A TD performance always draws kind attention to the technical details. We are not in the position to cover the whole equipment on stage but we noticed one or two things.

The synth setup was combined from software and hardware synthesizers. Edgar played mainly his old Roland D70 - this early digital synthesizer (some 15 years old) is a very usable solution to have a good quality 6-octaves keyboard to control software instruments and it doesn't fill to much space. Just on the top of the D70 was a Roland JP8000, Roland's first virtual analog synthesizer. This 4-octaves keyboard is not a new model also - ten years passed from its debut. Its sound generation is completely digital but emulates theworkflow of the classic analog synthesizer.

Thorsten had an Access Virus, Germany's top virtual analog synthesizer, and the latest virtual analog from Korg called Radias. Perhaps this was the newest instrument on stage debuting the market early this year. Jerome played the JP8000 also and sme other keyboards.

The dominant visual element of the stage were the three big flat monitors behind the regular members - the displayed software instruments they used. On Edgar's side his display showed mainly Native Instruments' FM7, a late successor of Yamaha's classic keyboard from the 80's called DX7. It is responsible many of TD's classic sounds - including the 2nd factory preset which is perhaps the most recognizable sound program of the band. Thorsten's monitor displayed the control software of hir Korg Radias and Jerome used Native Instruments' Kontakt sampler - today's very top sampling solution. The stage was full of computers and laptops so we suspect that even more software instruments were actively used during the performance...