You just reminded me that I had a DX 21. No velocity or aftertouch though. Not a synth I miss, I was glad to see it go.
What was your first hardware synthesizer?
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- KVRist
- 270 posts since 25 Apr, 2011
Synton Syrinx
Followed by a Kawai K5 and the Akai VX600 with S700 sampler (connected with that weird voice cable to use the sampler voice through the synth engine)
Followed by a Kawai K5 and the Akai VX600 with S700 sampler (connected with that weird voice cable to use the sampler voice through the synth engine)
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- KVRian
- 663 posts since 29 Sep, 2012 from Minnesota
Yamaha W7: long forgotten unknown workstation...
was on deep discount when I bought it
was on deep discount when I bought it
- KVRAF
- 2946 posts since 31 Jan, 2003 from Ghent, Belgium
Around 2000: A Yamaha PSS/PSR something... I don't know what happened to it. I wanted an SH101 but I had no budget at all. I could've bought it back then for the price of an MS101.
Around 2005: A Moog Slim Phatty - I consider this my first hardware synth. It sounded great, but I found it "boring". Sold it and bought a Boomstar SEM with the money. I still have that one.
Around 2005: A Moog Slim Phatty - I consider this my first hardware synth. It sounded great, but I found it "boring". Sold it and bought a Boomstar SEM with the money. I still have that one.
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- KVRian
- 527 posts since 22 Jun, 2004
DSI Evolver! Still a very nice synth. Wish they made a modern version with a quicker interface. The sounds one can get out of this thing are amazing!
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- KVRAF
- 2833 posts since 12 May, 2004 from Oxford, UK
Roland SH2 bought 1980. Still have it.
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- KVRian
- 614 posts since 24 Oct, 2006
Korg DW8000, followed by Oberheim Matrix 6r, then Korg Poly 800II, and Ensoniq Mirage. I sold off everything eventually to replace with newer synths, except the Oberheim. I finally sold that a only few years ago. The only hardware synth I own now is a Korg Karma which I never use. This may change, but I use soft synths almost exclusively.
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- KVRAF
- 2267 posts since 9 Mar, 2009 from Copenhagen, Denmark
- KVRist
- 217 posts since 25 May, 2012 from Sunny Philly
Technics SX-AX7
Not great, can remember very little about it, pretty cheesy.
Not great, can remember very little about it, pretty cheesy.
- KVRAF
- 10598 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
A 2nd hand Roland Alpha-Juno 1. It is also the only hardware synth I've ever owned. I regret selling it, but I felt cramped with 49 keys.
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- KVRAF
- 14965 posts since 13 Nov, 2012
Prophet-5 was the first synth I purchased.
I also had access to a couple Synclavier, one in the studio I worked at and one from Stevie Wonder.
With the Synclavier we worked on the first completely sampled recording, now on display at the Smithsonian museum.
Around that time I got a Memory Moog which is a beauty to look at, they used wood on all these synths which is nice to have that organic addition to all those electronics.
I had the great opportunity to be trained by Moog on working with this super synth.
It was a great time for electronic music.
I also had access to a couple Synclavier, one in the studio I worked at and one from Stevie Wonder.
With the Synclavier we worked on the first completely sampled recording, now on display at the Smithsonian museum.
Around that time I got a Memory Moog which is a beauty to look at, they used wood on all these synths which is nice to have that organic addition to all those electronics.
I had the great opportunity to be trained by Moog on working with this super synth.
It was a great time for electronic music.