil K2VX as part of his keyboard rig, as evidenced by a setup description in Keyboard Magazine where it is noted alongside other equipment such as the Roland JD-800 and Korg CX3 organ.
David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Roland MKS-70 with its PG-800 programmer, as detailed in his feature in Keyboard Magazine.
According to a feature in Keyboard Magazine, David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Roland MKS-70 with its PG-800 programmer, among other equipment.
David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Roland JV-1080, as confirmed by a feature in Keyboard Magazine.
David Rosenthal's understage control center, as documented in Keyboard Magazine, includes a fully loaded Kurzweil K2500R among other equipment, such as a Roland D-550, Roland MKS-70 with its PG-800 programmer, Roland JV-1080, two Oberheim Matrix-1000's, Kurzweil AX Plus, Voce V3, Yamaha TX802, and TX816. The setup also features a 1U rackmount Glyph containing Zip and 1GB hard drives, two Behringer Multigates, a Lexicon PCM 80 with Lexicon's David Rosenthal Music FX ROM card, a Spec Electronics Xtramix CX mixer, a Power Computing Power Center 150, two Opcode Studio 5 MIDI interfaces, and several Furman power conditioners and a regulator. Rosenthal utilizes Opcode Studio Vision Pro during the performance of "The River of Dreams" and employs Opcode Galaxy Plus Editors for synth programming.
David Rosenthal's understage control center features two Oberheim Matrix-1000 sound modules, as confirmed by the article in Keyboard Magazine.
David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Kurzweil K1000 AX Plus, as confirmed by a detailed setup description featured in Keyboard Magazine.
David Rosenthal utilizes a Voce V3 in his understage control center, as confirmed by a feature in Keyboard Magazine.
According to a feature in Keyboard Magazine, David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Yamaha TX802, among other equipment.
David Rosenthal's understage control center includes a Yamaha TX816, as confirmed by Keyboard Magazine.
David Rosenthal uses a Yamaha KX76 Synthesizer as part of his keyboard rig, as confirmed by an image from Keyboard Magazine showing his setup, which also includes a Roland JD-800, a Kurzweil K2VX above a Korg CX3 organ, and various pedals and devices for program changes.
David Rosenthal is confirmed to use a Korg CX-3 Organ, as detailed in a photo from Keyboard Magazine showing him at the helm of his keyboard rig, which includes the Korg CX-3 feeding an offstage Leslie alongside other equipment.
David Rosenthal uses the Hohner Clavinet D6, as evidenced by his 1982 Rainbow rig description, which lists the Clavinet D6 among his equipment. This information is sourced directly from David Rosenthal's official website.
David Rosenthal is confirmed to use the Hammond B-3 organ, as indicated in his detailed gear list from 1982. The list, which Rosenthal himself provides on his website, places the Hammond B-3 in the center of his setup alongside two MiniMoog Model D synthesizers. This setup was part of his rig during his time with Rainbow in 1982.
David Rosenthal is confirmed to use the Oberheim DSX sequencer, as detailed in his keyboard rig description for Rainbow in 1982. The setup includes the Oberheim OBXa with an Oberheim DSX sequencer positioned to the left of the rack, as noted by David Rosenthal on his official website.
David Rosenthal uses the Lexicon PCM-41 Digital Delay as part of his setup, as evidenced by the detailed description of his rig from 1982, which is documented on his official website.
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