Derek Sherinian

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..."

Original source here.

Derek lists this synth on his website.

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!!!!"

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!!!!"

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

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

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

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

On his twitter account, he posted this photo of the keyboard along with other keyboards.

On his twitter account, he posted this photo of the Mellotron along side his Hammond B3.

On his twitter account, he posted this photo of the keyboard along two other keyboards.

On his twitter account, he posted this photo of the keyboard along side two other keyboards.

Used with Sons of Apollo in 2018.

In this tweet, shared October 28 2021, Derek Sherinian shows at the center of the image a Korg Kronos 2 61-Key Synthesizer Workstation.

At the 2 minute and 32 second mark of the video "Alice Cooper - Trash (from Alice Cooper: Trashes The World)" on AliceCooperVEVO, Derek Sherinian can be seen using a Roland D-50 synthesizer during a live performance with Alice Cooper.

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the Korg Z1 synthesizer, as detailed in his Leopard Room Gear List featured on Music Gear Review.

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the Korg SG Pro X, as listed in the detailed gear inventory from the source titled "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge at Music Gear Review."

Derek Sherinian uses the KORG Wavestation SR as part of his keyboard rig, as documented in the "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge" feature on Music Gear Review.

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the KORG 01R/W sound module in his keyboard rig, as detailed in the gear list featured in the article "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge" on Music Gear Review.

Derek Sherinian utilizes the Korg TR-Rack sound module in his keyboard rig, as confirmed by the gear list from "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge" on Music Gear Review.

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the Roland JV-2080 Synthesizer Module, as listed in his Leopard Room Gear List featured on Music Gear Review's article "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge."

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the Roland JD-990 sound module, as listed in the detailed gear inventory from his Leopard Room, according to "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge" at Music Gear Review.

Derek Sherinian is confirmed to use the Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano, as evidenced by the gear list from his Leopard Room featured in the article "Happy Hour(s) at Derek Sherinian's Leopard Lounge" on Music Gear Review.

In a video titled "Derek Sherinian Keyboard Solo" on YouTube, Derek Sherinian can be seen playing a Korg Triton Pro 76 during a performance with Planet X. This is identifiable by the specific number of keys and the distinctive shape of the joystick, which is only used on the original Korg Triton/Triton Pro keyboards.