| I wasn't geared towards building a museum, I just wanted something to do music with, and with the purchase of my first keyboard (the Casio SK-5 sampler) I was hooked on keyboard hunting - many synths have come and gone, and I have tried to keep just what is basic, and sold all the ones stashed under the bed or the closet.
Roland JV1000: a real workhorse, splits, layers, sequencer, sliders for real time sound shaping, plenty of sounds, you name it, it has it.
Emu MPS Proteus with orchestral expansion: my favorite MIDI controller, great keyboard and sounds. quick keys is a one touch setting that gets you different setups just by pushing a button.
Yamaha SY22: vector synth (in lieu of a wavestations).
Novation BassStation: Portable battery powered Analog synth capable of delivering the same warmth of the minimoog, used for leads, and Taurus sounds. Always on my portable rig!
Korg AE1: Virtual analog duophonic synth, capable of very rich atmospheres, basses, abstract and lead sounds.
Kawai PH50: Very useful little synth, same soundset used on the K1.
Roland EG101: an MC303 with keyboard and speakers, plus the fun to use D-Beam, and sampler taken from the boss Dr. Sample
Roland Juno 106: six voices Analog synth, stack them all and you get a powerful bass or lead sound, a classic!
Roland JX8P: Polyphonic analog synth, still great fun.
Roland MC303: Great drums, arpeggios and sampled vintage sounds.
Boss DS330 (aka. Dr. Synth): Tabletop module, very useful little module.
Yamaha KX5: costumized strap on MIDI controller.
Yamaha SU10: Invaluable little phrase sampler, used in every gig!
Casio CZ101: My first true synthesizer, lots of possibilities highly portable. Most analog sounding digital synth!
Alesis Nano Bass: Bass and special FX half rack module, some Moog sounds, Taurus included.
Danelectro Stomp boxes: various effects used all over the place.
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