By this time, 10 years have passed since I got my first Korg. During 2003, several items both entered and exited my studio. Buying and selling was almost getting to be a habit. My gf and I bought a house (or part of one), and moved in february 2003. Before moving, I sold my Jerker […]
Nothing much to say here. My trusty MIDI interface until it broke down. Usually worked like a charm, but occasionally it would lock up. But nothing a reboot wouldn’t fix.
The original virtual analog Virus became my wet dream having used the Modular for a few years and wanting analog sounds and multitimbrality in the same box. This is a seriously capable machine, and the guys at Access keep making it better all the time. Getting this one pretty much set me up in the […]
I needed a small mixer to combine synths and computer outputs for normal non-music making use, and this one fit the bill perfectly. Quite noisy, but that doesn’t really matter, as I don’t record through it.
This period turned out to be quite heavily gear-oriented. Come late 2000, and it was again time to move to a larger apartment. The new additional room became dedicated to my home studio. The Jerker setup travelled with me more or less in its original form, and I just planted it in its new environment. […]
This one replaced my Akai S2000 as a “sample-based instrument”. It is not strictly speaking a sampler, as I don’t have the sampling option installed, but it imports wav files, which makes all the difference. The V.A.S.T. synthesis is extremely flexible, but it’s also a very non-analog editing process. The Nord Modular got me into knobs and […]
My first real analog (DCO as opposed to VCO) I ever did anything with (the Korg really doesn’t count). Monophonic. Very simple Waldorfian interface, which all things considered is rather ok. As most people, I would prefer a knob for each parameter, but given the sound and price, the 6-knob UI can be forgiven. Making […]
Of course, selling the Octapad gave rise to a need for something else to kick the hit out of. In early 2002, I scraped together a bunch of old stuff I I didn’t need (CD’s, DVD’s, a PC, and the Akai S2000), sold them, and got the money to buy the DTXpress drum set. I […]
I have mixed feelings about this one. The user interface is the best so far; the beforementioned one knob for each parameter pretty much sums it up. Truly inspiring. But there was something about the sound which just didn’t do it for me. Having fiddled with it for almost a year, I came to the […]
After a while I decided to move Jerker (with contents) into the bedroom. Swapping cables to and from the inputs of the Nord Modular and outputs between the different synths made me realize I finally needed a mixer. I bought a mixer, and while I was at it, an external effects unit, the Lexicon MPX […]