My Keys rig for a small gig (and how I use it)

[@iwillnevergetone5]

this sounds so full with just keys. the entire band in full flight must be a total experience. excellent sounds coming out of this setup!

[@stan5585]

Really cool to see/hear the rig Matt. "Moody sound engineer" is a brilliant and universal term:)

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Haha yeah!

[@McEnroe911]

I would be moody too if I was a live sound engineer haha.

[@DavidLee07]

Is there any other kind? ;-)

[@TheAndyland1]

Really cool set up sounds smooth. You sound awesome 👌 I'm re organising my Synths at the moment got a classic M1 korg a krome EX Roland xp80 Roland Ax Edge keytar and waiting on Roland Fantom-06.

[@anintatej]

Incredible. A true wizard at work. The moment you touch keys the air turns to magic.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks!

[@jtro77]

That vintage vibe is pure class

[@FPVMike]

thanks for making these. it's actually amazing to see a true professional explaining their setup. incredible sounds and amazing equipment in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.

[@pauldrumstimelessmusic1069]

What a joy to watch Matt play those sounds. So original. So cool. Funky, jazzy, classy.

[@Tanzi24]

It's such a joy to hear these beautiful instruments played by a musician of your skill. And you demonstrate the benefits to really learning how your gear works! I need to find your tour dates, hopefully catch you live in or near Bristol if you come down this way.

[@Retrogamer71]

11:15 "this is how love should feel" those repeat keyings sound like a tune from another maestro's work, the immense artist, Le Flex. Purely coincidental I imagine.

[@araguet]

Thanks Matt, everything you do is MUSIC! The Montage, the Vintage Vive, the Prophet and the fx's are wonderful instruments, but I never forget that the main "instrument" there is your brain :) Saludos desde Buenos Aires.

[@julianpratt9616]

I really could listen to that Vintage Vibe all day long - what fabulous set up Matt, such sound dimension! Interesting listening to you talking about the Prophet going into the Montage. Fascinating stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@ldp7090]

me too i subbed after hearing it lol

[@eddieftw]

Incredible! Would love to hear some snippets of you playing with the band in this setup! :)

[@ajotech]

What a legend you are Matt Johnson!

[@ShawnGrove]

The Prophet6's lead synth on 7:00 is so beautiful... reminds me Ewi sound, specifically Michael Braker with Steps Ahead Live version to "In A Sentimental Mood" (Live in Tokyo 1986)... So expressive...

[@garrymanilovich4295]

Could you explain a little bit on how you got that beautiful envelope? And the texture... so good

[@ShawnGrove]

@@garrymanilovich4295 that would be so cool

[@kmjansen]

Your playing is so incredibly beautiful -- thank you for sharing it with us!

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks!

[@brucebryant4103]

Thanks Matt J for all you do and bringing the love back for all us giging musicians. You give so many great ideas on rigs. Thanks again.

[@paulheartsongs]

Beautiful sounds, Matt! Please tour Australia.

[@alanduncan1980]

Very impressive sounds, but more important is the extraordinary musical ability. Awesome work. I really liked those tunes.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks for listening

[@johnclark1925]

I am just crossing over from many decades of guitar to keys, loving it so far, this video is really inspiring… and I am learning a lot from your channels… many thanks for sharing…

[@stevemalu6780]

Thank you so much for putting this together. Learned a lot from your set-up. Love the sound that you made. I can't imagine the work that you put in to make it work for your gig. Thank you for the effort.

[@Duakeys]

Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and taking the time to make a video and etc. I have a setup that I would call a simplified version of your simplified setup :) but you just demonstrated that It is possible to do so much more with what I have. Thank you. Now I need to go watch you play live, buy the record and work with my setup. Please keep doing what you do. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@1881Gordon]

This is why this guy is so good live! My goodness. Feels like we were all treated to a 1 man mini-gig in this video. Brilliant!

[@Unison_Detune]

Had to pause this half way through Matt. The smile says it all. This is deep pro usage. Not aware of anything comparable online. Thank you. Xx

[@KennethBDone]

Gorgeous! And it reminded me once again that 'With the Music' is such a great album. Thank you Matt!

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Glad you like it!

