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Yep... can as well keep it all in one post... the studio changes all the time, even if I try not to, so why bother
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So instead of making a new thread every time about something "morphing" in the studio, I thought to make this thread and bringing it back from the dead when something new "stirrs in the grave".
First of... I've had way too much gear throughout the years, and I've lost countless sums on selling stuff and buying new and used gear, but hey! some Guys spend it all on cars, others on drugs or women.... I spend them on gear..... and women (not the dirty way, mind you! ... only those who knows how to trick them from me the old fashioned way you know
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Through the years I've had so many "Things" I cannot remember which on the fly anymore... but I'll try, just to show you Guys and gals, how serious my GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome, for those not knowing) is and has been... I'll name only synths as these are my soft spot':
KORG DS-8
KORG ESX-1
KORG ER-1
KORG 707
KORG Polysix
KORG Z1
KORG Wavestation SR
KORG Poly-800
KORG EX-8000
KORG DW-8000
KORG Monotron
Roland MKS-30
Roland MKS-50
Roland TR-808
Roland JD-990
Roland S-760
Roland D-110
Roland D-550
E-MU E5000 Ultra
E-MU E6400 Ultra
E-MU Proteus-2000
E-MU XTreme Lead
E-MU Morpheus
E-MU ESI-2000
Yamaha FB-01
Yamaha DX7II
Yamaha TX802
Yamaha TX7
Yamaha EX5R
Yamaha EX5
Yamaha TX81Z
Yamaha FS1R
Yamaha TG33
Yamaha TG77
Yamaha VL70m
Yamaha SY35
Yamaha A3000
Novation Super Bass Station
Novation Supernova
Alesis Micron
Vermona M.A.R.S.
Vermona DRM1 MK3
Vermona Kick Lancet
Droid-3
Casio VZ-1
Waldorf Micro Q
Waldorf Micro Q Omega
Waldorf Microwave rev.1
Waldorf Microwave rev.2
Waldorf Pulse
Waldorf Blofeld
Waldorf Microwave 2 Rack
Waldorf Microwave XT
Waldorf Blofeld
Oberheim Matrix-1000
Crumar bit99
Moog SlimPhatty
Moog Minitaur
Muteable Instruments Shruthi-1
MIDI Box SID sammichSID
HardSID HarSID 4U
DSI Evolver Desktop
DSI Evolver Keyboard
DSI Tetra
DSI Poly Evolver Rack
DSI Mopho
Doepfer MS-404
Doepfer Dark Energy
MFB MFB-503
MFB MFB-522
Jomox XBase 888
Jomox MBase 11
Jomox MBrane 11
Electron SID Station
Electron Machinedrum
Access Virus b
Clavia Micro Modular
Control Synthesis Deep Base 9
Creamware Minimax
Ensoniq ESQ-1
Ensoniq ESQ-m
MAM MB33 mkII
Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309
So I guess you can understand my ramblings now
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God I get sick by even looking at the list and thinking about the money wasted...
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Nonetheless, I've just bought a Poly Evolver Rack... always wanted to swap my desktop version with a 4-voice polyphonic version, but they are rarely seen sold anymore... though one popped up used the other day, and I was lucky to get it. I also recently bought a used KORG ESX-1 SD because it's simply the best drummachine for me, as analog drummachine always tend to be too limited for me.... I've bought this machine three times now... it's beginning to be embarrasing really.
In the future I'm getting a Waldorf Pulse 2... and maybe even a Moog Sub Phatty...
I Wonder when I'll start to make some remixes with all of this ... many of you out there probably think the same.
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Today my system is comprised of:
KORG ESX-1 (sample drummachine)
Yamaha EX5 (workstation with sampling, Virtual Accoustic, FDSP and VA synthesis)
Yamaha FS1R (FM and formant shaping synthesis)
Roland MKS-50 (analog polysynth)
Roland MKS-30 (analog polysynth)
Vermona M.A.R.S. (analog monosynth)
E-MU E5000 Ultra (sampler)
Waldorf Pulse (analog monosynth)
Waldorf Microwave (hybrid digital/analog Wavetable polysynth)
Waldorf Blofeld (digital VA/Wavetable/sample synthesis
DSI Poly Evolver (hybrid digital/analog polysynth)
DSI Tetra (analog polysynth)
Muteable Instruments Shruthi-1 (hybrid digital/analog multi synthesis)
Moog Minitaur (analog monosynth)
Moog SlimPhatty (analog monosynth)
Oberheim Matrix-1000 (analog polysynth)
HardSID - HardSID 4U (not used as an instrument, just as a playback device for SID tunes)
So as you can probably see, I collect mostly gear with some sort of analog part in it, and one thing I've set as a requirement these days are, that the machines MUST have MIDI control of every sound parameter so that editors can be made for them on the computer... I like the sound best of these analogs compared to digital gear... I do collect a few digital ones though, but only if they can do something really unique in sound that analogs won't ever get near... like physical modelling, FM and advanced formant synthesis and the like.
This was the first of a series of uncontrolled synth ramblings from me... hope you weren't too bored.
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If you have a Little GAS'er in you, feel free to talk about it here... always nice to hear from other infected with this dreaded and costly disease
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A Little Picture of the new beast:
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