My first real active monitors. Served me well for their entire stay. Except both of them broke. First one happened under warranty, which really never happens in real life, and the other one was fixed by my colleague and neighbour. A really nice and full sound, when they work, don’t really need a subwoofer with […]
Originally bought only to function as a MIDI-to-CV-converter for the MS-20, with the added convenience of having an in-built monophonic analog synth with sound memories. I really don’t need this for the sounds, but it was cheaper than a Kenton Pro-Solo, so… I ended up selling this to finance an analogue modular synthesizer.
Just when I thought I was going soft, I got the feeling that going all (or mostly) analog is probably the way I really want to go. At least for a while. I have to admit that there simply just is a totally different aura about a real analog synth, whether you can actually hear the difference compared to […]
Obie was my only keyboard since I sold the Emax. I had planned to trade the K2600R for a 88-key version, but no-one seemed interested. So I got this one second-hand and pretty cheap. It has rather nice controller abilities, and I have configured the sliders to send the most relevant cc’s to my both […]
I always wanted a drum machine. Took me 10 years to get one. I bought this during a period of newly found interest in pure analog sounding music (new John Foxx & Louis Gordon material, mostly), and boy was it worth the money! Extremely easy to use, wide range of possible sounds, and it’s just […]
I traded my Obie for this one, and the sample based layered architecture with the more-complex-than-average envelopes give me a first impression that this one excels as a pad machine for those long evolving Vangel-ish background pads. The factory sounds are so digital it almost makes me smile. Some sounds are very similar to the […]
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.