MOTU MIDI EXPRESS 128 [2013 – ]
A standard MIDI interface. Works with USB power. Had to get two of them when my MIDISport 8×8 died.
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ARTURIA MINIBRUTE [2013 – ]
This is quite a nice one. One oscillator, more or less, and quite a nasty sound. I’m actually tempted to upgrade it to its big brother with patch points.
CLAVIA NORD DRUM [2012 – 2015]
I have a soft spot for drum machines. I have a soft spot for Clavia. My entire studio could be red. Nice enough, but had that thin plastic Clavia sound, so it became the victim of Judgment Day, as did many other items. Haven’t missed it. Or any of them, actually. Except Frank.
DSI MONOEVOLVER KEYS [2012 – 2015]
I was lusting for a PolyEvolver Keys for years, but it always felt like a bit of overkill. I think that I had come to realize just how much of a monosynth guy I really am. So when Dave Smith announced that he would be discontinuing the MEK, people started buying them from wherever they […]
ANALOGUE SOLUTIONS OBERKORN MK III [2011 – 2015]
A really solid analog sequencer! 3 x 16 steps you can trigger in various ways. If you’re looking for an analog sequencer, you can’t really go wrong with this one. i sold it as part of Frank after Judgment Day, and I’m thinking maybe I shouldn’t have.
KORG MONOTRIBE [2011 – 2015]
Another one of those ”small boxes” Korg put out during this time. I got a MIDI kit for this as well, and had it well-integrated into my setup, but didn’t really used it for anything else than mucking around. Again, nothing wrong with it, just not my cup of tea. Sold it after Judgment Day.
HARLEY BENTON HBV 840BK 4/4 [2011 – ]
Got this because I wanted to make a cover of Ultravox’ Mr X, so a violin was needed. Not an easy instrument; I ended up playing the violin parts one to three notes at a time, and then doing some cutting and pasting and creative editing. End result is quite nice though. Did Vienna later […]
OBERHEIM SEM PATCH PANEL [2011 – ]
This one is easy to waste hours at a time with. A really hands-on synth, and patchpoints always makes things more fun. Plays nicely with the modular. I always thought combined D/R-stages in the envelopes are a bit weird. True for this one as well. On the other hand, that partly contributes to what it sounds […]
CLAVIA NORD MODULAR G2 [2010 – ]
Wow. I can’t say Wow enough. The original NM’s younger as well as bigger brother, having everything the original one lacked (MIDI modules, decent keyboard). This simply is an incredible piece of machinery. Functionally it builds on the original, only makes it better. I can’t understand why they abandoned this concept, nothing out there comes […]
IBANEZ PF60SCE-NT-20-02 [2010 – ]
A decent steel string electro-acoustic guitar. Just don’t ever ask me what guitar I have, as there’s no way I can remember.