Studio

Info on my music gear and setup, in case this's useful to someone. I'm not an expert at this, stuff here's a combination of bumbling and too much research ;3

• Keith McMillen K-Board
  Little USB 25 key keyboard/controller I find handy for playing stuff in a DAW.
• Roland TR-8
  Really like using this. Sequencer is straight forward, no messing in menus. Was the first electronic instrument I bought having never messed with anything aside from some cheap keyboards. A good intro.
• Arturia Matrixbrute
  Feel like this is a bit wasted on me. Would probably be good to replace it with a keyboard and other MIDI controllers, and/or something gnarly like a PWM Malevolent.
• Korg Electribe ES-1
  Sampler that loads from SmartMedia cards. Limited capacity, but fine and cheapish. Main downside is it can't play samples chromatically.
• korg_electribe_ea-1
  Haven't used it much. It's fun to make weird sounds with it?
• Korg Electribe ER-1
  Thought this was a kinda bland drum machine, but you can actually make some really cool sounds.
• Yamaha PortaSound PS-3
  Good op-shop find! Lovely colour.
• Yamaha QY100
  Was a fun thing to take on holiday. Nice to sit outside and play with, but normally I'm a bit too impatient to want to mess with the UI.
• Mackie Onyx 1640i
  Big mixer I got a good price on. Was hard to find one that could work with a useful amount of effects sends. Maybe in hindsight should've got a matrix mixer.
• alto tx132
  Powered PA speakers. Way too big and too powerful for a studio, but they were only $10 more than the next size down :3
• Sony TC-124
  Tape recorder I got at a carboot sale, doesn't work right anymore.
• Chromatone CT-312
  Got one when they were giving them away. Feels really plasticy. I don't have the room to keep it setup, but would use it as a MIDI controller if I did. Ended up selling it, keys felt too yuck to use it as a controller.
• Zoom H5
  Field recorder.
• Livingstone E10 AD Delay
  Some delay pedal I got at Cash Convertors ages ago. It's all sticky for some reason, spilt tea on it maybe? https://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/livingstone/2009/e10ad
• Some dinky generic spring reverb box. You need a little amp to drive it out of a mixer, so haven't been finding it useful now it's not attached to my bass amp.
• M-Audio M-Gear EX-P
  Two expression pedals I have plugged-in to the Matrix Brute.
• JLCooper MSB Plus Rev 2×2
  90s MIDI Router that has all the features I need. Love it. Would love to replace them with one of the big 16×20 routers they've made, but they seem real hard to find—finding a second one of these was hard enough.
• Roland UM-ONE mk2×2
  USB→MIDI cable for connecting my computer to other MIDI hardware.
• Yamaha TX81Z
  FM synth for a reasonable price. Haven't tried making my own patches yet, but having fun with the stuff included and stuff I've found online.
• Roland DEP-5
  Effects unit. Don't really understand my way around it yet, but been enjoying the stereo delay.
• Roland JV-880
  Sounds really nice. Some real nice crystally sounds, and some big orchestra hits. You can DIY your own add-on cards, which might be a fun alternative to a sampler (for my use case)?
• DigiTech TSR-12
  Another multi-effects rack unit I've been using a lot, though really just using the presets so far.
• Novation 61SL MKIII
  MIDI controller keyboard. Sequencer is real nice and easy to use.
• Waldorf Blofeld
  Was looking for something wavetabley and say a real good price on one of these. Feel like I was missing real cold digital sounds and this fits that. Before that was after a 01R/W but never see them for sale.

Trying to be realistic with this :)

• JL Cooper Synapse
  I really like the two MSB+s I have, but even better would be be one of these 16 input 20 output units by the same company. Would save me me a slot having to link two units too. Have never seen one for sale, just old ads. on Reverb.
  They also made a 16/20 one with the MSB branding, like the MSB versus the Rev 2 there are some differences in functionality.
• Still trying to decide on a sampler. Problem is ones that have a gritty sound I like don't have a great workflow. I really just want to prepare the sample son my computer, put them on an SD card, and plug that in. Recording with the line-in isn't that useful to me, apart from maybe using my voice.
  I guess a bit of an update to this is that I think I'll save up for a fancy granular one like the GR-Mega, as that takes care of regular samples and manipulating them in interesting ways. Still tempted by 12-bit stuff, but more as a thing to sample straight into. For now I'm fine using the korg_es-1 and using recording changes on the pitch knob.

• Synths and Drum Machines