The website name comes from the fact that I am a crazy musician who loves the sounds created by synthesizers.

The letter Q is used as a tribute to my favorite synthesizer, the WALDORF Q made in Germany.

What makes me really QRAZY is that I own four different Q synthesizer keyboards.

1. a ruby red Q+ with 100 voices and 16 discrete analog filters

2. a classic blue Q with 32 voices

3. a nextel blue Q with 16 voices and wooden end cheeks

4. a rare yellow Q with 16 voices and wooden end cheeks

More Waldorf gear in Studio A

Blofeld 25 voice synthesizer keyboard, a Blofeld 25 voice desktop synthesizer, an original yellow Micro Q 25 voice synthesizer rack, a classic blue Micro Q 25 voice synthesizer rack, a classic blue Micro Q Omega synthesizer rack with up to 75  voices, an original yellow Q Rack 16 voice synthesizer rack w/step sequencer, a Micro Wave 8 voice synthesizer rack w/v2.0 software and a Waldorf ROM sound card by Rob Papen, a Micro Wave II 10 voice synthesizer rack, a Micro Wave XT 10 voice synthesizer rack and a Micro Wave XTk 30 voice synthesizer keyboard, a Rack Attack 25 voice drum synthesizer rack, a Pulse and a Pulse+ analog mono synthesizer racks and finally... an X-Pole Dual Filter, a miniWORKS EQ-27 MIDI controllable equalizer, two miniWORKS 4-pole 24db analog filters, a Gekko MIDI Arpeggiator and two Q-256 RAM cards.

Other gear in Studio A

Moog Minimoog Voyager Rack Mount Edition analog synthesizer rack, an Access Virus Rack XL synthesizer rack, a Manikin Electronic Memotron w/Berlin School, Studio, Vintage, Vintage 2 & Vintage 3 Collections plus M-Tron software by GForce, a Roland M-VS1 Vintage Synth, a Roland XV-2020 synth module, a DSI Poly Evolver synthesizer rack, an E-MU Vintage Pro synthesizer rack, a Korg Triton Rack with a Korg EXB-SCSI & Sony CDR-1 external CD-ROM drive, an AKAI MPK-49 MIDI keyboard controller, a Novation KS-4 synthesizer keyboard, an Alien Head XLPC Theremin and a Manikin Electronic Schrittmacher MIDI Step Sequencer. An Eventide Eclipse and a Lexicon MPX-550 round out my effects section. For recording I use a Fostex FD-8 digital multitrack recorder/mixer, a Mackie 1202-VLZ mixer, a Mackie 1402-VLZ PRO mixer, two Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO mixers, an Alesis Multimix-6FX mixer, a Sony A-6 DAT recorder, a Sony MDS-JE520 mini-disc recorder and a Sony MDS-E10 rack mountable mini-disc recorder and two Roland KC-500 mixer amplifiers.

Studio B

Waldorf Q-16 original yellow synthesizer with wooden end cheeks and a Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard are the main synthesizers in my alternative studio. Other synths include an Access Virus b, a Nord Micro Modular synth module, an E-MU Proteus 2000 synthesizer rack, a Korg 01/WFD synthesizer keyboard w/sequencer, an Alesis Micron, a Moog Etherware Theremin and a Alesis NanoBass synth module. Other gear includes a Roland PK-5 MIDI pedal controller, a Sherman Filter Bank v1, a Lexicon MX-200 Dual Reverb / Effects Processor, two Alesis Multimix-6FX mixers in the Drum Room, a Behringer Eurorack MX-802A mixer, a Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO mixer and a Sony MDS-JE480 mini-disc recorder.

You can see everything listed here on my Studio Pics page. 

My name is Steve, but most people know me as Quad and I have been playing synthesizers for more than thirty years. As you might guess, I must be at least 50 years old. The truth is I am closer to 60, but don't let the fact that I am an old musician fool you. Just add today's technology to the mix and the results will go way beyond your imagination. How young or old you are means nothing as long as you allow your mind to create, and synthesizers will remain ageless!!!