Exactly! Women are always dictating what their man can or cannot do. This is why I don't have a girlfriend and will never get married. I want to enjoy my freedom as a man, hehe!!
Sure is digital, the first digital best-seller. What I mean is : "we" have been about 20 years crying and asking the developers to make again analog synths, and now that, finally they are making them...."we" start whinning and crying that what we really like and want is the DX7...lolz
lol! that's interesting. seeing crazy amounts of traffic for this vid aompared with usual mediocre trickle. glitch in the youtube algorithm working in my favour? thanks for stopping by anyways.
no chance, this is the third time i saw this and it keeps popping up for over a year now, but i do have one worrisome question woody: you have no corner in the room to put up your synth?? at least a corner? garage? cellar?
The JD-Xi is my "if I could only have one synth and drum machine on a desert island" synth. The 128-voice virtual analog is a very deep synth engine which sounds great, especially for pads (the "flanger" can act as a very rich Juno-style chorus). The drums have a lot of variety and the sounds can be significantly edited. The analog synth has quite a bit of that TB-303 vibe to it, while being a good deal more flexible than the 303. The effects add a lot of creative possibilities to the sounds.
Unless you’re a gigging musician, you don’t need a dedicated synth. A good midi controller (like a Nektar Panorama) and a good library of plugins and the DAW of you choice will do it all. I have an ancient Axiom 61 and cheap a Casio hammer action piano. Would love to get a Panorama P6 to replace the Axiom.
I own Yamaha TX81Z rack. Great FM synth! Using midi usb cable and free TX editor. Experiment from 1000 of presets. Best producer secret :-D Bevare of ass-crack.
Well, if it makes you feel better, Gary Numan has also sold off most of his hardware synths, only keeping a couple, and has gone pretty much totally software synth for his latest album! It's funny when interviewers who have only ever heard "Cars" ask about whether he's still using the old PolyMoog, and his response is something like "Naah, that was nearly 40 years ago... Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 is my favourite synth nowdays!"
Here I was, sitting nice and comfortably taking in every word, when all of a sudden BUGGER OFF!!!! Lmao, Cheers for that Woody, I almost fell off me chair!
Only just come across your channel, so refreshing to see a synth enthusiast without the analogue snobbery, a digital synth fan and even getting serious about a arranger keyboard. Can you remember the Roland E-series pro-arrangers? Every self respecting pub act soloist had one in the 80/90's
hi lee, appreciate the comment, you know back in the day i so wanted an e86, it was really high end at the time, together with the technics kn2000 if i recall. they probably don't sound great by today's standards though, but if you find one they are cheap, so why not, for old times sake.
"so refreshing to see a synth enthusiast without the analogue snobbery" Are "purer" enthusiasts so uncommon? I thought the analogue snobs were a minority?
Now this is something you dont see everyday wow ! . Woody, i can completly understand and relate to your reasons for decluttering the keyboards/synths. I used to do the same quite often. I must admit ,"thou i hate to lol", emulation software has come on leaps and bounds, and sometimes makes it hard to justify having the space consuming hardware equivelant. I owned the M1 years ago and witnessed a massive increase in the price of PCM and ROM cards so found it hard to keep up. Ultimately i did make the right decision to sell even thou , this was years before the software arrived . Again like yourself My D-10 had to go , i had the JD800 and JV 1080 so to be fair it didnt have that wow factor that made me want to delve deeper with it . (In hindsight , i should have , sone fantastic LA sounds). The only regret i have was getting rid of the hybrid Ensoniq SQ80. I eventually sold my jd800 and later replaced it with the 990 with absolutly no regrets considering the obvious diffrence in immediate control. Anyways enough of my stories. Great video and must say i am little sad you had to sell some of your legendry collection, but hey, ...you have definitly kept hold of some very worthy badboys !!!!
i was hoping woody knew about that while i watched this vid. He's liked your comment so i'm glad he's aware and has a sense of humour about it. Good from you woody
Ouch... I think some of you are being really mean to Woody here. He explains perfectly well his reasons for letting certain synths go. He swaps and changes synths and keyboards like others do with cars. Try it. enjoy it then pass it on if it doesn't tick all the boxes. We may disagree with some of the choices but we aren't the one's making them. I bought my Electribe from a guy who hated it and couldn't get on with it, whereas I took to it straight away. Horses for courses.
