Billy Joel touring rig 5 of 5

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10 жыл бұрын

Longtime Billy Joel keyboardist David Rosenthal details his latest upgrades to his touring rig, which is now based largely on virtual instruments, MainStage, and the Receptor. Read the full interview in our October 2014 issue.

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@GayorgVonTrapp 9 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video so humbly conducted and so generously shared by the artist. Thanks so much.

@stevehenry325 5 жыл бұрын

I met David in Princeton New Jersey I think it was 1994. He said right before he first went on tour with Billy Joel he only had so much time get down all his songs. David was a real nice down to earth guy when I spoke with him and took the time to answer any questions I was asking him. Not everyone at these seminars takes the time to talk to you one on one but he. Of course his musical track record speaks for itself and excellent keyboard player!!

@Funkbutterfly 7 жыл бұрын

Just realized I watched four videos before this without a single keyboard sound in them...and didn't even care.

@ColinCayvzmusic1111 8 жыл бұрын

What genius rig built by a genius dude!

@regroberts325 7 жыл бұрын

a very clever but humble gent , still nice to see a Hammond and a Leslie in the rig cant softsynth those babies !

@Funkbutterfly 7 жыл бұрын

They're getting close!

@TZKeyz 6 жыл бұрын

David is always on top of the latest technology and ahead of the curve of most players. In 1989 he turned me on to the Yamaha MEP4 midi event processor. It enabled independent 4 zone programmability from a single midi channel. He was splitting and stacking sounds back then as he still does now. He was working with Cyndi Lauper at the time.

@davedagreat69 5 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me realise he's the same guy who's playing on the live video of Cyndi Lauper's All Through The Night I love watching on KZfaq. Great keyboardist.

@geroldfiesser7497 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched this today, what an amazing person David is. This is all so totally advanced cutting edge, but on the other hand so conservative and failsafe that you can just stand and gaze in awe. And all of this being present with such a lack of smugness and in total down to earth sincerity. Great rig, even greater person.

@AndreasArianto 7 жыл бұрын

This video series changes my way of thinking, thanks a LOT!!

@daviddehorne1971 9 жыл бұрын

informative and brilliant. Thanks Keyboard Magazine

@RobinThomsonMusician 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Thank you so much for that

@filsgreen 9 жыл бұрын

What a great insight, thanks so much for posting.

@bhmi9090 6 жыл бұрын

amazing

@Bashanvibe 9 жыл бұрын

Nice rig I would like to meet him soon

@impulseproman 9 жыл бұрын

that's so cool most keys can't do this kinda music tech

@fratertenc7589 9 жыл бұрын

impulseproman Yeah exactly, as I posted in a comment on the 1st vid it's rare to have this technical knowledge with chops.. and not just chops but playing with feeling. Dave is a rare find and I envy but appreciate his skills. His music theory knowledge is notable amongst technical knowledge in other areas, too. He'll also respond to a question via email about tech stuff as he kindly wrote back to me 10 years ago almost :)

@charlesbateson2471 5 жыл бұрын

Just to zoom out a moment, as a non keyboard player this seems a little like interviewing the technical support staff in the IT department. All about the tech and nothing about the passion for sound and playing. I’m pretty sure that what inspired this guy to start playing keyboards wasn’t laptops, rack mounted effects etc. Contrast this with say what you hear from Benmont Tench and the difference couldn’t be more extreme

@chroniciguana402 5 жыл бұрын

As an old school B3/122 tubes and timber purist, I hear ya. Which is why I'm still wondering how that MIDI keyboard and those two laptops found their way onto the Hammond's lid. Need bongos? I've got 'em. Somewhere. Piano? Yup. It's behind me. I sometimes feel like I'm no longer a musician. I'm running mission control instead. Then the sax player's mic craps out, I punch a button and finish his solo for him. And nobody knows. It is what it is, I guess.

@JeffPalmer83 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a fair point, but I also think the technical aspects of programming keyboards align well with a lot of keyboardists’ personalities. For me, it’s all about the blend of the programming and the performance.

@JeffPalmer83 2 жыл бұрын

@MRIAntar 3 жыл бұрын

Between David Rosenthal's rig and Billy Zoel's piano, we see another keyboard setup comprised of a Roland (may be jupiter), a Clavia Nord and a EP, whose rig is that?

@zdravkodimitrov 2 жыл бұрын

It's the opening band's rig.

@chsturgill 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos. I've been playing keys for many years but I'm just now getting into the VST's and mapping so this was real informative, and a bit overwhelming on what I've got to learn. Can anyone suggest a video/site to help with learning this?

@JBrm 5 жыл бұрын

Tbh also the financial track of this rig is quite steep :P 1) If you don't own a Mac already you might wanna start by reading up which specs your computer needs (you either want to get a macbook pro or the new mac mini). 2) You need an audio interface, either USB or thunderbolt. Make sure it has a midi port. From there routing is easy: keyboard via midi to audio interface. Audio interface via TRS to D.I. and via USB/TB to mac. 3) Get Mainstage (20$ or so on the app store) 4) Crawl youtube for mainstage tutorials 5) Program a basic setup with the mainstage (logic) internal sounds only before you start expanding to 3rd party plugins. 6) Before you buy ANY plugin look up if the company holds sales (actually almost all of them do), e.g. black friday, christmas, summer sale,... Companies I love: Spectrasonics, Soundtoys. Have fun, I went down this road and love it!

@spicecrop 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that Beatles song "when i'm 64"" whatever it's called.

@swangonzalez4797 3 жыл бұрын

DIdn't Mr. Rosenthal Play for Yngwie Malmsteen in the 90s? I think he helped Yngwie arrange his concierto album. Or maybe I got the wrong guy

@zdravkodimitrov 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, the sounds he plays aren't even that unique, so in my opinion, he can just have 3-4 Korg Kronos keyboards with a program change sender and won't have to worry about 90% of his rig. Kronos has huge sample capacity and instant loading times. He can also set up his sounds in set lists so they're arranged in order.