quoted 4 lines Yag. So, does anybody wanna give gear lists? I use an ol' juno, 909,>Yag. So, does anybody wanna give gear lists? I use an ol' juno, 909,
>303 and 202 ;-)
>
>No, I don't (no 303 or 202)...
Sure... and apart from just listing, I'll mention what each one is used for...
Kurzweil K2000 - this is the most incredible machine in current production.
you can take any sound and warp the living crap out of it. pure techno in
one box. has built in waveforms (including all the classic synthy ones)
and you can sample into it as well. filters are the best of any current
machine. sounds great, amazingly powerful and flexible... the powerhouse.
Boss DR-660 - drum machine with lots of classic 808 & 909 sounds, as well
as a lot of other good stuff. my pick for "best bang for buck" and "most
suited to dance music". pluses: cheap, sounds great, built in fx.
minuses: using the individual outputs loses the built in fx. :(
Sequential Circuits MAX & Six-Trak - these are basically the same machine -
a six voice analog synthesizer with full MIDI control of sound parameters
in real time. they're so similar, they are patch compatible. the Six-Trak
can do unison mode for phat analog stack sounds. nice grungy analog 70's
sound. not quite as fat as oberheim, not quite as shiny as roland...
again, good bang for buck. also one of the few true analog beasties that
are multitimbral!
Casio CZ-101 - it's starting to show its age but i've had it for so long
that i am totally QUICK to program it. makes nice noises, cheap, doesn't
sound as lame as pure FM even tho it's based on FM. don't ask me, i like
it, and you can't beat it for $100!
Yamaha DX7iiD - i use it only as a controller keyboard! i'm borrowing it
from someone who never used it. i hate the sounds and i can't program FM
worth shit.
Yamaha ProMix01 - this is the first in a new generation of digital mixers.
built in fx, total MIDI automation... all for under $2000. plus it has a
digital output so you can just plug it straight into your DAT machine. my
trax are now entirely assembled digitally... after they come into the
mixer, they are never converted back to analog until they reach your
ears...
quoted 2 lines As Severed Heads' Tom Ellard has said, "Learn to use each piece of gear the>As Severed Heads' Tom Ellard has said, "Learn to use each piece of gear the
>way a violinist learns to use a violin." Or something like that...
what he said was realize that a violinist learns one instrument incredibly
well over the course of a career. also realize that you are never going to
be that intimate with any synth, but try to make it a goal. i feel that i
have a comfortable gear level right now... i know how to run most of it
reasonably well but i still want to spend a lot of time delving into the
mysteries of the k2000.
Jon Drukman
jsd@cyborganic.com