It's remarkable the prices that a Mk 1 DX7 will now fetch, especially here in Australia...I remember them being maligned as sounding too cold or clinical. They seem to have come back into favour again. I have to agree, I love the industrial look and the build quality. I'm always on the lookout for a good example. I have an SY77, which I loved, until it quietly passed away whilst being stored under a bed (I have quite a *few* synths, and space was at a premium at the time).
hi david, yeah i anticipate a rise in popularity, demand and prices on the dx7 too. it's a magnificent synth to have in your collection but I really didn't really find myself using it very much unfortunately. probably a good time to pick one up though! :) 77 is a great board too.
We had DX-7's back in college. Interesting to play around with FM but extremely hard to get anything practical out of. NI FM-8 is as far as I would go down this road now...
Interesting that none of the DX7 enthusiasts have mentioned the DX200 module (which I have but can't decide my opinion of). I bought it without trying one expecting it to be full of 80s style (love them or hate them) presets but it as if Yamaha wanted to make the presets as far from the DX7 classics as possible.
@F0XYr4bB!T: well, FM responds to parameter editing in a sometimes "nonlinear" manner. Set a modulator to carrier ratio of 1:1, and you get a sorta sawtoothy wave, 2:1 and a sorta squary wave, a non-integer ratio and you might get a belly sound, or just ringing noise. As to what happens when you have one modulator on top of another (and so on), it gets hard to predict. However, once you have modulators/ratios that do interesting things, it is fairly easy to use modulator output envelopes like filter envelopes, and parallel operator stacks like layers with different transients. But playing with operator (carrier, modulator...) ratios *IS* pretty much a black art. I think that's part of why people don't like it. That, and keeping a mental model in your head of what Yamaha's "algorithms" *mean* so you can select operators, parameters and then "slide" them.
Jeremy Thornton does it have the piano quality of nord electro 4? Does it have better sound quality than the motif or montage or Roland g8 or fa 8 ?If so it's worth it
i own a Roland JDXi and was contemplating getting rid of but i watched your review the other day of pros and cons of it and swayed me and decided to keep mine and i'm happy you've kept yours too.
2:48 ha! Just doing a hardcore Dexed vs real DX-7 tests with modern (custom) sounds i programmed. Even right now i can hear some of the sounds are night day difference. However most of those old presets are more less sounding the same. But man those basses on a real DX-7 are to die for when compared to Dexed! Can't wait to make a video. I hope it will be out next week. Will let you know. In fact if you want i can link to your video for those who are more interested in traditional (retro) patches comparison.
i've noticed also that some of the basses were a bit lacking in software but I think they could be tweaked. yeah please go ahead and share link in the comments on my dexed vids, i'll approve.
In the last 2 years I've sold half of my studio gear: Roland Juno 60 & Juno 106, Sequential Circuits Sixtrak, Arp Axxe, AKAI MPC 3000, Fender Rhodes 73 Mark I, Technics MK2, Marantz PMD recorder, two AKG C451 mics, Sonor Force 2003 drums with Istambul handmade cymbals and currently I am selling my old Emulator sampler ESI 4000... I regret for selling most of it... analog stuff is really worthy, more each day
you're right. good value compared to a tyros, you lose the hard disk (i prefer usb thumb drive anyway), get a cheaper build and keyboard, but gain in portability and built-in speakers. i guess you get more sounds and styles with tyros too, and better screen. i couldn't really afford or justify the price of a new tyros.
I really wish I had the balls to sell a lot of my gear. Every time I've sold something, I've wanted it back - and in the process, ended up buying 2 or 3 more synths. It's a hydra! All I really need is my spectralis 2 and Access Virus TI - but I unfortunately have way more. Some day - I'll get the courage and sell :/ Good job on clearing house. Enjoy what you kept.