[@jazzualdo]

Thank you a lot for sharing this! I’m not a fan of Prophets and I think you are the only musician who can make Prophet 6 sound pleasant to my ears. That rig sounds truly amazing and inspiring.

[@coloaten6682]

Love the walkaround of your 'lite' setup. Sounds incredible. Thanks for making this video!

[@ScottMeloney]

Thanks Matt! Love the setup and sounds! Looks fun and exciting to play on stage. 😎🤟🎹

[@vitortalhadas]

Absolutely love this!! Only came across this now. Fantastic sounds and very well programmed. Always been a synth lover over the years. Really great to see a keyboard player who knows how to get the most of his keyboard rig.

[@EVILJAMARR]

Can’t get enough of this channel. Hope you never quit!!❤❤❤❤

[@kylew706]

This was so cool to watch! I love your style, and your passion for everything is so evident it just makes me smile. Thank you 🙏

[@kevinbrennen6773]

This is very cool and very detailed. And THANK YOU for recording the video in stereo as well! Was cool to hear in the headphones what sometimes gets lost in a live setting.

[@John-lv6uj]

Nice Matt. Always so helpful. Love it.

[@flowmaka]

It’s always a pleasure hearing you and watching your videos. Thanks.

[@halcyo]

Extraordinary. Creative! I just picked up a Yamaha MODX7+ (same engine as the Montage) and this video is very inspiring to explore all of it's layering, splits, etc. This video also taught me that I can use the FX on the audio input, which kinda blows my mind I didn't even think of that!

[@betamaxrules]

Great keyboard alchemy as usual Matt! Clearly you're enjoying yourself. Thanks for letting us peek behind the curtain.

[@daviddehorne1971]

Another sublimely good, quality walk through video Matt; so helpful and full of relatable inspiration!! Great stuff!!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Sounds dope! Sweet lil rig. Love that Vintage Vibe especially.. been a huge fan of and customer of them for years. Keep up the great work! 😎

[@TheSunlight74]

Really lovely set-up and as ever, fantastic playing. Thanks for this excellent video.

[@edmasters4454]

Great to see - thanks for sharing! Given the breakdown of parts, would be interesting to see the band in action as you're playing these various parts.

[@moqtev]

What a cool setup and excellent playing - thanks for sharing!

[@dexterwansel7331]

Wowwww!!! What a an amazing video!!! Your rig of synth boards is phenomenal!

[@acimbobby]

Nice sounds and playing Matt and you have all the vintage sounds and you get modern when you need it. Lovely to see you giving us some info on what to do at a real gig.

[@industrialartisan8783]

Matt, you are one of my all time favorite musicians. Thank you for sharing your treasure of knowledge and soul with us:)

[@forbiddenforest5327]

must grab your album. inspiring to see such a happy, capable musician dance scross 3 keyboards.

[@admincuth6859]

Thanks Matt. I prefer your slow emotive play with clever sounds over the 300mph finger athletics. The 3 keyboards complement each other beautifully. Inspiring me to keep learning. Hope your solo gigs keep you happy and balanced. must see you live.

[@knarkis90]

I really love your way of reasoning with sound design! Good tip with the high distortion in the mix.

[@Spacemartini]

Amazing video Matt! I find videos like these so inspiring to get an idea what kind of sound design the pro's are doing. So cool you are using samples instead of playing to a backing track which so many bands seem to be doing these days. Does make it a bit of a finger and mind exercise to remember to press the right keys at the right times. So cool! Big thanks for sharing. Will subscribe now!

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@charlesmccormick2625]

Amazing sound craft way upstream! This is my over-horizon vision! Keep on-

[@cortical1]

Love it, Matt! Thanks for this video and for what you do in general! Sending regards from Carlsbad by the Sea, California.

[@coverbandkeyboardplayer8401]

Awesome video as always. I route all of my (considerably cheaper 😂😂) keys into my Roland DS using a small passive mixer and it works great

[@md-ps2hx]

You have such an imaginative use of sounds and samples which is augmented with your melodic rhythmic style. It just sounds so 'organic' ... The sonic pictures you aurally 'paint' are so pretty and detailed. I hear Bob James, Lyle Mays BUT with a Matt Johnson stamp. An excellent clip!

