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.
An expander module for the Voyager, making it more modular that without it. I put this up for sale after Judgment Day and ended up selling it. The Voyager was also up for grabs, but nobody bought it. Had I known that, I would have kept this one as well. Oh well…
While in the basement with all my keyboards tucked away too far from the DAW, I needed something to control them with. I was also interested in trying out how a generic MIDI controller would work for me, both for controlling external synths as well as . I mean, it should be handy to have
This one provides more physical input/output ports to the RME over an optical connection. I have three of these, but one is slightly defective: there’s a persistent clicking sound which is quite annoying, meaning i can’t use it for recording. Other than that, it has been a solid device.
I set out to get a decent audio interface, and this is it. Plenty of ins and outs, and solid as a rock.
The way this works, as opposed to an analog mixer, is this: when the analog mixer sums all, say, 12 inputs to a stereo pair (= two outputs), these are then sent to the computer’s left and right input channels (seen by the DAW as left and right, respectively), this one sends each input as a different output to the DAW software. So with a standard analog mixer I can only record one instrument at a time onto one stereo track, as mixing several synths in the mixer together wold result in several synths ending up on one and the same track, which is undesirable. The FireFace publishes all channels as individual audio ports to the DAW, meaning I can simultaneously record all my synths so that they end up on different tracks in the DAW. Moreover, I can have realtime effects on these tracks and monitor each synth live on its own track.
Wow.
Insanely flexible routing with hte accompanying mixer software. I stopped using the Yamaha when I got this. Highly recommended.
Got another one later as well…
I need a mic. I’m not picky. My brother said this was good, and I keep seeing it everywhere. And it’s been great. It still is.
I would not want to be this microphone. The stuff it has been forced to listen to…
Instead of having one Kenton Pro Solo per analog synth, I thought it would be wise to have only one MIDI-to-CV -converter to Rule Them All. So I got this, and it’s perfect for that: you can have up to 4 synths connected to it (or 12, if you’re not picky about pitch accuracy), or you can configure it for use with, say, a modular synth. Quite easy to use, and has worked really well. Still didn’t get rid of my Kenton’s, though.
Eventually the battery died, and it was the kind that required some heavy soldering work. That, and the fact that I really didn’t feel I had missed it while it sat there unused for several year, led me to part with it.
Before digging deeper into analog (= MIDI-less) synths, I had to make sure that they would play nice with digital stuff like, say, a computer that’s supposed to be sequencing them. Kenton came highly recommended. It’s a MIDI-to-CV -converter, meaning that it takes the incoming digital MIDI note data and transforms it into voltages and trigger signals, thus making it possible to drive analog gear with digital means. Solid as a rock. I’ve had a couple of these over the years, never let me down.
Well, except the one that didn’t work. Apparently the bag it was in was run over at the airport when it was being loaded onto the plane.
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 theses ones. Sold them after Judgment Day
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.