I just bought my first keyboard ever - venturing outside of guitar and bass land. I found your channel looking for info on my new Roland JD-Xi and have learned a lot in a little time. Your videos are well constructed, fun and instructional and I'm looking forward to learning more. I bought the Roland knowing nearly nothing about it and have been quite pleased so far.
I had a Mrs, but I had that many synths, I no longer anywhere to put her, Well they have their shoes and, handbags. She had to go. I know how much you loved the D50 and DX7. I bet you get another. I love my D50. I could never part with any of my synths. I could never afford to replace them. The prices have gone through the roof as I'm sure you know. Bought mine secondhand at the right time. love your keepers. I have five Yamaha boards. underrated quality.. I have a Roland guitar synth, I had my house burgled, What no-brainers, they took all my cables and power supplies, but none of my synths.?. I was quoted £400 for a new power supply, pickup, and midi cable for Guitar synth, more than the synth is worth. Hope they enjoy the cables.I've heard of stamp collecting, but cable collecting?. Woody, the world has gone mad, it's so hard to keep sane. that;s why I drink lots of sanity juice.
synths might have been too much bulk to carry around, hence they took small things like cables it has happened to some of my relatives, smaller stuff gets stolen while the big things are too bulky and impractical
You had me at the Roland D-20! 😄👍 It's great to hear from another fella who spent countless hours enjoying the same synth I "cut my teeth on" as a teenager, so to speak! Cheers and thanks for the great vid! 👌
“BUGGER OFF!” Thanks for not editing that out, Woody! I don’t know. Seventeen years ago, the DX7 was one of the synths I daydreamed of owning. If I got one, it might’ve been easier to hold onto than an M1, especially with the tutorials on here about deep editing. On the other hand, It’s hard for me to imagine getting a dozen synthesizers in 12 months or less. Having difficulty choosing between an Odyssey module and a Theremini.
Yeah, I guess you could sell all of them and get a simple controller keyboard and a laptop running VST's. But for me that's just not as much fun as real hardware. I like the knobs and sliders :)
Nice to see that your main keyboard now is a Yamaha. I have two; the SY-55 and a PSR-540. Got the SY-55 in 1990 and it has been a tremendous workhorse all these years. The PSR-540 has a lot of excellent sounds (800 altogether). I also have a fabulous PSS-270, a mini keyboard (4 octaves) with 100 super cool sounds. So, I guess I'm a Yamaha man! Well, I do have a Roland D-2 groovebox as well. Nice unit with great sounds. Anyway, thanks for the fun video. Keep on playing!
The reason why you will never miss all those sold gear it's because all of them are pretty obsolete pieces. Sell a Prophet 12 or and Andromeda and you will know what missing a gear means
You had some sweet synthesizers. I enjoy all of mine. I enjoy the sounds of vintage Roland Synthesizers. I haven't found anything like them. The first time I played the Juno 106, Jupiter 6, and Juno 60 I was so impressed. However, when I played the Jupiter 8 my mind exploded. I finally have most of the synthesizers I'll keep. I may get rid of a few as well. Anyway, take care and keep up the great videos. :) Take care, Sam.
Sucks having to part with equipment ...but least you can say you have owned the equipment and had fun with it.... plus it opens the door for new things! :)
Love these videos. What you need is a fully restored Fender Rhodes piano from the early 70's. That is, if you want the most organic music machine ever made. You will feel a connection to something very real, if you like that sort of thing.
Keep the gear, sell the wife. You'll find another one. ;-) Have you ever tried any of the Kurzweil series? I have a PC3K7 and love it for all the same reasons you love your Nord electro 4 - great pianos, electromechanical and Hammond sounds, plus thousands of other instruments, a full blown synth, sequencer and you can load your own samples into flash memory with virtually zero loading time at boot up. A great Swiss army knife of a keyboard.
