Equipments: Yamada Gear
Hidetoshi Yamada is a newest member of AB'S. He was inspired by David Foster and Jay Graydon, and his sounds are like AOR in L.A. I will show Hidetoshi's gear information briefly.
Keyboards
AB'S Official Website shows that Hidetoshi's Gear is as follows:
YAMAHA - stage piano P-90 / ROLAND D-70 / YAMAHA Motif Rack / ROLAND Juno-D / ROLAND Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro
Quoted from AB'S Official Site (as of Dec.16,2007)
YAMAHA stage piano P-90
It is an electric piano.
See
YAMAHA Wbsite saying like this: it says the piano sound is richly expressive by AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling, and it has the grade hammer which you feel like the keys of grand pianos." (as of Dec.16,2007) This piano is rather compact and not so expensive, which YAMAHA already finished producing, unfortunately.
ROLAND D-70
ROLAND Website does not seem to have information about this synthesizer. I think this has 78 keys, and often used as a master keyboard because the sounds of strings are beautiful.
ROLAND Juno-D
Roland Website says it is a ultra-lightweight basic synthesizer .
This synthesizer is only 5kg! As you may know, some keyboards were too heavy to carry easily, but recent ones tend to be rather light.(My Roland RS-70 is 5.3kg, but KORG Triton is about 20kg (including the weight of the hard case)!) . In addition, as far as I listened at the concert of AB'S, the sound of this synthesizer is very nice. (I want one!) ^^;
Sound Module
ROLAND Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro
Sound module. This Roland MIDI sound module is rather famous as a very nice module among keyboard players.
YAMAHA Motif Rack
This is also sound module. See MOTIF RACK (Yamaha Website).
References
- AB'S Official Site
- YAMAHA
- Roland
- AB'S M.V.C.[Music Video Clips](2007)(DVD)
- Crossover Japan ’05 (2005)(DVD)