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 […]
When the EZ-drive broke down I didn’t really feel like buying more of the same. when something breaks down on you, you tend to get a bit careful. But I needed a SCSI-Drive for my samples, and Zip-drives seemed to be all the rage. So I got one. And when that broke down, I got […]
My hands and feet are constantly drumming. My ex-next-desk neighbour at the office constantly used to tell my leg to shut up, as his monitor kept jumping up and down. The logical thing for me to do was to get something that, when drummed, actually would result in something useful. The Octapad is a nice […]
The first external effect I ever bought. Also turned out to be the last external effect I ever bought, as effects turned out to work pretty well inside the box. Really great sound, this one has. At one time I used its S/PDIF connection as a digital recording interface to my SoundBlaster card: I would […]
My first trusty mixer. Worked like a charm and served me well for many years. For all practical purposes it became obsolete when I got my first FireFace, but I only sold it after Judgment Day.
The year 1998 started with me feeling like I wanted a “real” synthesizer and therefore buying a Korg Wavestation SR, which I didn’t know anything about. I also got a pair of Spirit Absolute 2 monitors, which made all the difference in sound compared to the plastic multimedia speakers I had prior to them. It […]
My first real monitors. A huge difference compared to my earlier plastic boxes. Managed several years with them, but ended up upgrading them to active monitors. As one does. Sounds like a Swedish product. The name, not the sound.
This is one of my all time favorites. The modular concept is extremely pedagogic, you simply can’t avoid learning how synthesis works while you patch, or even while you study what others have patched. The user community makes sure that you really don’t have to make your own patches if you really don’t want to (you do want to, […]
I eventually sold this one, but I remember it had a few very nice sounds, and I particularly liked the reverb, which sounded very warm and “distantly present”. My main problem with this was simply that it was a pain to program, due to the 2-line display and what felt like a deep menu hierarchy, […]