I have a Kurzweil K2000rs (rack version with sampling interface). Some of the built in sounds are cool and it's easy to download more with a USB floppy drive, but sadly the interface is pretty counterintuitive for making and editing your own sounds, which is why I got it in the first place. On paper the machine can do all kinds of crazy and unique things to whatever sounds you sample into it, but in practice I find the process a bit too time-consuming and unintuitive to do as often as I'd like. For playing sounds from Kurzweil and 3rd party libraries it's great though
I have a PC3K8 and a K2600RS (yes, I have a very bad case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome). Anyway, Kurzweil sounds awesome, especially the strings, brass and guitars. Pads and synth sounds are also nice. I'm not sold on the Fatar keyboard on the PC3K8, which is noisy and too light for a weighted action. But it's an awesome keyboard, especially, the setups that you can assemble from program sounds. Very highly recommended.
I've got a PC3K6. IMO it is the best Virtual Analog synth ever made. (& I own a dozen+ VA synths) Of course that is debatable, (best VA) but what's not debatable is that the PC3K & Forte have w/o question, the absolute best effects processors ever put into ANY synth or workstation, period. I've got a Korg Kronos X & it's effects processors are amazing, but Kurzweil's KDFX are in a whole different league. KDFX is easily on par with high end Eventide, Lexicon & TC Electronic processors. (I own a PCM81, H7600, M2000, and also a KSP8) Kurzweil has a sound all it's own, and that's why most people buy their synths.
geoffk777 Yes the PC3K setups are extremely powerful, especially the MIDI routing, with up to 16 assignable zones which can be used for splits, layering and channel rerouting. I use it as the lower keyboard in a two-keyboard and bass pedals setup, with Roland pedals underneath and a Tyros 4 above. It can accept MIDI in from my bass pedals on one channel, and route it either to one or several of it's own internal sounds or send it out (on completely different channel/s if necessary) to drive the Tyros. It can also route controller information independently from notes, so my expression pedal can adjust my PC3K7 and my Tyros4 simultaneously, for example. I assign one zone to send the relevant program changes to the Tyros, so as I flick through setups on the Kurzweil, the corresponding registration memory on the Tyros comes up automatically. I absolutely love how versatile it is. It's one shortcoming is that you can't change time signature mid-sequence, so I use Tyros for drum sequence programming.
Didn't skip to the end, and sure enough there were some good ones you let go, and for sound reasons. But I'd lie if I said I didn't expect something beefier at the end. I would probably have bought the JD-Xi if not for the mini keys.
The keyboards I will keep until the day they die are: Moog Voyager, Prophet 12, Wavestation, Roland Fantom G, V Synth and most of all my JD800 space ship synth.
I totally understand your reasoning for selling the vast majority of your synths. I personally am contemplating doing the same with all my games consoles and retro computers. They just take up too much room and quite frankly look shite on a modern tv (unless you have a CRT lying around, which i dont and do not intend on obtaining. Again, just sheer clutter). My reasoning is that i don't have the time to play them anymore and hate shit just sitting around when somebody else could be getting enjoyment out of them, plus i'm supposed to be saving up to either go traveling or for a mortgage deposit lol. Might keep my SNES and some of it's key games though cos it holds so much sentimental value... Synth wise I only own a microkorg and korg volca beats so just gonna keep those, not doing any harm haha.
interesting point, yes, the retro gaming scene is similar to old synths in that you can emulate every old console and all the games, cheaper and more convenient than hardware,. Remind you of VST plugins. The sentimental value is huge factor though, if you bought something new as a kid then yeah, i wouldn't be able to sell it after so many years. all these synths i picked up pre-owned just a few months ago, easy come easy go :)
Ahhhhh I see, well with a lot of computers like the Amiga, ST, C64, Spectrum and a few others along with consoles like the Saturn, dreamcast and a few others I have picked them up over the past 7+ years from starting Uni and living in my own place so don't really have much ongoing sentimental value for me (in fact I didn't even grow up with the old micros other than the amiga!). But the Snes, N64, PS1/2 hold so much sentimental value because it partly developed who I am today. But again, if i come back to most of this stuff I feel underwhelmed at how clunky they feel and just a faff to set up. Nostalgia is a powerful force and It's so much easier just to have an emulator set up :P Legality wise I used to care, now couldn't give the remotest of a toss haha.
madcapoperator I know exactly what you mean. I got rid of my Nes, Snes and Genesis and instead am just using RetroPi. I'm a guitarist so now I'm thinking of getting a fractal or Kemper for an amp or just use some other type of emulation. I think it's fantastic the world we live in now, I see it as long as it sounds great then I don't need the physical equipment.
