Hey, I thought it would be fun to take some time and talk about what we all use to make music/sounds/whatever it is we do with it.
Hey, I thought it would be fun to take some time and talk about what we all use to make music/sounds/whatever it is we do with it.
At home, I have an M-Audio Keystation 88 MK3 88 key master keyboard for Pianos etc., and a DX7 II-D for e-pianos (of course), leads and pads, and sometimes marimbas or steel drums. I use Reaper as a plugin host for various effects (delay, reverb, chorus, and a whole chain of guitar-amp/cabinet simulation stuff). I also have an EVS-1 (super-cheap FM-preset 1U rack unit with a decent sampled drum kit), which I rarely use, and a small Samson Graphite 49 master keyboard, which I sometimes use when I need to tweak lots of parameters, because it has 9 sliders and 8 rotary encoders.
On stage I also use the 88 key master keyboard and the DX7 II-D, but don’t use any computer. Instead I have an ancient E-Mu Proformance Plus for the Pianos (and some organs), and an axoloti with a super-wide and spacey analogue pad.
Despite its age I love the dx7. I hope to add a dx7ii to my collection someday.
I’m currently considering an SY77, which includes an extended version of the DX7’s synthesis engine, but apparently it is not quite compatible, so you cannot import patches and expect them to sound the same.
But the 77 has acceptable piano sounds onboard, which would mean I don’t need the Proformance on stage, simplifying my live rig.