Mike Barson’s setup
Hi, I have a couple of questions about the equipment Mike uses on stage. What keyboards do you use? Is the two-tier setup custom made? Any other general info about your equipment and stuff like that would be great!
I saw you lot at Leedsfest in 2011 – definately the highlight of the weekend!
Cheers, Laurence

dear Laurence
I asked Daren who looks after Mikes stuff and he told me:

“We use 2 x Doepfer PK88’s, one of the most solid keyboards you can get. One of them literally fell off the back of a lorry and all that broke was one key! The two tier set up I designed with Mike and had the whole thing made, also the stand is bespoke, hand made and re-enforced. We use 4 Macbook pro’s to control the keyboards and extra sounds and all the midi is a bespoke design that I’m currently re-configuring. The whole thing is constantly being updated as technology changes”.