I do think they're is something in owning physical hardware/software, just not too much of it. I'm no longer into collecting for collectings sake. I used to be mega impressed when I see somebody with rows upon rows of Video games, consoles, computers etc etc or like a complete US NES or Genesis collection and now just think that type of setup looks crass and wasteful. Collections like that should really be the reserve of a museum or maybe even a library type setup open to the public. I personally don't need that kind of collection in the home.
Hi Woody, On the matter of broken keys on the JDXI, as a tip... I used (many) basic Roland PC900 controllers in live work (with a strap on it believe it or not) triggering my EMU E64 and Ensoniq KT76. I used to break a lot of keys - more precisely breaking the tiny tab off the keybed chassis that actually stops the spring loaded key from rising beyond it's "flat" level. The bottom of each key has a little plastic loop that slots over the chassis tab, the tab itself usually has a little rubber cushion wrapped around it to provide a soft landing. The problem is that if you hit the keys hard enough to bend them downwards the key can hit the tab and break it off, then the key springs back upwards until it's sticking out above the keyboard deck at about 30 degrees. You can still play it, but I usually found I had to snap them off and chuck them into the audience to finish a song, at which time my crew were on stage with a spare and we had spare internals backstage to swap into the controller with the strap on it within 5 minutes. SO... The fix... After buying a dozen or so PC900's and becoming overstocked with spares we decided to look for a "plastic surgery" option. We tried a few options, but eventually the best fix was this... I obtained some 0.4mm stainless steel rod and a 0.5mm drill bit. I could then fix the little plastic tab back into place with super glue (this is always able to be found rattling around inside the keyboard), then SLOWLY drill a 0.5mm hole down through the centre, cut a 6-8mm length of the wire/rod with strong clippers - make sure you catch the small piece in a rag or something because the wire fires across your bench when cut - then you coat the wire in a tiny drop of 5 minute Araldite (2 part epoxy adhesive) and insert it into the hole.Even bashing this little PC keyboard playing timbale to dance music, I never broke a repaired key again and was able to recycle my spare chassis' through another 700 or so gigs without having to buy a replacement. If you suffer a broken key, we found this the only way to repair the plastic to make it as strong (or stronger) than before. All our other methods failed. Greta Vid btw. thanks.Brad
glad you liked the vid and thanks for sharing. i believe construction of mini-keys is even more primitive than you describe, there are no springs, or hinges, it's just bendy plastic. at least the parts are cheap to replace.
Totally approve your keeping the Electro 4. I just sold my Roland Gaia SH-01 which just didn't get much use, but last year I bought a Nord Electro 5 HP 73 and I love that as a piano/organ/samples player. Lovely action and so light, a great halfway between a synth and a stage piano. Love it.
AS you say though, the Yamaha PSR-S970 is an arranger keyboard and definitely not a synth. I have a PSR-550 and PSR-740 which I gig regularly and are early versions of the arrangers. Older keyboards, but quite adequate for me.
Woody - what Midi controller do you like for your software? You answered my question - @2:00m yep - why you've sold your synths! And I've just come from the Korg Collections page after watching your review of the Wavestation (May 2017) - it's perfect for me - and I need to produce a certain sound quality for my upcoming Mutnauqs' Point channel. (Wavestation + moogthereamini! will do for the sensory backbone.) Love yer vids.
