Re: [AH] ALL THE GEAR YOU'VE EVER OWNED?

From Brent Busby
Sent Wed, Apr 11th 2018, 20:35

benny blanco=C2=AE <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes:

> This was a fun exercise to dig back on.

> *Alesis*
> HR-16A (1st drum machine)
> HR-16B

I forgot those in my list!  I had both of those at the same time as my
Yamaha V50...and I was using a Yamaha 4-track cassette as a mixer
because I had nothing else.  I had so little and yet I still got more
actually done anyway.

> *Ensoniq*
> DP/4

I have two of these now, one in my studio rack at home, and one in a
mobile rack that I can take with me for DAW recording on laptop --
excellent effects unit.  My list earlier didn't include effects though.

> *Mackie*
> 32x8 Mixer (sold/traded to get A&H GL2000)

Have an A&H GL2200 32-channel now.  Built like a tank, no problems ever,
and you don't notice what it's doing for your sound until you try to
record straight into the interface without it.  Makes everything warmer.

> TR-606 (lost to a repair job)

One of my favorite drum machines, may buy sometime.  Right now I just
use samples sets of it a lot.

> JD-800 (sold it long ago)

Adored these in the music stores, mostly because they just looked so
awesome, like what I'd always thought a synthesizer should look like (a
spaceship, basically).  Wasn't as stunned as everyone else seemed to be
then that they gave a synth a control panel full of sliders...actually
wondered what took them so long with that.  I mean really, is there any
reason being digital means you can't have a real user interface?

> *Waldorf*
> MicroWave I

I've been curious about these, but I've never seen any demos where they
really sound that much like a Wave to me.  (I have to admit, that's
mostly what I'd want from it, a smaller, less expensive Wave.)  Is it
possible to make patches on one that sound like that?  Probably doesn't
matter though as far as me actually getting one.  They seem to be even
harder to find than actual PPG Waves, which are very expensive, but seem
to always be for sale somewhere if you've got that kind of money.

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