"I've never sold a keyboard, even my first two-a Micromoog and a Roland JP4 with which I recorded everything in 'She Blinded My With Science.'"

Pictured performing live with Jupiter8.

"There are three sound sources", he explains. "There's an Akai S900 which has samples transferred from the Fairlight Series III, a Roland Super Jupiter and a Roland MKS20 piano module. All of those go into an Akai MIDI mixer and through two effects: a Yamaha SPX90 and an Alesis Midifex. They're a...

"There are three sound sources", he explains. "There's an Akai S900 which has samples transferred from the Fairlight Series III, a Roland Super Jupiter and a Roland MKS20 piano module. All of those go into an Akai MIDI mixer and through two effects: a Yamaha SPX90 and an Alesis Midifex. They're a...

All those vocals are captured via a Crown CM-311 headworn microphone ("You can't use a lot of distancing and mic technique, but on the plus side, I'm definitely into the mobility that I get with the Crown"), but it vies for headspace--literally--as he also wears Sensaphonics personal monitors and...

Pictured here with his Motif 8 on stage.

"Dolby's toybox still contains the Transcendent 2000 synthesiser that began his collection of musical diversions."

"I've never sold a keyboard, even my first two-a Micromoog and a Roland JP4 with which I recorded everything in 'She Blinded My With Science.'"

"The Transcendent was soon joined by a Moog Micromoog, a Crumar string synthesiser, a Fender Rhodes, a Roland Jupiter 4, an early PPG system (with which he performed his original solo concerts), a PPG Wave 2.2 (a gift from PPG because the original instrument was so unreliable), a Jupiter 8, a Fai...

"The Transcendent was soon joined by a Moog Micromoog, a Crumar string synthesiser, a Fender Rhodes, a Roland Jupiter 4, an early PPG system (with which he performed his original solo concerts), a PPG Wave 2.2 (a gift from PPG because the original instrument was so unreliable), a Jupiter 8, a Fai...

Logic acts as his MIDI host for the three keyboard controllers (CME Pro 7, Novation ReMote SL25, and a Virus TI Polar, which is the only sound source) and a variety of plug-ins, both built-in ones and others such as Stylus-RMX; Arturia's MiniMoog; RMIV drums; Slayer2 guitars; UltraFocus; Camelspa...

"Pro Tools is really the essential piece of gear. I still do a lot of my sequencing in Logic. I don't like working in Logic; I prefer Pro Tools. Unfortunately, Logic performs a lot better in terms of processing memory. I have some favorite plug-ins, things like Omnisphere, Slayer, Stylus RMX and ...

Thomas is pictured here with his Voyager XL on Moog website.

Thomas Dolby is listed on Keith McMillen Artists page. He is quoted for using the QuNeo and the 12 Step.

Thomas Dolby is listed on Keith McMillen Artists page. He is quoted for using the QuNeo and the 12 Step.

"Dolby's lead vocals (which he terms "theatrical") were recorded using a Neumann u87."

"The Transcendent was soon joined by a Moog Micromoog, a Crumar string synthesiser, a Fender Rhodes, a Roland Jupiter 4, an early PPG system (with which he performed his original solo concerts), a PPG Wave 2.2 (a gift from PPG because the original instrument was so unreliable), a Jupiter 8, a Fai...

"I chose to use the largest part of the space for the control room, in order to accommodate my video equipment (a small Sony 3/4-inch editing system, Fairlight CVI, and a large screen Barco projector over the mixing board) along with a large battery of electronic percussion (E-mu SP12, Linn 9000,...

""There are three sound sources", he explains. "There's an Akai S900 which has samples transferred from the Fairlight Series III, a Roland Super Jupiter and a Roland MKS20 piano module. All of those go into an Akai MIDI mixer and through two effects: a Yamaha SPX90 and an Alesis Midifex. They're ...

And the rig then? "Well it's based around Logic Pro 7.2, running on a Mac G5--and hopefully soon, running on a Mac Book Pro, which will be definitely lighter and easier to update on the bus or in my hotel room."

Logic acts as his MIDI host for the three keyboard controllers (CME Pro 7, Novation ReMote SL25, and a Virus TI Polar, which is the only sound source) and a variety of plug-ins, both built-in ones and others such as Stylus-RMX; Arturia's MiniMoog; RMIV drums; Slayer2 guitars; UltraFocus; Camelspa...

A Nord 3 rack unit shares rack space with a PreSonus Firepod FireWire audio interface, MOTU Express 128 MIDI interface, Shure P4M keyboard mixer, ART DTS II mic preamp, Roland JV-1080 synth, QSC amp, Juice Goose power conditioner, APC uninterruptible power supply and a Muse Receptor.

A Nord 3 rack unit shares rack space with a PreSonus Firepod FireWire audio interface, MOTU Express 128 MIDI interface, Shure P4M keyboard mixer, ART DTS II mic preamp, Roland JV-1080 synth, QSC amp, Juice Goose power conditioner, APC uninterruptible power supply and a Muse Receptor.

Seen sometime in the mid 80's.

He is actually using a Jupiter-6 on this photo.

Thomas Dolby's Roland RD 2000 can be seen at 4:19.

Thomas Dolby's Akai MPD218 can be seen at 4:29.

At 4:35, Logic Pro X can be seen on Thomas Dolby's laptop.

At 0:14, Thomas Dolby can be seen playing an M-Audio Trigger Finger.

"I chose to use the largest part of the space for the control room, in order to accommodate my video equipment (a small Sony 3/4-inch editing system, Fairlight CVI, and a large screen Barco projector over the mixing board) along with a large battery of electronic percussion (E-mu SP12, Linn 9000,...