As an owner of the first Tyros for now 12 years or so - I can say that you will definitely get a lot out of your PSR 970. I think I would only get rid of mine for a Korg Kronos, hope you get the chance to check that one out one day.
would be fun to try a tyros one day, until then the psr is fine, a bit more portable and with speakers :) not so tempted by the kronos, but do have access to one. it's a deep instrument, that's what's putting me off a bit.
@mrmongo673: You are right. I didn't mean that I wanted a comparison between the two (Kronos | S970)- that would be an unfair competition. A comparison between the first Yamaha Tyros and the S970 on the other hand (even if the Tyros was also sold as a music workstation - by today's standards it probably best compared to music arrangers as it has no audio recording capabilities).
I had a Atari ST 1988 but the limited amount of software for it, saw the ST buried in the closet for years until I sold it sometime in the mid '90's. No love lost there
Woody. Late to party on this thread but interested with your opinions on Electribe vs JDXi. I've had a JDXi for c2yrs and love it to bits. First synth and couldn't have made better choice. Looking to expand on DAWless recording and Electribe caught eye as really portable (more than JDXi) and appears to have greater scope with number of 'parts' that can be sequenced - 16 vs JDXi's 4? Which means you can create a fuller sounding track (+ you can now chain link patterns in Electribe). This is the wall I'm hitting with JDXi - 3 parts and a drum track is quite limiting if your're determined to avoid DAWS for as long as you can!
Hahahaha, I knew that you would keep the PSR 970 in the end!! Wise choice ;-) I just regret for you selling the DX7, the "panzer" of FM synths!! LOL but as you mentioned, maybe come back in the future. I guess you're orienting now toward the instant playing/ performing that's very logical, as you don't play in a band, YOU are the band! :-)) With all the great VSTs we have, it's a bit silly keeping the original hards if you're not a collector. Cheers, Gareth.
HI Woody, I have been watching for a while but I never posted a comment before. I have mint Korg NS5R and I was wondering if you or someone on here knows if that has the sounds from the A1? I love the vids, keep them coming. I live in Orlando btw.
Don't let your parents tell you shit about you owning synths. Mine also disliked my fascination with synths, but 2 months ago i finally convinced my dad to go grab a Roland D-50 with me. Had to drive outside the country to get it, but it is A BEAUTY! Once you'll get your hands on an original vintage synth, you'll never listen to anyone else ever again. Just go for it!
HI WOODY... How about the Waldorf Blofeld desktop + licence OR an old Yamaha TG33 module so that you have 3 keyboard instruments and 1 module. These sound very interesting synth models and I might try to get one of them one day... VERY AMBIENT SOUNDING... We have similar tastes... Best regards
Hey Woody,, i agree with the PSRS970,, is too cool,...but i have the electribe,, i love the looks of it, i once wanted to sell it off,, but changed my mind,, but to say i neve used it at all,, still cant decide to sell it or not,
I've owned or routinely gigged with many of these synths, and I currently own ZERO of them. Yep. I've been entirely virtual for over a decade now - and my BACK thanks me every time I have to haul gear... not to mention that I don't haul a Hammond w/ Leslie, Wurli or Rhodes either. I only miss the "feel" of the old instruments. But as far as "sounds" go, the virtual instruments can handle everything I've thrown at them - combined with virtual amp modeling - most peoples' ear will NEVER know the difference.
Well Woody..... I suppose in some ways, I admire your guts for selling all that stuff..... That is where you and I differ.... :-) Me - I'm a hoarder : Over the years, I have sold/parted with *very few* keyboards - and only one of which I now regret ( a Korg Mono/Poly, which partly financed my DX7)..... But all the others, I still have. Some get used only on rare occasions and some haven't been used for years - but I know they are always still there if ever I need to use one for a gig or recording. The downside of this is, as you say, the space needed to store them.... But somehow, I cope with that.... so far !! lol I just can't bear the thought of having to dispose of any.:.. I never know when one might come in handy !! Still, I suppose if this means you have funds available to buy more interesting keyboards to share with us on your channell, then so be it !! :-)
yeah i get stressed if i have stuff i don't regularly utilise. luckily my father is the opposite, his house is a time machine. he's wiser than me, he's still got our vintage juno and korg which I am so grateful about! so think twenty times before you part with any of yours!
