Retired Gear Archive

  • The other day I was thinking about this old stomper I had years ago. The Roland Phase II. I sold it because it made a bit of noise but man,...

    Roland Phase II

    The other day I was thinking about this old stomper I had years ago. The Roland Phase II. I sold it because it made a bit of noise but man,...

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  • What a wacky box this was. It was intended to track the audio from a guitar, guess the note, and play the same note from its internal tone generator. Yeah,...

    Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer

    What a wacky box this was. It was intended to track the audio from a guitar, guess the note, and play the same note from its internal tone generator. Yeah,...

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  • Cute toy for a few days of fun. After the romance was over it collected dust for a few months. I think I gave mine away. I honestly don’t remember...

    Casio SK-1 Sampler / Toy

    Cute toy for a few days of fun. After the romance was over it collected dust for a few months. I think I gave mine away. I honestly don’t remember...

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  • Coupled with Edit Tracs Gold, this was a sweet machine for sequencing. Of course this got pushed out for newer, faster computers. For those of you STILL working on the...

    Atari 1040 ST Computer

    Coupled with Edit Tracs Gold, this was a sweet machine for sequencing. Of course this got pushed out for newer, faster computers. For those of you STILL working on the...

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  • I always wanted one of these. I ended up with a S-330, then a S-550. By the time I found and bought a S-50 I wasn’t really using the other...

    Roland S-50 Sampler

    I always wanted one of these. I ended up with a S-330, then a S-550. By the time I found and bought a S-50 I wasn’t really using the other...

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  • I really liked the sound of this little synth. It had the organ sounds of the Saturn 9 and the same string sounds as a Jupiter. Neat little guy but...

    Roland RS-09

    I really liked the sound of this little synth. It had the organ sounds of the Saturn 9 and the same string sounds as a Jupiter. Neat little guy but...

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  • I was thrilled to find this synth in good shape. I had always wanted one. I bought it, played with it, and thought it was the bee’s knees. Then it...

    Roland Jupiter 6

    I was thrilled to find this synth in good shape. I had always wanted one. I bought it, played with it, and thought it was the bee’s knees. Then it...

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  • Chuckles. Funny little thing that. I honestly don’t remember what happened to this machine. Perhaps I still have it in a box some place?

    Yamaha RX-21 Drum Machine

    Chuckles. Funny little thing that. I honestly don’t remember what happened to this machine. Perhaps I still have it in a box some place?

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  • I had this for about a year and used it on the Tic Tok Men Remote Control album. I didn’t like this synth much. I think I was more about...

    Yamaha DX-27

    I had this for about a year and used it on the Tic Tok Men Remote Control album. I didn’t like this synth much. I think I was more about...

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  • This was used on the album The Volt Age (Most main drum sounds) I used to call these my Poo-poo drums (because they could make that sound). Really cool machine....

    Pollard Syndrum Quad Electronic Drums

    This was used on the album The Volt Age (Most main drum sounds) I used to call these my Poo-poo drums (because they could make that sound). Really cool machine....

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  • I only had this for a few months. The damn thing kept getting stuck MIDI notes. Sometimes I had to restart a sequence 3-4 times before I got the entire...

    Sequential Circuits MultiTrack

    I only had this for a few months. The damn thing kept getting stuck MIDI notes. Sometimes I had to restart a sequence 3-4 times before I got the entire...

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  • I found this unit in perfect shape at a garage sale on the US Oregon coast. It was sitting in cardboard box under a table with a $25 price tag...

    Moog / Realistic Concertmate MG-1

    I found this unit in perfect shape at a garage sale on the US Oregon coast. It was sitting in cardboard box under a table with a $25 price tag...

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  • This was a cool little synth. I bought this new around 1984 and used it for years. After I moved to a MIDI driven system I found I used this...

    Moog Rogue

    This was a cool little synth. I bought this new around 1984 and used it for years. After I moved to a MIDI driven system I found I used this...

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  • I bought this for next to nothing as it has the leaked battery problem. Someone has started the repair work but after doing a few traces it looks like they...

    Korg Polysix Synthesizer

    I bought this for next to nothing as it has the leaked battery problem. Someone has started the repair work but after doing a few traces it looks like they...

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  • Overall this was a pretty good sounding delay unit. Clean and quiet. It wasn’t very “musical” though. The main reason for me dumping this unit was the tap tempo button...

    Lexicon MPX-100 Reverb and Effects

    Overall this was a pretty good sounding delay unit. Clean and quiet. It wasn’t very “musical” though. The main reason for me dumping this unit was the tap tempo button...

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  • I had three of these. I mostly used them to control the noise generated by old synths. I know these are not well loved in the audio community, but I’ve...

    Alesis 3630 Compressor

    I had three of these. I mostly used them to control the noise generated by old synths. I know these are not well loved in the audio community, but I’ve...

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  • Just like the MDX-1400, this one sat unused. One thing I will say about them, they make nice looking rack spacers.

    Behringer 2100 Compressor

    Just like the MDX-1400, this one sat unused. One thing I will say about them, they make nice looking rack spacers.

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  • There it was. Sitting in the rack unused.

    Behringer MDX-1400 Compressor

    There it was. Sitting in the rack unused.

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  • This unit sounded good but I never really synced with it. I prefer my delays to be straight delay units. I don’t need a bunch of presets and crazy stuff....

    Lexicon MX-200 Reverb and Effects

    This unit sounded good but I never really synced with it. I prefer my delays to be straight delay units. I don’t need a bunch of presets and crazy stuff....

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  • The 828 MkII features eight analogue inputs on balanced jacks, 10 analogue outputs on balanced jacks and two combi jack/XLR mic/line/instrument connectors (with individually switchable phantom power), which are on...

    MOTU 828 mkii

    The 828 MkII features eight analogue inputs on balanced jacks, 10 analogue outputs on balanced jacks and two combi jack/XLR mic/line/instrument connectors (with individually switchable phantom power), which are on...

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