Watch this video interview to learn how production & tour programming pros, Jae Deal and DJ Aktive, are using IK's Syntronik, Miroslav Philharmonik 2, iLoud Micro Monitor and other IK products to program Janet Jackson's 2017 "State of the World" tour.

Watch this video interview to learn how production & tour programming pros, Jae Deal and DJ Aktive, are using IK's Syntronik, Miroslav Philharmonik 2, iLoud Micro Monitor and other IK products to program Janet Jackson's 2017 "State of the World" tour.

Here are the simple reasons why artists Jae Deal and DJ Aktive are using Syntronik and iLoud Micro Monitor to provide the best representation of sound for Janet Jackson’s 2017 “State of the World Tour.”:

Syntronik is a cutting-edge virtual synthesizer instrument with some of the most advanced sampling techniques combined with a new hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine. Syntronik includes 17 amazing instruments, available as a collection or separately, with over 2,000 preset sounds covering a wide selection from 38 of the most iconic to ultra-rare and painstakingly multi-sampled vintage synthesizers.

The iLoud Micro Monitor speaker monitor system is two extremely portable, high-performance bi-amped speakers that delivers a combined 50W RMS of power for solid bass, plenty of headroom and a stunningly defined stereo image. Whether you’re recording, editing, mixing or mastering audio, editing video, sound designing or gaming, iLoud Micro Monitor ensures your production will translate well to the huge variety of consumer devices. With iLoud Micro Monitor, you will hear the truth in your music no matter whether you’re mixing in your bedroom, mastering in a small studio or just listening to your favorite tunes at home.

Jae Deal is an American composer, arranger, music producer and orchestrator in various genres including pop, gospel, and hip hop. He is also a session keyboardist, programmer, and bassist in Los Angeles, California. Jae Deal has worked behind the scenes and on stage with several premiere artists including Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Mary Mary, Karen Clark Sheard, Ne-Yo, Faith Evans, Tye Tribbett, T-Pain, Jessica Simpson and Wynton Marsalis, Elton John, Jill Scott and songwriter, Diane Warren.

DJ Aktive: With today’s DJs achieving fame and celebrity status like the artists whose albums they spin, no one is at a higher level than Philly’s own DJ Aktive. Spinning professionally for the past 18 years, DJ Aktive has made serious moves in his career that have taken him literally around the world with some of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest names, including Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Nas, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Estelle, John Legend, Marsha Ambrosius, The Roots, LL Cool J, Tyga and Queen Latifah, to name a few.