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dellboy · Post by **dellboy** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:56 pm

4damind wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:45 pm My first "synth" the Casio MT 31, was IMO more like a toy. So my first real synth was a DX 21 (trimmed down version of the DX7).

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.

Albert.VST · Post by **Albert.VST** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:07 pm

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)

Constructed Identity · Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:36 pm

Yamaha W7: long forgotten unknown workstation...
was on deep discount when I bought it

diaphone · Post by **diaphone** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:50 pm

My first keyboard of any kind was the Casio SK-1, which I still have. My first professional-grade instrument was a used Kawai K1, which I think I got in 11th grade.

T-CM11 · Post by **T-CM11** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:21 pm

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.

softegg · Post by **softegg** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:03 pm

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!

ChamomileShark · Post by **ChamomileShark** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:40 pm

Roland SH2 bought 1980. Still have it.

auricle · Post by **auricle** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:33 pm

Korg T2EX, I loved that thing but was annoyed that it didn't have a resonant filter.

dlandis · Post by **dlandis** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:21 am

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.

K-Bee · Post by **K-Bee** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:15 am

A DX7. Should have kept it.

kcearl · Post by **kcearl** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:19 am

Technics SX-AX7

Not great, can remember very little about it, pretty cheesy.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:21 pm

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.

Jelly · Post by **Jelly** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:28 pm

Korg DS-8. Did not have one single clue how to work it.

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:33 pm

Korg Electribe EA-1

PatchAdamz · Post by **PatchAdamz** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:10 pm

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.

What was your first hardware synthesizer?