Jesse Carmichael

“That thing is awesome! The thing that’s awesome about the Moog is the expression pad in the middle. You can make circles with it and tap on it; that’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.” - Jesse Carmichael in an interview taken from the January 2005 issue of ‘Keyboard Magazine’.

He is seen with Nord Lead 3 in this picture.

Jesse Carmichael was spotted using Yamaha Motif ES8 performing Makes Me Wonder with his fellow Maroon 5 bandmates. The item can be seen at 2:19.

Used for the keyboards on "Makes Me Wonder", as stated by mix engineer Mark Endert in this September 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

“As far as keyboards are concerned, there are probably about four stereo tracks of Juno 106, mainly pads for the choruses, and two stereo tracks of acoustic piano, one with eighth notes in the top end and the other with bass notes played in octaves. We also recorded a distorted Fender Rhodes and a Wurlitzer for the bridge. We played these two keyboards through James’ Orange guitar amp, and this was another element that tied this track to the previous Maroon record.”

(...) Keyboards: Urei 1176, Roland SDE3000, Lexicon PCM42

“The acoustic piano had a ton of 1176 compression on it and also some slap echo from an SDE3000. I definitely added timed delays from my PCM42s to the Juno 106 pads to keep them nice and full in the choruses. The great thing about the contour of the track is that there are moments when it’s big and then you get sucked down into moments that are tight and small. So when the keyboards change to distorted Rhodes and Wurlitzer in the bridge, they are much more dry than anything else. I don’t think I used plug–ins on the keyboards."

During the live performance of Maroon 5 for Vevo Summer Sets Jesse Carmichael was spotted with Roland VK-8 at 0:27

On this post, a Teenage Engeering OP-1 can be seen on the desk

Jesse Carmichael used a Clavinet for years, starting with his band Maroon 5’s 2002 album ‘Songs About Jane’, where it played a key role.

Jesse used a Nord Lead 1 live with Maroon 5 between 2004 and 2006.

“Jesse started with just a lone Alexis QS8, a keyboard he says sounded strangely wonderful on crappy sound systems but didn’t translate to bigger venues.” - except from the January 2005 issue of Keyboard Magazine.

A Fender Rhodes with 88 keys is seen as part of Jesse’s rig for Maroon 5’s 2005 Headlining tour.

Jesse used the Roland Fantom XR controlled by the Moog Voyager for string sounds on Maroon 5’s 2005 Headlining Tour, as seen in the January 2005 issue of Keyboard Magazine.

Jesse Carmichael used a Korg MiniKorg on Maroon 5’s 2005 Headlining Tour, as confirmed in the January 2005 issue of Keyboard Magazine.

Jesse Carmichael used the Yamaha S90 as his main keyboard for Maroon 5’s headlining shows between 2004 and 2006, as confirmed in the January 2005 issue of Keyboard Magazine.

During the recording sessions for Maroon 5’s second album, ‘It Won’t Be Soon Before Long’, Jesse used the Access Virus TI2 Polar.

In this Instagram post Jesse is seen messing around with an Orchid ORC-1; Telepathic Instruments are tagged in the post.

Jesse is seen using a Korg Triton during a solo live performance as “1863”.

Jesse used the Kurzwell PC-88 during Maroon 5’s performance on The Today Show in 2004, as seen in this Instagram post.