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jclosed · Post by **jclosed** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:03 pm

Well - I started with a Yamaha CS-10 analogue synth and a very simple but nice drum synth (BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR-55). I made recordings with Akai standard tape recorder (don't know what type, because it's so many years ago) that I had modified to record and play 4 channels with a second pair of heads for echo effects (I repaired consumer electronics in those days). On top of that I used a mechanical spring reverb for extra effect. All very primitive, but I did not had a lot of money in those days, so I had to manage...

And there's the answer. For me the DAW came years after that humble start. In those starting times even a simple computer costed a lot of money. So yes, I definitely started with analogue hardware before using any DAW.

wilmarboer · Post by **wilmarboer** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:15 pm

My first synth was a Roland D10. Later with a Atari 1024ST with Cubase connected. Then I got a Atari MEGA ST with a shocking 20mb harddrive. Added a Roland D70 later.

UltimateOutsider · Post by **UltimateOutsider** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:15 pm

DAWs didn't exist when I got into music. The Roland Alpha Juno-1 was my first hardware synth. (Not counting the non-MIDI Casio keyboards I had before that.) The first MIDI sequencer I used was Dr. T's KCS on Atari ST, and then Cubase 1.0 on a Mac SE. My first actual DAW was Cubase 5.

IFR Music · Post by **IFR Music** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:58 am

Ensoniq SQ80
Fostex X30 4 track

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:12 am

I started on a Casio VL Tone, now a VST. It could record and even edit patches! http://www.polyvalens.com/blog/vl-1/

gigglingfish · Post by **gigglingfish** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:32 am

Hardware First by a long margin:
Bought 2nd hand around 1992 - Casio CZ-101 and Casio RZ-1
Swapped for Vinyl around 2000 - Boss DR660 and Roland MC-303
Recently (2021) bought an Akai MPK3 Mini when I purchased Waveform Pro 11.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:19 am

THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm 1978 - My Dads Electric Organ - (had the capability of picking up radio stations when pushing in the front metal panel)
1986 - A Casio SK1 Sampling Keyboard - (My sister Avril gave it to me as a Christmas present, but because it was so fun and cool they had already taken it out to play with and didn't bother rapping it).
1993 - An Atari Mega ST and Sequencer One program which came on an Atari ST coverdisk.
1994 - An Amiga 500 and Sound Tracker (The all grey screen version).
1995 - Yamaha PSR 330 Midi Keyboard

Are you seriously expecting us to believe that you are more than 22 years old? Because I'm not buying it for a minute.

THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:47 pm

BONES wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:19 am
THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm 1978 - My Dads Electric Organ - (had the capability of picking up radio stations when pushing in the front metal panel)
1986 - A Casio SK1 Sampling Keyboard - (My sister Avril gave it to me as a Christmas present, but because it was so fun and cool they had already taken it out to play with and didn't bother rapping it).
1993 - An Atari Mega ST and Sequencer One program which came on an Atari ST coverdisk.
1994 - An Amiga 500 and Sound Tracker (The all grey screen version).
1995 - Yamaha PSR 330 Midi Keyboard
Are you seriously expecting us to believe that you are more than 22 years old? Because I'm not buying it for a minute.

I've photo's of me in a baby bouncer during the 1970's if that'll help..

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:55 pm

I was the person that programming our Minimoog fell to in 1974 with our little prog group (originals). It wasn't my primary musical experience then and it isn't now. However, when I started composing all day/in earnest, my new friend had one, so I commandeered it for a bit. and next year, '81 the singer still had the one we had when we were a group, so it really was the first full realization of My Music, these two experiences.

"The DAW" as reducible to a single thing like "The Hardware Synth" doesn't work really.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:26 am

Yeah, it all exists on a continuum. What's a Korg M1 but a DAW? Because that's really what changed when I went ITB - instead of doing all my fiddly production work on a Trinity's 5" mono touchscreen with my fat fingers, I could do it on a 19" CRT with a mouse. The actual processes involved were eerily similar so it didn't feel like a whole new world. The Trinity even had plug-ins - the MOSS board and sampling/multi-track board - it was more like the continued expansion of possibilities, the next logical step in the evolution of music technology.

Grumbleweed · Post by **Grumbleweed** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:12 am

THE INTRANCER wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:47 pm
BONES wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:19 am
THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm 1978 - My Dads Electric Organ - (had the capability of picking up radio stations when pushing in the front metal panel)
1986 - A Casio SK1 Sampling Keyboard - (My sister Avril gave it to me as a Christmas present, but because it was so fun and cool they had already taken it out to play with and didn't bother rapping it).
1993 - An Atari Mega ST and Sequencer One program which came on an Atari ST coverdisk.
1994 - An Amiga 500 and Sound Tracker (The all grey screen version).
1995 - Yamaha PSR 330 Midi Keyboard
Are you seriously expecting us to believe that you are more than 22 years old? Because I'm not buying it for a minute.
I've photo's of me in a baby bouncer during the 1970's if that'll help..

The problem is you were born in the early 60's.

Grum.

dellboy · Post by **dellboy** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:17 pm

wilmarboer wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:15 pm Then I got a Atari MEGA ST with a shocking 20mb harddrive. Added a Roland D70 later.

Yeah, I had one of those 20mb hard-disks for my Atari. If memory serves correctly it was at least a foot square and 2 inches tall or so. You switched it on and it had to spin up to speed. Happy days.

dupont · Post by **dupont** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:25 pm

20 years ago hardware (i still have a bunch of roland analogue collectors machines I have not use since ages !), now DAWs

JoseC. · Post by **JoseC.** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:26 pm

Now that I think of it, neither. It was a girl, actually.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Mar 27, 2022 10:55 pm

Grumbleweed wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:12 am
THE INTRANCER wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:47 pm
BONES wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:19 am
THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:52 pm 1978 - My Dads Electric Organ - (had the capability of picking up radio stations when pushing in the front metal panel)
1986 - A Casio SK1 Sampling Keyboard - (My sister Avril gave it to me as a Christmas present, but because it was so fun and cool they had already taken it out to play with and didn't bother rapping it).
1993 - An Atari Mega ST and Sequencer One program which came on an Atari ST coverdisk.
1994 - An Amiga 500 and Sound Tracker (The all grey screen version).
1995 - Yamaha PSR 330 Midi Keyboard
Are you seriously expecting us to believe that you are more than 22 years old? Because I'm not buying it for a minute.
I've photo's of me in a baby bouncer during the 1970's if that'll help..
The problem is you were born in the early 60's.

Grum.

There appears to be a joke I'm not getting.

the problem is called arrested development

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What Came First For You ? The DAW or The Hardware Synth ?

What Came First For You ? The DAW or The Hardware Synth ?