[@glennanderson9947]

Thanks Matt. This is the keyboard rig (minus the Vintage Vibe ) you were kind enough to recomend to me when I ask you for a 2 keyboard setup. So far I have the Montage and working on getting the Prophet 6. Never thought to run other keys into the Audio In on the Montage and use it's fxs. Brilliant!

[@odmusicman]

Unlike a lot of modern efforts that employ a lot of laziness and shortcuts in execution's, you sir employ smart playing, interesting surprises and a good deal of thought into delivering a great product and performance for your audience, not just what is easiest for you. Cheers!

[@nickfoard7139]

Thanks for sharing that gig set up Matt. Here I was thinking there must be more to it, and what more should I do with my rig but actually my rig is pretty similar. Instead of launching samples off the keys I use my Korg Kross 2 sample pads but I can see why you use the keys for speed and access. I also typically have splits on both keyboards and phaser and expression pedal. The only additional thing I have is an iPad Pro running Camelot Pro which has my set list and it sends all the patch and song changes to the keyboards which I trigger with a foot switch. Camelot Pro also plays back samples in the right place so I don’t need to trigger but my drummer does need to play to a click and I feed him the backing track elements too. If you haven’t checked out Camelot Pro it’s worth a look for making a keyboard live rig set up easier to manage, you wouldn’t need to worry about getting back to that BV sample in time.

[@aardvarkmindshank]

An absolute craftsman at work. Amazing. Thank you for sharing. It’s so inspirational 🙏

[@alfastudionorge4410]

Oh boy! Its amazing to hear you play Matt. Love your style and your skills

[@morkmon]

so much fun to see how this actually works in a live performance

[@simbaking6338]

Loving the rig & your playing ma bro.....I'm inspired!!!

[@martinlund4510]

Awesome rundown! 🙂 my own setup is smaller (2 boards only), but I have rigged them together with MIDI to only have to change patch for the next song on 1 "main" machine; MIDI will then change the programme on the other board for me. If you're not already doing that, it might help you change between songs quicker (less chance of forgetting a setting in the heat of it all - which is paramount for me! 😊). Just a thought. Keep up the great videos! 🙂👍

[@thecontrast4290]

Hey Matt…been loving your channel for a while now. You’re such a gentleman and so generous with your knowledge and mastery. I’m a drummer but I learn so much from you..thank you for sharing with us. You deserve a way bigger following! sorry I missed your recent gig. When are you playing next in London?

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks! I'm hoping to do maybe a Jazz Cafe at some point

[@alanhoward4348]

Hi Matt! Where's the best place to look for your upcoming gigs? Would love to hear you playing your own stuff live!

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

if you follow my instagram I make those kind of announcements there, or Facebook

[@B3-R]

Sounds great, your musical ideas aswell 👍 thanks

[@tommytranquil]

Even if KZbin DOES try to bury you Your videos are some of the best and there are those of us who have subscribed to all

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks!

[@rogualradiante6615]

Excelente, eres una inspiración Matt. Muchas gracias por compartir tus procesos y trucos, realmente inspira.

[@hummingrhizomes]

Thanks a lot for this overview Matt! I would love to see any footage of this set up in action with your group. Many thanks!

[@Qagan]

Thanks for the insight. Sounding phenomenal as always! Really smart hooking that prophet through the montage and utilizing its FX section. I love how you dish out the most with what you got. Would love to see more of these, perhaps something medium sized and full blown gig setup in the future maybe :)

[@robinwindsrygg9568]

I've been feeding my synths through my Motif-synths for years. It's a great way of utilizing the Montage/Motif's insert effects on the keyboards you're feeding into it.

[@numusique]

Sounds really amazing. Reverb effect with the pedal on the floor is definitely something I really need to try out😊

[@nested_King]

It's about time. Current keyboard playing lacks imagination when it comes to orchestration and textures. Nice work...

[@hankberumen3804]

Great setup; beautiful playing and sounds!

[@Synthalog]

Matt is giving away too much valuable knowledge and experience I can't understand!

