My subwoofer of choice to complement my monitors. I’m not entirely sure how neighbour-friendly this is in a block of flats. To be on the safe side, I made a timer trigged script on my Mac to change the bass EQ settings at night. And again in the morning. Viva l’automation!
Got these babies with some Frank money. These appear to be not for everyone, but they sound pretty solid to me.
This is one of those synths that I’ve bought and then criminally underused. It’s a quality piece of gear with a great sound, but I just haven’t gotten around to use it that much. It is also currently my most complex analog synth, so that might have something to do with it, as I’ve lately cherished simplicity. Interestingly (or not), after I bought this, I did not buy another synth for more than four years. Not blaming this one, though. Solid Moog sound, cool sequencer/arpeggiator, all in all extremely capable, but not as immediate as the simpler Moog stuff.
I honestly don’t know why I bought this. I have a soft spot for drum machines, but I still never use them the way they should be used. Besides, I think an iPad could be the perfect drum machine that would replace small boxes like this as well as a bunch of control surfaces.
Naturally, I have quite many iPad drum machines, but…I don’t really use them either. I really need to get a grip.
I sold this after Judgment Day.
Got it for some nice presets I heard on the net. Then I looked at it for a couple of years and sold it after Judgment Day. Nothing wrong with it really, it just wasn’t for me.
A standard MIDI interface. Works with USB power. Had to get two of them when my MIDISport 8×8 died.
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.
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.
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 could find them. I found mine from Thomann, and just in the nick of time, as the next day they were sold out.
Sonically, it’s really impressive. It’s got both analog and digital oscillators (2 of both), a nifty sequencer and crunchy effects. I’m always on the hunt for the bass sound of Ultravox’ We Came to Dance, and this one (think PPG, or rather Prophet VS) comes quite close (Blofeld actually did that too).
I lost it to Judgment Day, but this is actually one I could buy again.
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.