Derek Sherinian's Gear

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An historic KORG product, which Sherinian used (and still uses) since its launch in the world market in 1996. He made this keyboard famous mainly due the "Monster Lead" patch, a signature synth lead patch thought and programmed with the help of a KORG sound technician, Jack Hotop.

His official website, which has a page listing his gear, says, "The Leopard Room is anchored by a Mac G3 running Digidesign's Pro Tools 5.0. The Pro Tools rig is the way to go for me, Derek enthuses. The flexibility of this system is awesome. The core synths in Derek's jungle are a Korg Trinity and Z1..."

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Derek lists this synth on his website.

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In this tweet from July 2014, Derek Sherinian shows off two of his synths. The one on the right in the photo is a Minimoog Voyager XL. He says, "Say hello to my little friends!!!!"

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On this video on his youtube channel he is seen playing this Korg Kronos X.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo with the pedal given to him by Joe Banamasa.

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In the background photo of his official twitter account, an Oberheim OB-XA is seen.

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KORG: Are there any other Korg products still getting work from you in the studio or on stage? DS: I still use my Triton rack because there are some great sounds on there.

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In this post Derek shows that he uses a Deepmind 12. The synth can also be seen in on his studio in many of his videos.

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Derek Sherinian's website has a section dedicated to his studio gear setup. Two Clavia Nord Lead 3s are listed under "Keyboards." This is a keyboard Derek Sherinian uses both in studio and in live sessions. He's also an endorser of Nord keyboards. Original source here.

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In this tweet from July 2014, Derek Sherinian shows off two of his synths. The one on the left in the photo is a Moog Memorymoog. He says, "Say hello to my little friends!!!!"

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Derek lists this piece of gear on his website.

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Thank you Ross for this amazing custom pedal board! It will remain in the studio underneath my 62 B3.

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On his official twitter account, he posted this photo of his keyboard.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo which includes many other pedals.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo showing off his new pedal.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo of his Hammond B3 rig which includes a Schaffer Replica Tower.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo of the Tarus Pedal.

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Touring with his supergroup Sons of Apollo Derek uses a Dexibell Vivo s7 as stage piano

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Derek lists this sampler on his website.

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Derek lists this piece of gear on his website.

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Derek uses Korg volume pedals according to his website.

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Derek uses Korg sustain pedals according to his website.

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Derek lists this piece of gear on his website.

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Derek list these monitors on his website.

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On his official YouTube channel, Sherinian is shown at his home studio playing on his Hammond B3.

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On his twitter account, he posted a photo of this pedal and many others.

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Derek Sherinian shared a photo on Twitter featuring his collection of pedals, including the TC Electronic Flashback Delay.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo which includes many other pedals.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo which includes many other pedals.

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On his twitter account, he posted this photo which includes many other pedals.

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