Woody Piano Shack Much as I'd like to see you review/demo those old classic analogues, I am now a bit concerned that if your Dad got them shipped over to you, you might then sell them a few weeks after making your videos..... which no doubt we would all regret !! lol I reckon they are safer left back in your Dad's loft ;-) hehehe
Aw Woody !!!! The D50 :-o ...... You loved those sounds. I know they can have issues as they get older, but still ??? Loved your vintage reviews though. Keep up the good work :-)
I’m a bass player, but I’m picking up a relatively inexpensive synth for the piano player in a group I’m putting together. It’s a DS8. Is that a good choice for more progressive and fusion style music?
Woody, I've scoured the entire list of comments including all the abuse (some most undeserved in my opinion) but I still haven't seen you post up the model of the case you were so pleased with. Any chance you could let us know what it is? BTW I was very interested in your thoughts on the Electro 4 and 5, I was quite sure you had lost your mind but once I'd heard your reasons for rating the LED drawbars over the "real" ones I must admit I was totally converted. Looking forward to more videos from sunny Sweden!
chris, so many comments, hard to keep up, but really amused by it all, thank you. don't understand why this vid is getting so much attention, strange. case here: gatorcases.com/ata-tsa-keyboard-cases/
let's see. the d50 went to an technician/collector who was going to fix the line-outs and sticky keys. which is more than I was prepared to do. :) the dx7 went to a young chap who loves it and uses it as a master keyboard in his studio. don't remember where the dx7s went. the m1 is being used by a lady in a jazz band. the d20 went to a young sound designer who does more deep editing of sounds than you can ever imagine is possible on a d20! so my conscience is clear! still haven't found a buyer for the wavestation...
Thanks for sharing in fact am also looking to get Yamaha but the version with the middle eastern stuff, i believe its typically the same except they added some middle eastern accompany as well as i can get the quarter tone on it. Amazing case and sure please share the link where did you get it from and what brand, its also gonna keep it from any sort of dust and safe storage indeed. Thanks woody and keep the good going :)
Thanks for the insight Woody! Are you aware of the replacement panel that Roland has made available? it's white lettering on matte finish... no more glossy red!
I was surprised you let the DX-7 and the D50 go. Are you no longer acquiring new gear for review purposes or are there more goodies coming down the pipe? Love the vids; keep it up.
thanks for the comment mark! just not using them on a regular enough basis to justify hanging on to them. and yes, frees up some funds and space for new spontaneous purchases.
If you miss the DX7, want hardware similar to it but can easily be taken with you, you might want to get the Korg Volca FM. I have it, and it's a fun little thing. If you wanted, you can load in the 32 original DX7 patches, OR create your own with a VST plugin OR an iPad app (which the name of has left me). It's an inexpensive thing, too! I got mine for around $200 USD with a 2-year protection plan.
well he told he buy and sell them for about the same, so he got kind of a "free rent" + its a good business for his youtube channel! ;) Now I wish I lived in Sweden and not in Norway!.. still being together on the map.. he can send all over the world at a laughable "normal" price!.. while I get robbed everytime Im sending something out the country! :( Norway has prohibiting prices, making any import/export a pain in the ass.. and that kills a lot of todays internet business opportunities. (I can't even sell mobile covers online, cause shipping is "that" expensive.. that, who would like to pay 10 times the price of an item just to get it sent!? and thats for light and small objects!.. I once sent a 40x40x40 centimeter cardboard box with my own stuff (about 15kg of it) and just the "shipping" was like $480 usd.!! but wait.. in addition to that, they wanted me to declare the value of it all and pay a 25% of the value in taxes, as well as an insurance!!... so I had to lie and say it was like $100 and a gift to myself!.. and didn't want any insurance!.. or I would have payed about a $1000 + insurance!.. + the $480 usd. in shipping) crazy huh?
