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Why the 🧻 did I buy that synthesiser?

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Mar 21, 2023April 3, 2023

Roland AIRA SP404 Mk2. 🧻🧻🧻🧻

The Eternal Quest: Floating somewhere in the realm of Platonic Ideals is the ultimate sampling tool to realise the sounds I hear in my head. I’ve invested in a whole…

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Jun 25, 2022September 11, 2024

Roland AIRA MC-707 🧻🧻💩

Updated 11 Sept 2024 with new information about a third party editor. This is the fourth version of this article, and I have become more critical. I recently decided to…

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Aug 18, 2021September 4, 2021

Roland TB303 Bassline 🧻

Why the fuck did I buy this garbage? In 1982 I was using a CSQ-100 with my SH-1. It would hold 100 notes until you turned it off, so when…

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Aug 18, 2021August 12, 2022

Roland MC202 MicroComposer 🧻🧻🧻

The one that didn’t suck. Back in the day a MicroComposer was a big hunk of metal that belonged to people like Yellow Magic Orchestra. You would see pictures of…

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Aug 14, 2021April 3, 2023

Elektron Octatrack Mk1 🧻🧻

Update August ’21 After much to-ing and fro-ing and watching of videos I went and bought an old Octatrack Mk1, even though I decided against it as my live stage…

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Aug 13, 2021August 30, 2022

Zoom Arq-96 🧻

Ring a ring a rosie Somewhere in Japan, in an office high above the confusion of the streets, a man dressed in an impeccable business suit sits at a neatly…

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Aug 13, 2021March 26, 2025

AKAI MPC Live 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻

When used by people who don’t play bongos Now available – Part 2 – in which the MPC is used as an audio workstation on stage. In 1985 I was…

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