M. Frog Labat - Utopia Mark 1
Roger Powell - Utopia Mark 2
Todd Rundgren
Ralf und Florian
The Orb
Eno
Wendy Carlos
Linda McCartney
and way too many more to think of offhand…
-andrew bunny 
The usual prog guys everyone likes, plus George Duke.
I’m with goldphinga. I think Stevie Wonder is one of the most expressive synth players though. Prince was a pretty sweet synth player too. The dudes from Daft Punk are pretty frickin’ sick at times.
Interesting - my mental impression of most Residents stuff is “cheap, nasty synth sounds a go-go” but then mostly I have heard their late 80s -90s output… definitely a lot of casio cheese noises and weedy little string/oboe patches in the mix. I’d be curious to hear their early early work to know if it was different in that regard.
Don’t get me wrong, I like some Residents - Duck Stab and God in 3 Persons are favorites… but I think they have a kinda ugly sonic aesthetic at times, especially where synth patches are concerned.
Yeah, I’m not too sure in regards to the Residents.
My opinion came from knowing someone that said they used to be in the band in the early 80’s. He had lots of Serge.
But you know- how does one verify something like this?
I can’t compare his face to a photo on an album.
It’s also hard to say for how long any one member was a part of the band.
Someone could leave or join and how would we know? 
When I saw Residents during the Icky Flix tour, they were using a Buchla/Nearfield Marimba Lumina. Was the final confrmation I needed to order mine . As for the rest of the gear, you couldn’t really see much, except one of the Alesis AirFX/fake theremin thingies. And the guitarist had a VERY pointy-headed guitar… The rest was all rack mounted and hidden…
-andrew bunny
Eddie Jobson
Thought you guys might like a few more of these beautiful shots that were taken over the last couple weeks of Joey from The Locust’s stuff.
what’s the modular he has there…i like those patch cables (anyone know where i could find them?)
I believe theyre MOTM modules, heres a closeup.
Oops…
First rule of the MOTM.
DONT POST THE PICTURES OF THE UNFINISHED MOTM MODULES!
Thanks.
haha, well that picture is off their myspace so i thought it was fair game.
is the stuff you do with joey ever gonna be put out in some sort of purchase-able format?
Tied for first: Tony Banks and Keith Emerson.
After that, probably Eddie Jobson - that first UK album had just unbelievably great sounds.
Everyone seems to love Wakeman, but I’m kind of up and down about him. His sounds don’t have enough meat to them, and his solos are too much about scale runs. His pipe organ work I do love however.
As far as Yes goes, I like Patrick Moraz better. I think I even like Geoff Downes as a keyboardist more consistently than ol’ Wakey.
As for my first placers:
Tony Banks can always come up with the sounds no one else has. And the layering he does, especially Winds and Wuthering - nothing else like it. Nothing he does is all that difficult to play, it’s just performed so well and with such artistry that you’re really able to enjoy what you’re hearing.
As for Emerson, well, what can I say. Someone had to be the one who took keyboard excess further than anyone else, and in the prog rock arena (my favored style) Emo is it. I mean, flying piano! Who can top that?
I guess I say Allan Wilder X-Depeche Mode member… He is a really talented keyboard/drum player and he looks so cool when he plays. Especially on the Live In Hamburg tour (1985). His rig contains a Roland Jupiter-8 and an E-mu Emulator-II 
Regards
Demokid
CLUSTER.
Clean lines from the German masters of CV.
SPACE MACHINE
Maso from Masonna with EMS Synthi’s, Moog’s, Arp’s, etc… All of the SM recordings are done using the mic on a tape walkman, live in his studio.
DELIA DERBYSHIRE
She made the Dr. Who(and other much better) themes with one VCO, VCF and a couple reel to reel tape machines. Incredible… it will blow anything that come out of a Korg Triton away any day.
ROBIN CRUTCHFIELD
EX-DNA(Arto Linsday, Iku Mori’s) and the main mind behind Dark Day. Some of the most bad vibe, anti hippy sounds ever. Mega creepy, kinda catchy, not wave.
Not to mention people like Dick Rajimaker, Henk Badings, Roland Kayn. Synth think tankers that make Stockhausen seem like John, Paul, George, and Ringo!
I like your taste sir dss. I thought I was the only one who knew about Dark Day. I had a vinyl copy of their first album, and “hands in the dark” 7". Very cool music.
I live in NYC actually and have heard that Robin Crutchfield works in a very well reknowned book store here. I haven’t met him yet, but one day I’d like to. I really like Kluster/Cluster alot too, and the others-- I’ve never heard Space Machine though, I’ll look out for them.
I ordered some Curtis chips form MOTM/Synth Tech back in January and I still haven’t gotten them. Paul isn’t answering my calls or e-mails either. Is he on an extended drug binge or something?
Kerry Minnear, subtle, tasteful and talented. The heart of Gentle Giant.
Yes, the difficulty with MOTM is to actually get something to come in the mail. Waited well over two years for an assembled VCO. Finally canceled it the week the FreqBox was announced.
These folks came to mind:
Jazz/Fusion: Chick Corea, Jay Oliver (Dave Weckl Band)
Prog/Rock keys: Emo, Wakeman, Eddie Jobson, Tony Banks, Pete Bardens (Camel), Mark Robertson (Cairo), John Novello (Niacin), Jurgen Fritz (Triumvirat), Ryo Okumoto (Spock’s Beard)
Slightly OT: Here’s a link I found to 200 of the best keyboard performances and albums selected for their significance in Rock music.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_keyboard-perf.html
Fans of prog should also check out these lists of best albums & artists/bands on the same site:
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albumsprog.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artistsprog.html
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- Greg