Jim Beard

Jim Beard is confirmed to use the Hammond B-3, as he is credited with B-3 overdubs in the liner notes of Rhythmstick's self-titled album, according to Discogs.

Jim Beard is credited with using a Fender Rhodes in the liner notes of Bob Berg's album "Virtual Reality," as documented on Discogs.

Jim Beard is credited with using a Wurlitzer electric piano on Bob Berg's album "Virtual Reality," as documented on Discogs.

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard stated, "Yeah, I had a DX-7 and a TX-7 and an RX 15, the Yamaha drum machine, and an Ensoniq Mirage, and my 4 track Fostex Cassette Recorder—that was the setup when I wrote most of those tunes for the Michael Brecker albums," confirming his use of the Yamaha DX7.

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard stated, "Yeah, I had a DX-7 and a TX-7 and an RX 15, the Yamaha drum machine, and an Ensoniq Mirage, and my 4 track Fostex Cassette Recorder—that was the setup when I wrote most of those tunes for the Michael Brecker albums," confirming his use of the Yamaha TX7 Desktop Module.

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Yamaha RX15 drum machine, stating, "Yeah, I had a DX-7 and a TX-7 and an RX 15, the Yamaha drum machine, and an Ensoniq Mirage, and my 4 track Fostex Cassette Recorder—that was the setup when I wrote most of those tunes for the Michael Brecker albums."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Fostex Model 250 4-Track Cassette Recorder / Mixer, stating, "Yeah, I had a DX-7 and a TX-7 and an RX 15, the Yamaha drum machine, and an Ensoniq Mirage, and my 4 track Fostex Cassette Recorder—that was the setup when I wrote most of those tunes for the Michael Brecker albums."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Roland JP-8000 Synthesizer, stating, "When I was doing Wayne Shorter's band, with David Gilmore on guitar, this was 1996, that's when the Roland JP 8000 came out. That was the beginning of the whole virtual sound modeling thing started. It was cool to play the instrument, because you could adjust the sound in real time with the knobs…it had a lot of cool Joe Zawinul types of sounds, almost like weird creatures speaking from another planet or something."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Hammond XK-3c, stating, "A Hammond XK-3C, which is one manual of a digital Hammond, and the Nord Stage. That's it. The Nord Stage is great. Great clavinet and Rhodes sounds."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirms his use of the Yamaha KX88 Synthesizer, stating, "I had a working setup that I used for a good stretch; two controllers, the Yamaha 88 weighted key controller (the KX88) and then the KX76 on top."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Yamaha KX76 Synthesizer, stating: "I had a working set up that I used for a good stretch; two controllers, the Yamaha 88 weighted key controller (the KX88) and then the KX76 on top. And then I had different versions of these MIDI control boxes, that you could assign different splits and routings and so forth."

In an interview with JazzTruth, Jim Beard confirmed his use of the Shure SM57 by stating, "I just wanted to see what real drums would sound like on this tune. So I put a C414 mic up above the kit and a SM 57 in front of the kick drum. We did one or two takes and I thought it sounded great. It had that sort of lo-fi thing to it. That was the beginning of when it became cool to be cheap and dumb, so to speak! And that made it on the record."