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.
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.
The first external effect I ever bought. Also turned out to be the last external effect I ever bought, as effects turned out to work pretty well inside the box. Really great sound, this one has. At one time I used its S/PDIF connection as a digital recording interface to my SoundBlaster card: I would route the audio to be recorded into the MPX and it would be transferred digitally to the computer. Or, later, the Akai S-2000.
Later, it became part of my modular rig, but as I never really used it, I sold it.
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.
My first real monitors. A huge difference compared to my earlier plastic boxes. Managed several years with them, but ended up upgrading them to active monitors. As one does.
Sounds like a Swedish product. The name, not the sound.
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.
Me and a bunch of guys I was working with all got one of these, because they were so cool. Having removable cartridges with insane amounts of rewritable storage capacity was so much better than burning CD’s. I used mine to hold samples for both the Emax II and the Akai. My first external SCSI-device as well, and I seem to remember that SCSI-termination was a bitch, especially if you didn’t know you needed it.