{"id":237,"date":"2015-04-24T02:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T23:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T04:52:45","slug":"judgment-day-2015-02-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimjohnsson.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Judgment Day: 2015-02-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the same instant my head hit the pillow when I went to bed at 1 am on February 20:th 2015, a thought came to me from out of the blue: What if I sold everything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was so shocked that I lay awake the entire night thinking about letting everything go, the pros and the cons of it all, and what I would possibly keep (I hadn\u2019t given up on making music, just considered a fresh start). When my gf got out of bed in the morning at 7 o\u2019clock, I did the same, went downstairs to the studio and had a long look at my gear, and nodded. Yeah, I could sell almost everything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I documented my original plan in an email to the trusted Music Bar mailing list like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Hi guys!<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>I didn\u2019t sleep one single minute last night. When my head hit the pillow some 7 hours ago I for some inexplicable reason decided I would sell pretty much everything in my studio except:<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><code>Kurzweil PC-88 keyboard (for the kids to practise their stuff)<\/code><\/li><li><code>Nord Modular G2 (just can\u2019t let that one go)<\/code><\/li><li><code>Waldorf Pulse (so much balls that it simply won\u2019t fit out the door)<\/code><\/li><li><code>Oberkorn sequencer<\/code><\/li><li><code>Oberheim SEM Patch Bay<\/code><\/li><li><code>9U of empty Doepfer cases<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><code>And<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><code>Moog Sub 37 (going to buy)<\/code><\/li><li><code>Prophet 6 (will probably buy)<\/code><\/li><li><code>Korg MS-20, the kit thingy (may buy)<\/code><\/li><li><code>alternatively I won\u2019t sell the original MS-20<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Then I\u2019ll slowly expand the Euro stuff focusing on sequencing and interesting stuff, and otherwise go soft \/ iPad. And try to keep it simple.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>A strange but somewhat liberating feeling\u2026<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Cheers,<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Me<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A discussion took place. I had something more to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Well, I\u2019m actually quite happy with all my stuff, and I am sure I will miss some of it, but there\u2019s definitely some redundancy. Also, as an example, I probably only use 5% of the Andromeda\u2019s capabilities, so a Prophet 6 simply makes more sense to me. I don\u2019t like menus on synths. My current modular is extremely basic, and for all practical purposes the Kurz 2600R is just a preset box. It\u2019s quite the chore to program. I don\u2019t like menus on synths. Also have a couple of other ones which I like but really haven\u2019t used for anything (MEK, Blofeld). The Jomox is also way underused.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>The Pro One I think is similar enough to the Prophet 6 (well, it covers similar ground, I guess), the Voyager must have something in common with the Sub 37, and the Odyssey is being resurrected, so I don\u2019t feel I\u2019m losing anything neither completely nor for forever.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>This really feels like a new beginning :-)<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>Sold the MEK and Monotribe today, so it has started. Wish me luck :-)<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny how things change!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the same instant my head hit the pillow when I went to bed at 1 am on February 20:th 2015, a thought came to me from out of the blue: What if I sold everything? 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