casio cz-101
korg wavestation sr
kawai k1

Casio was my first synth, so...sentimental value
wavestation sr & kawai k1 ... not much resale value anyway

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I don't know about the best synth but the Best Beatbox evah: Doug E. Fresh !!

Keep: Drums: MPC 2000 (Sample the other drum machines then dump them (MPC 500, TR505 , RT123, ER1) Synths: Akai AX60 (DCO analog), Ensoniq SQ80(Wavetable), DX21 (FM), Micron (VA), JV1010 (decent bread and butter Rompler) Bass Station Rack Maybe the Juno 2 also (DCO analog) Sequencer: MMT-8 I would d...

1977
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity
Space - Magic Fly

1984
Purchased Casio CozmoSynthesizer CZ-101, 1st synth.

How is the plug-in compared to the real deal? i used to use a Wavestation AD, the soft version actually sounds better to my ears, it's the best sounding softsynth i've used. no vocoder, though. I didn't believe you when I saw this, so I tried it out myself, and Voila! you are correct, sir. The soft...

I'm curious...why not "sacrifice" the Microkorg?

Wife -driven appeasements should be no larger than absolutely necessary. Microkorgs are a dime a dozen on ebay, and will be available new or used for a long time (easily replaceable, thus far less pain to temporarily release!)

+1 on Electribes for ease of use and pure fun.

I just bought some red oak to build a slanted "box-like" holder for both the Novation Nova and Desktop Evolver. Haven't figured a design yet, though.

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Casio CZ-101. Giorgio Moroder's "From Here To Eternity" Donna Summers' "I Feel Love" Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" and Space's "Magic Fly" These songs really captured my imagination. I was amazed at the sounds that could be gotten from synths...I was hooked. Wasn't until the synth-pop 80's that...

I think the less is more meme is terribly misunderstood. It's not about quantity or quality. It's about focus and distraction. If you get distracted by a crapton of toys - like any magpie who gathers these things, "less" (as in quantity) may mean "more" (as in productivity) to you. And if you don't...

About wanting to sound like band "X" (originality/creativity), I 'll say: The Beatles started out playing covers and trying to sound like the bands they admired from the States...then they found their own voices. Ray Charles stated out trying to sound like Charles Brown, until he developed his own v...