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dabmeister music 12 August 2003

I'm curious to see what's being used in most studios. I need to make a decision on a possible hardware upgrade. This is my current setup and please give some concrete feedback as to what you think I may need to upgrade or improve on. Now I have a pretty large rack that houses a :

  • Kurzweil K2500RS module,
  • a Korg Triton rack module,
  • Korg 01R/W module,
  • a Roland JV-1080 w/ the hip hop & vintage synth expansion cards,
  • a Emu Planet Phat module,
  • a TC helicon Voice Prism module,
  • an ASR10 (w/ the flouresent screen) 61 note sampling keyboard,
  • and a 76 key Roland A-70 midi controller .My two drum machines are the Akai MPC4000 and the Roland R-8 w/ a couple of expansion cards. :cool:

Comments

Nate Tschetter Tue, 08/12/2003 - 07:13

Howdy

Good topic.

I've really downsized over the years. Softsynths and crankiness led to my synth whore demise.

Here's what I currently have:

KEYBOARDS

  • 1960 Hammond B3 / Leslie
  • Fender DynoMyRhodes Piano

SYNTHS

  • Moog Minimoog w Big Briar MIDI kit
  • Yamaha VL1
  • Yamaha VL1m
  • Yamaha Motif 8
  • Yamaha CE20
  • microKorg

DRUM MACHINES

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  • MAM ADX-1
  • Yamaha RX5

CONTROLLERS

  • Novation Remote 25
  • Yamaha KX5 (if only I had Chick Corea's leather jumpsuit...!)

SOFT SYNTHS

  • NI Absynth
  • NI Battery
  • NI Kontakt
  • NI Reaktor
  • NI B4
  • NI Pro-53
  • NI FM7
  • Steinberg PPG
  • Tascam GigaStudio

What would I really want? A good 88-key Rhodes, a D6 Clavinet, Wurli and a real Grand piano.

Todzilla Thu, 08/14/2003 - 08:35

I'm a cheapskate, so I'm always trying to get the most variety out of not the most expensive stuff.

Here goes:

Keyboards:

Roland D-50 - I love this guy, even if it is digital
Korg X5 - I don't care for plasticy Korg stuff, but I needed a knock around keyboard, it was cheap and it has pretty damn nice tonewheel sounds
Korg Prophecy - I know I just disparaged Korg stuff, but this is a really cool keyboard
Farfisa Professional - a little rough around the edges, but the grey and white keys can't be beat.
Wurly 140B - coolass tan flecked model. Lost the sustain pedal years ago (arggh!) and some of the tines are flat or broken. A refurb for the winter months?

Rack:
Emu ESI-32 - good cheap knockaround sampler. I got some ridiculous deal on 9 Emu CDs from Emu themselves for about $50. Sweet
Roland D-550 - in case the D-50 funks up. Also, the only good way to get multi-timbrality from a D-50
Roland U-220 - nice cheap ROMpler. Good piano sounds.
Roland MKS-7 - much maligned, but cool sounding analog synth. Interface from hell.
Peavey Spectrum Organ - Surprisingly good tonewheel sounds. Goes great with my MotionSound Pro3.
Yamaha P-50m - Piano ROMpler. Sounds passable but not stellar. Got for $100 new. What can I say?
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Dream Synth - Oberheim Matrix 12. Anyone have one for sale for $100?

Linwood Thu, 08/14/2003 - 12:02

DynoMy Rhodes
B3 W/122 ( but I just sold it and it leaves 8/21)
(I know -idiot)
Wurli model 200 - in the process of rebuilding it

S90
XV5050 ( techno and string cards)
1080 ( pop and orch cards)
E4XT -loaded
MKS-20
SY-77
midimini - studio electronics
samplecell II - I still like these cards

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