[@johncitizen8828]

Great stuff Matt. Really enjoying the channel - I’m only a beginner, but get a lot of inspiration from just watching you talk about your gear and playing on it. 🙏

[@pietropavan777]

amazing overview and thanks a lot for sharing creative use of pedals !!

[@MoliSuper]

Lov this! I’ve been thinking about switching my 13 year old Norg Stage for something else to do all the dirty work in my cover band. That Montage is looking like a contender. Thx for the inspo 👍

[@rustar00]

You are one of my favorite people in the whole world. I say "one of", but right now I can't think of who the others are.

[@BlissedKeyboardist]

Wow, very cool setup! I'm not a professional or something, I have one keyboard, but seeing your video makes me want to get more of them haha

[@N4505]

You're a legend! Thank you for sharing, this is very inspiring!

[@meilstone]

Lots of valuable hints in a nutshell, thanks Matt!

[@MoJazzy2008]

Very inspirational .. just working on a setup of a budget version of this: a Modx that I run both a Model D for the bass sounds and a Model 15, both from an Ipad, into the USB audio of the Modx. Creating a patch was easy with three different zones, one with my favorite Rhodes sounds on the Modx, then the two analogue ‘ish sounds from the Moog apps. need to play with the effects on the Modx now for the Model 15 pads. Only thing that was giving me a hard time was to find an explanation how to get the Miodx into master keyboard mode. Works like a charm and gives the analog/Rhodes vibe with analog pads.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

That's cool, and the modx is so light too

[@podgesaxpiano]

Amazing setup. Thanks for sharing.

[@Lodusbeats]

The vintage vibe sounds great!! Bet it sounds even better at a gig

[@danielortizdecaracas]

I love this electric piano sound with phaser and tremolo

[@spadogs]

Thanks so much for this. Great sounds. But really it is all you. You are such an amazing player. I am a total fan of Vintage Vibe.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

thank you!

[@spadogs]

@@MattJohnsonJamiroquai Listening to your record now. Love the blue vinyl.

[@alexbenson2554]

Brilliant, thank you for taking the time...

[@tomterrif8503]

The Vintage Vibe is outrageous!

[@JerryBlume-v3z]

Wow.Ilike the keyboard voices.You remind me of lyle mays,the way you play.Its dreamy&heavenly music.Thank you,.Matt.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

I love Lyle Mays

[@allinthemind2006]

Thanks for making these videos. Its very inspiring

[@curiouscurious6558]

the wurly w distortion brings me back to "Stay with Me" Rod Stewart. Love it . Your playing and patches are sound magnificent!.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Many thanks!

[@bartholalex]

Wow, if this is your "small gig" setup I would love to see how extensive your full setup is when you tour with Jamiroquai.. It must be out of this world

[@mikemartin5749]

There is a good video on KZbin showing off the Jamiroquai rig.

[@sdfletcher]

Fantastic video yet again, Matt! Very inspiring.

[@jwhyte2042]

Very very Beautiful set up Matt! 😎👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🎹

[@dondonaudio8191]

Your small setup is 3 Instruments… Man 😂 Love your sounds! I love to see your videos, especially as an artist in a non-Jamiroquai setup. Very inspiring. Thank you!

[@ChrisMutchJones]

That sound at 7:00 sounds so like ‘A Remark You Made - Weather Report’ ! Love this whole video, thanks for sharing!

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Love that track

[@fingers1971]

Thanks for sharing all this Matt! Awesome!

[@robertshamansky1912]

Really impressive use of technology. Brilliant playing like always!

[@theSilverbacks]

Amazingly informative and sounds so good! Nice one Mr Johnson! 🙏

[@MoolaMixtape]

Love the distorted Vintage Vibe sound, that one prophet lead is super buttery too

[@giulianovideo]

I also use a similar solution, a Waldorf Pulse 2 going into a Virus TI2 for effects, so I can combine both analog and digital :D sounds great, doing some prog or fusion... And if the gig is small enough can be no engineer at all :D

[@MrSuntask]

Can not tell you how much I love this

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Thanks!

[@Funkybassuk]

It all sounds gorgeous, man. Damn sweet! 👍🏽

[@MBelizariusz]

Great key rig and such lovely tunes I love it!