After a while I decided to move Jerker (with contents) into the bedroom. Swapping cables to and from the inputs of the Nord Modular and outputs between the different synths made me realize I finally needed a mixer. I bought a mixer, and while I was at it, an external effects unit, the Lexicon MPX 100, as well. I naturally had nowhere to put them, so I got a QuikLok rack, put everything that was rackmountable into it and placed it conveniently next to the Jerker. I learned something about Cable Hell and how much cables gather dust.
My SyQuest media broke down in the middle of a production. The drive itself broke down soon afterwards. I learned the importance of backing up. I eventually replaced the SyQuest with a Zip drive.
In early 1999, I bought a Roland Octapad II, which was nice but too noisy for a block of flats. I decided to sell the Wavestation in early 2000, having not used it as much as I felt I should have. The WS programming had quite a steep learning curve, and I simply didn’t feel inspired by it. I was probably spoiled by the Modular, which was an absolute dream to use. That was the first time I sold a sound source, not really counting the first Korg I had.
