Matthew Fisher

In an interview on the Procol Harum website, Gabriel Forza reveals that Matthew Fisher uses a Hammond B-3 organ. He states, "I went over to his B3 and followed the cable out the back, across the stage and off and down a hall to a closed door. Opening it I found one Leslie, well-miked... MF had the right idea, though: by placing his Leslie off stage, he isolated it from all stage noise, and, because of that, his organ came through the system clean. It sounded perfect."

Matthew Fisher, the renowned keyboardist, confirms the use of the Shure SM57 microphone in his setup. As noted on the Procol Harum website, Fisher stated, "The only way I could be sure of hearing myself was to have the Leslie as far away as possible, with a Shure SM57 stuck in the top. This was easily arranged, as the PA rig would have had plenty of these mics, together with balanced mic cables of a suitable length."

In an interview with Keyboard Review, Fisher states, "‘I’m always hearing people say, "I know the guy who’s got the C3 that was used on A Whiter Shade of Pale." I can assure you that he hasn’t because it wasn’t a C3. It was a M100.’"

Matthew Fisher is confirmed to use the Roland JX-8P synthesizer, as stated in an interview with Keyboard Player magazine: "But on Truth Won’t Fade Away, for instance, I played a composite sound. It was a mixture of an analogue synth sound – a Roland JX-8P – with a sample of a guitar. In fact, the sample is my son’s Squier Bullet guitar."

In an interview with Keyboard Review, Matthew Fisher stated, "But on 'Truth Won’t Fade Away,' for instance, I played a composite sound. It was a mixture of an analogue synth sound – a Roland JX-8P – with a sample of a guitar. In fact, the sample is my son’s Squier Bullet guitar." This confirms that Fisher utilized the Squier Bullet in his music production.

In an interview with Keyboard Review, Matthew Fisher confirms his use of the Akai S1000 sampler, stating, "All I was using was the Hammond, the JX-8P, which is mine, and an Akai S1000 sampler. All the sounds I’m using are S900 samples because that’s what I had but we needed the S1000 for the extra memory."

Matthew Fisher confirms his use of the Akai S900 MIDI Digital Sampler in an interview with Keyboard Review, stating, "I played various notes on the organ, recorded them and then took them back and put them into the S900. I mix that with a churchy sound on the JX-8P – they mix quite nicely together."

Matthew Fisher confirmed his use of the Hammond C-3 organ in an interview with Keyboard Review, stating, "We were using C3s in Europe, and in America mainly B3s. There’s more B3s in America and there’s more C3s in England."