Hardware Synthesizers...what do you have?

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just one now:

Sequential Pro-One.

Not used very much though, too easy to keep everything internal/vst'ed these days... sad, such good sounds going to waste.

.g

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Kawai K1 - It's my master keyboard. Not very good for that purpose. In fact, not much good for anything.
Akai VX90 - True analogue polyphonic rack module. Quite interesting but a pig to program.
Sequential pro-one - I'd love to say it's as good as people seem to think. It isn't. Shoddy build, uninspiring sound.

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I've got a few hardware synths that I use off and on. Here's the list:

Korg MS2000
Kawai K5000S
Kawai K5000R
Kawai K4r
Kurzweil K2000
Alessi D4
Novation Super BassStation
Novation DrumStation
Ensoniq SQR Plus
Emu Orbit
Roland MVS1
Peavey Spectrum Synth
Peavey DPM SP/SX
Oberheim Matrix 1000

All controlled by two Midex 8 interfaces.

I wonder how Tracktion would handle these. I'm keen to try Tracktion but I can't get my head around how it handles and manages external devices.
relayer2001
Win 10 64-bit / Cubase Pro 8.5 / Numerous soft synths / Just as many hardware synths and not enough house

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korg: z1, wavestation a/d, es1 mkII
roland: juno 60, sh101, mc505
waldorf: pulse, microwave 1 + programmer
yamaha: dx200, tx81z
e-mu: xl7
jomox: airbase
spectral audio: protone
moog/radioshack: mg-1
red sound: darkstar xp2
akai: z4 (512 mb ram, 80gb hd, fx exp, adat exp)

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Korg Karma and an Alesis QSR rack module......... :wink:

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relayer2001 wrote:I wonder how Tracktion would handle these. I'm keen to try Tracktion but I can't get my head around how it handles and manages external devices.
What are you having trouble with? T works with external devices great, *except* for Sysex handling which is crap, basically. Feel free to pm me specific questions.

G.

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hi

Nord Electro 2 (61)
Nord Micro Modular
Waldorf Pulse & Q (on the way)

k

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In use: Korg Trinity, Trinity Rack, Novation Supernova IIR

Not in use: Korg X3, Korg Poly61M, Roland D50

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Korg Mono/Poly and Roland D50

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A solitary Alesis QS6, glorified master controller keyboard now that I'm all soft :hihi:

Shif.

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The only one still 'on display':
ESQ1 (battery died ages ago, still works as a master keyboard though)

In the cupboard:
*Casio CZ101
*JEN SX1000 (don't even know if it works!)
*Emu ESI32 + Zip Drive (the one thing really regret buying most as it all cost £800+, hardly got any use and I'm never going to shift it now - just think how much laptop that would buy if I'd left it in the bank :( )
*Yamaha TQ5 (funny little FM desktop thing)
*Alesis MMT8 (Orbital used them, so therefore so did I!)

plus bottom-of-the range Alesis compressor and Zoom multi-effects rack thingies.

Like I say, everything but the sampler could, conceivably, come in useful one day.

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audiobot202 wrote:
Korg DW600 (or something like that) - under the bed, never comes out
I remember really wanting one of those a few years back!
You didn't miss out on much. I don't think it sounds all that great, plus the bottom end is seriously lacking.

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heehee ... my meagre hardness ...

korg ea1
alesis airsynth
(freaky) circuitbent yamaha VSS200

slainte :ud: rob

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pHz wrote:(freaky) circuitbent yamaha VSS200
slainte :ud: rob
Bend it yourself? If so how easy did you find the process?
The reason I ask is I am planning to bend a Casio battery-powered thing with keys ( shittiest sounds ever without FX, fact ) :D
Coffee please, black, no sugar.

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Let's see...

- Yamaha DX200, Yamaha P80
- Korg ER-1, Korg EX-800, Korg MS-2000, Korg Wavestation SR
- Ensoniq ESQ-1 (dead battery but with a eprom cartridge)
- Zoom RhythmTrack 234, Zoom SampleTrack 224
- Emu ESI-2000 w/72 Mb and Zip drive, Emu Proteus 2/XR
- Akai S2800 w/10 Mb
- Clavia Nord Micromodular
- Waldorf Microwave XT

I have sold: Juno 106, Ensoniq SQ80, Roland SPD-11, Moog Prodigy, Korg Poly-800, and JP8000. For some reason I don't seem able to keep Roland gear (although I regret selling the JP8K). I just sold a Yamaha VL70-m. I plan to replace it with GPO in the future (after my CC catches some breath). For Xmas I bought this cool synth which does physical modeling of strings... it's called "Fender Telecaster", although I don't quite understand the interface yet.

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