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MIDI
Korg
Wavestation
The pad machine. I still love this synth, and
have programmed it extensively. Get
my sounds here.
Roland
XV-5080
This is Roland's most powerful synth module
to date - 128-note polyphonic, it'll read Akai and Roland sample
CD's via SCSI, and can have up to 128meg of sample ram inside.
It's loaded with great sounds, and the acoustic guitars, elec
pianos and orchestral sounds are superb.
Korg microKONTROL
This is a great little controller keyboard that can either sit in front of me to have a little keyboard to aid programming (rather than keep turning away to the left to play drum hits etc), and also works via USB with my Powerbook to form a neat little portable studio or performing rig.
Moog
Prodigy
One of my first synths. For such a simple synth
is still capable of quite a lot. It's controlled by MIDI with...
Phillip
Rees MCV
MIDI -> CD convertor for use with my Prodigy.
Yamaha
DX7s
I'd always hated FM synths, and always
wanted one. Now I've finally got one I was right all along - the
sounds are generaly very poor compared to modern instruments.
However, their simple and thin sound can sit really nicely in
a mix, and they also excel at plucky, spiky noises.
Roland
V-Custom Kit
The V-Custom is Roland's "cheap"
version of the V-Drums. It offers much of the same features and
sounds, for quite a bit less money. The pads are smaller than
the V-Pro kit, but you can buy the bigger pads and add them on.
The V-Custom sounds fantastic, has over 1000 sounds on board including
virtually modelled kicks, snares and toms, and plays about a thousand
times better than the rubber triggered pads of yesteryear.
Casio
CZ-101
This
was my first MIDI synth, and I used to program it extensively.
Good for basses, digital and sometimes complex sounds. The only
real downside is that it's not velocity sensitive, but aside from
that, CZ-101's can be found really cheap these days are are a
good bargain.
Yamaha RM50
The RM50 was Yamaha's most powerful drum
sound module ever released, containing thousands of sounds, three
PCM card slots for expansion, and an optional sample RAM board
which allows sample dumps to the RM50 via MIDI SDS. The RM50 is
highly programmable via a somewhat awkward interface, and is very
typically Yamaha sounding. It also functions as a trigger to MIDI
interface through its trigger inputs on the rear panel.
Kurzweil
Micropiano
 This
little piano module is 32-note polyphonic and contains some excellent
piano samples, as well as some useful electric pianos and strings,
and an FX unit inside that can generate reverbs and choruses to
give it some ambience.
Fatar
Studiologic SL880
My main master keyboard, with a nice weighted
keyboard action. It weighs a ton though...
Kawai
K1-r
Rack synth module.
Boss DR-550
Ickle drum machine.
Yamaha RX-5
Bigger drum machine. This can make some
quite interesting noises if you abuse it, as you can edit the
drum sounds kind of like they were synth sounds.
Alesis MMT8
Emagic
AMT8
MIDI interface to my computer. See the Computers
section for more info.
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