Roger O'Donnell

Roger played a Roland JX-8P while touring with the Cure.

"I write and record in my own studio using Logic on an iMac which just replaced an ageing G5. I produce everything myself and mix it, the only thing I send out is the mastering."

"I write and record in my own studio using Logic on an iMac which just replaced an ageing G5. I produce everything myself and mix it, the only thing I send out is the mastering."

"I think I already mentioned that I use the Vienna Symphonic Library for their strings, the samples are unbelievably good. When I first used them I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!"

"I use Ableton Live for live looping and I use Mainstage for running live instruments. This all goes through a Macbook Pro an a MOTU Ultralite audio interface. I use Faderfox midi controllers which I love…"

"O'Donnell records these performances into Apple Logic (through a MOTU 828 into a MacIntosh computer) with a fairly sparse complement of controllers and peripherals: Mackie Control Surface, two 20" Apple Cinema displays, a Mackie Big Knob for monitoring, and Mackie 824 monitors."

"I use Logic in the studio and Ableton Live on stage; both are the best at what they do."

"it's got to be the Kurzweil PC88 mother keyboard, because I always prefer a weighted keyboard, and I think this is the best on the market at the moment. It allows me to have multiple splits across the keyboard - I need at least three or four. The Roland XP50 is used as a backup, because it's got so many sounds in it. The PC88 drives the rack, but if that goes down, then I can always resort to the XP50, to fill in for a song. I've also just got the Yamaha ProMix 01 mixer - and it's amazing. All the songs are programmed in the PC88, and as I flip through them, everything changes on the desk as scene memories - levels, effects sends and EQ."

"The heart of my rack is an Emu EIV. I wanted something that had enough memory to store data for all the songs, so I wouldn't be waiting if Robert decided to change the order. It meant resampling every old sound and storing it on there, That added up to between 72 and 100Mb. I use an Emu Proteus - specially for the stereo piano preset - and an UltraProteus for basic sounds. I have a MOTU MIDI Time Piece II, and use an Apple Powerbook to make editing and routing of the Time Piece easier."

It can be seen in his studio.

"I was living in Toronto at the time and had bought my first Mac computer and set up a recording studio in my apartment so in early 1988 I started writing songs with The Cure in mind. It was my first studio in a long time and my first studio which centred around a computer based system. I was recording using software called Performer which ran on a Mac Plus computer and synced up to a multi track cassette recorder which I had forgotten about until I wrote that so I could add real recorded instruments like guitar. I presented about an hours worth of music to the band when we had our first listening session at Boris’ house in Devon, England. I took my songs on a DAT tape which was the first consumer digital tape format."

There were a lot of keyboards and samplers and modules used here is the studio list;

Mirage Sampler Prophet 2002 Sampler Emulator E2 Sampler Emulator E3 Sampler Akai S612 Sampler

Moog Mini Moog Model D Synthesizer Roland JX8P Synthesizer Arp Solina String Machine

Bosendorfer Grand Piano

On stage;

Yamaha mother keyboard with weighted action Roland JX8P Korg M1 Midi Step Midi foot controller rack including Oberheim disc readers which read Prophet, Mirage and Emulator samples

There were a lot of keyboards and samplers and modules used here is the studio list;

Mirage Sampler Prophet 2002 Sampler Emulator E2 Sampler Emulator E3 Sampler Akai S612 Sampler

Moog Mini Moog Model D Synthesizer Roland JX8P Synthesizer Arp Solina String Machine

Bosendorfer Grand Piano

On stage;

Yamaha mother keyboard with weighted action Roland JX8P Korg M1 Midi Step Midi foot controller rack including Oberheim disc readers which read Prophet, Mirage and Emulator samples

There were a lot of keyboards and samplers and modules used here is the studio list;

Mirage Sampler Prophet 2002 Sampler Emulator E2 Sampler Emulator E3 Sampler Akai S612 Sampler

Moog Mini Moog Model D Synthesizer Roland JX8P Synthesizer Arp Solina String Machine

Bosendorfer Grand Piano

On stage;

Yamaha mother keyboard with weighted action Roland JX8P Korg M1 Midi Step Midi foot controller rack including Oberheim disc readers which read Prophet, Mirage and Emulator samples

There were a lot of keyboards and samplers and modules used here is the studio list;

Mirage Sampler Prophet 2002 Sampler Emulator E2 Sampler Emulator E3 Sampler Akai S612 Sampler

Moog Mini Moog Model D Synthesizer Roland JX8P Synthesizer Arp Solina String Machine

Bosendorfer Grand Piano

On stage;

Yamaha mother keyboard with weighted action Roland JX8P Korg M1 Midi Step Midi foot controller rack including Oberheim disc readers which read Prophet, Mirage and Emulator samples

Roger O'Donnell says in a September 2006 interview with Keyboard Magazine that he used MOTU Digital Performer.

O'Donnell records these performances into Apple Logic (through a MOTU 828 into a MacIntosh computer) with a fairly sparse complement of controllers and peripherals: Mackie Control Surface, two 20" Apple Cinema displays, a Mackie Big Knob for monitoring, and Mackie 824 monitors.

O'Donnell records these performances into Apple Logic (through a MOTU 828 into a MacIntosh computer) with a fairly sparse complement of controllers and peripherals: Mackie Control Surface, two 20" Apple Cinema displays, a Mackie Big Knob for monitoring, and Mackie 824 monitors.