I no longer own any of these synthesizers.
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UPDATED 6/8/2007: CLICK HERE for a bigger pic of my studio! Here is a separate page for all of the synths that had pages, pics, and MP3 sound files created for them, but are no longer in my undeserving possession (whereas these are the ones I currently still own). Many of these were purchased on a whim on eBay, naturally, but some were deliberately sought out as coveted gear I always wanted but could never afford. For this kind of gear, you've really gotta own it and fiddle with it before figuring out how badly you actually need to own it, ya know? And if it ends up here, well, it's a synth that might've been fantastic but didn't merit the price, physical space it took up in the studio, or who knows what else. Many of my favorite synths of all time are ones that I have owned but no longer do. Hell, some of them were just sold to pay the damned mortgage. I also went through a divorce in 2005. OK, enough excuses. |
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Synth Archive - stuff I no longer own
Click any thumbnail to see the synth!
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Virus Indigo (SOLD) |
Virus kb (SOLD) |
Andromeda A6 (SOLD) |
Mono/Poly (SOLD) |
Wretch S-1000 Returned to Metasonix |
Minimoog Voyager (SOLD) |
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Matrix-1000 (SOLD) |
OB-SX (SOLD) See its repairs! OB-Xa On permanent loan Photo-Theremin (SOLD) (SOLD) PG-200 Controller (SOLD) Super JX (SOLD) |
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DS-250 (SOLD) |
Pro One See its repairs! (SOLD) |
Micro Q (SOLD) |
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CS-50 (SOLD) |
I also owned all of these plastic hunks of joy once upon a time:
(Thumbnails take you to product info found elsewhere online)
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| Alesis HR-16B 1991-1994   |
Ensoniq ESQ-1 1990-1993  |
Ensoniq Mirage 1988-1994 |
Ensoniq SQ-1 1993 |
Korg M1 1992-1995 |
Roland D-50 1991-1994 |
Roland JX-305 1999 |
Roland JX-8P 1992 |
Roland MT-32 1989-1992 |
Last but not least, the massive, hulking thing I really learned to play on:
The Lowrey D-325 Holiday {Organ} - Click the image at left to see the front page of the manual, with a great shot of the organ!This elephantine block of 1970s chocolate was purchased by my folks new in 1979, but even it wasn't my first shiny electrical box of keys that my fingers ever touched on a regular basis. When I was 3 or 4 my brother had some kind of Air Organ (here's a pic of me playing it), and around the same time we got our first Lowrey organ. It was either an L-100 Carnival or a Genie-44. Nobody in the family has any no good pictures of it, so I'm going on very dim memory here. At any rate, my mother still has the newer & even more massive D-325 in her condo, and is basically just waiting for me to have a house big enough to fit it. She can't wait to get rid of it, and I can't wait to help her out with that! Even now when I visit her, I fire it up and wank out on the "Symphonic Wow" setting, play orchestral arrangements with strings every bit as warm as the Arp Solina, or thump around on the Moog Taurus-style bass pedals. At some point in the '80s my Dad did a top-notch job connecting some RCA outputs so he could record with it. Thanks to him, once I claim this baby for my own someday, I'll be able to finally record something with it, too. |
Copyright � 2005 - 2007 David C. Lovelace