Archive for category: Studio gear (Page 3)

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. 

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.

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 another one. And when that one broke down, still another one. Apart from it breaking down constantly, it was a real joy.

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.

For the JX-1 I a friend built me a MIDI interface from scratch. Piece of cake, he said. I thought that was pretty hardcore.

This was my first commercial MIDI interface. Plugged into the ISA slot of the PC. Plenty of MIDI channels for my current setup! For the rest of my life? Nahh…but still for quite for many years.