J’bab, I’ve owned over 50 synths!
ok, boring audio talk with a bunch of odd sci-fi names coming up.
as far as synths and drum machines are concerned, here’s my current kit list:
elektron monomachine
dsi evolver
akai mpc 1000
yamaha rs-7000
yamaha cs-5
yamaha a-5000
jomox mbase01
waldorf micro-q
and i think i’m ready to let even some of those go. the later ones on the list, that is :D
that’s not a lot of gear, could easily fit in one corner. now that i mainly use logic and live plus a lot of plugins and samples of my former gear, i don’t even keep those on most of the time. before getting my first mac i only used hardware for sequencing and sound sources and software for multi-tracking and countless edits. being old and all, i’ve had a couple of hardware sound sources:
yamaha cs1x
roland r-8
yamaha tx81z
yamaha rm1x
yamaha a3000
korg prophecy
akai vx90
yamaha cs-5
juno 106
korg rhythm 33
amdek rmk-100 drum machine
roland jx-3p
roland sh-1000
hohner hs-2/e
korg er-1
casio rz-1
kor ex-8000
yamaha yc-20 organ
fender rhodes stage piano mk ii
elektron sidstation
nord rack 2
yamaha rs-7000
yamaha cs-15
roland jx-8
novation bassstation rack
korg ms-20
waldorf micro-q
roland s-330
formanta polivoks
korg microkorg
korg prophecy
yamaha v-50
akai s-1100
casio sk-100
yamaha a5000
kawai k-5000s
dsi evolver
e-mu e-synth rack
korg polysix
yamaha fs1r
roland sh-101
jomox xbase09
korg z-1
roland mc-808
access virus C
ensoniq eps-16 plus
jomox mbase01
akai mpc 1000 (w. JJOS2)
ensoniq 16+ rack
roland d-50 (w programmer)
elektron machinedrum
elektron monomachine
i’d like to think i’ve learned of every one of these machines, sometimes only to stay away from certain types of products (hello, mc-808), more usually: how some kind of a synthesis works, how nice it is to have proper drum pads or how a rhodes in your flat can upset the neighbors kids. i’ve used each of them enough to know how to achieve similar results in other ways. plug-ins, microphones and selective gear use have finally prevailed over having a room full of gear as far as i’m concerned, software has mostly caught up with the hardware.
some of the gear listed there i’ll definitely want to have if i ever live outside of the city, most of it i think i can do without.some day, in the countryside, maybe. and if i miss having my hands on knobs, i still have over 20 hardware effects processors plus a whole lot of objects that make noise.
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i don’t know if that had any point to it. anyhow, i’ve gotten me a dreamy 17″ macbookpro and have started to craft some kind of a live set to play off it. on live. and i’ve done some naughty hippie music, too:
These plains are in your mind 0.2
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