What was your first keyboard and/or drum machine?

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  1. ovalf

    ovalf Platinum Record

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    grotrian steinweg (without the upper ornament and less fancy castiçal
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    lovey jx8p
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    and the dm5... since my religion do not permit drum machines :rofl:
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    There a lot of old mates too...I am not alone :rofl:
     
  2. lorez

    lorez Kapellmeister

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    my first synth, I got it in 1981, and then got the Casiotone MT30

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    and this was my first drum machine

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    and then this to mix

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    those primitive days :)
     
  3. lowpass

    lowpass Newbie

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    let's say matured *yes* ..and there is nothing on the planet which hits a real piano sound..



    ...and if your from brazil, you will have a big problem in less than 24 hours :bleh:
     
  4. ovalf

    ovalf Platinum Record

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    Brazil have big problems every 24 our :rofl:
     
  5. lowpass

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    maybe but those with 24 hour problems don't own a 1920 Steinweg :bleh:
     
  6. thisis theend

    thisis theend Member

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    Those days were cool, man :boombox:
    That's when electronic really started and began to grow. I don't know what the heck I would have done with my life if synths and drum machines and home recording hadn't come along when it did.
     
  7. ArticStorm

    ArticStorm Moderator Staff Member

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    around 1997 i got this one lent [​IMG]

    and now im still rocking on this one [​IMG]
    (displays is broken now, but its still sounding great!)

    not my pictures, used google ones.
     
  8. ovalf

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    they do not have ankylosing spondylitis :excl:
    Congrats: only 2 people discovered that the piano is from 1920s, in reality I just played 1000usd and in the next day someone offered 2500usd. I search a lot an identical but never found.
    The poor guy need some seriouslsy Ricks Restaration because my 10hour study all theys of the year kill him...shorly it will have 100 years..just like us :mates:
     
  9. lowpass

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    Kraftwerk, Jarre, Depeche Mode, New Order (Joy Division)..they all characterized the synth area. But most forgotten is Isao Tomita. He really made my day with his interpretation of "pictures at an exhibition". And Giorgio Moroder with his outstanding and never reached Donna Summer burner "I feel love". He tweaked his Moog Modular like a god.

    I am afraid rick will send your Steinweg to the happy huntin g ground :rofl:

    Not to be misunderstood. Your Steinweg is great and very well worth the restauration but watching Rick....his nose speaks volumes :rofl:
     
  10. Levitate

    Levitate Producer

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    You guys rock!!!!

    Thanks for sharing!!!

    Really awesome!!!

    :mates:
     
  11. kearnsy

    kearnsy Banned

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    My first keyboard was when i was a kid, it was one of those old cheap organ/keyboards that used to howl like the wind when you started them up, and my first drum machine was about 10 years later, the trusty old Alesis SR16
     
  12. Army of Ninjas

    Army of Ninjas Rock Star

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    First keyboard (if you don't count a piano) was some sort of beginner keyboard that Kawai made in the late 80's. Wish I could remember the name...

    Well, flash forward about 12 years and as a teenager, I got into keyboards and synthesizers and purchased the following within about a year of eachother:
    Casio WK-1630 (meh)
    M-Audio Oxygen 8 (the original one)
    Roland SH-32 Synthesizer (surprisingly good)
    Zoom MRT3 Drum Machine (horrible lol)

    Now I use an Arturia Keylab49 and an M-Audio Axiom 49 mkII with an Access Virus C and soft-synths. I use an Arturia SparkLE for drums sometimes as well (sort of a drum machine).

    I've also used an Alesis QX49 (good features, AWFUL quality), a Line6 KB37 (good as an all-in-one solution if you need an interface), and a Yamaha NP-30 (good keybed, mediocre sound quality). But I ended selling them to get the better boards.
     
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