The RD-300s and RD-250s came out in the late 80's, and used Roland's version of additive synthesis. They were based on the popular RD-1000 (and MKS-20 digital piano module) that came out in 1986. They used that technology again with the Roland Rhodes MK-80, and then everything they made...
Peavey has a new amp coming out in Q4 2006, looks like it might make a nice home recording amp. Two tubes, 5 watts, and an 8-inch speaker. Only one tone control and no reverb though.
http://www.peavey.com/news/article.cfm/action/view/id/210/20061407.cfm
Roland D50
Yamaha Motif ES Rack
Waldorf Q Rack
Boss DR880 (drum machine)
Roland MC-50 mkII (hardware sequencer)
effects-
TC Electronic M-300
Roland SRV-330
Line 6 Modulation Pro
Edirol UM880 (MIDI patchbay)
I bought a good instructional book for learning jazz and blues progressions, constructing melodic walking bass lines, use of chromatic and passing tones, II-V-I progressions. Uses standard notation and TAB and it comes with an audio CD. I learned so much from this book/CD, so I have no...
The Norlin-era's weren't that crappy. Some great recordings were made with them
The Who- Kids Are Alright
Whitesnake
Frampton Comes Alive
Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Oz
various Thin Lizzy albums
Stone Temple Pilots- Core
Studio Electronics makes great monophonic analog synths that nail the Minimoog sound. They aren't cheap but they sound great. SE-1X, ATC-1.
www.studioelectronics.com
I think-
use multi, if you want that synth to play back on different channels at the same time
use poly, if you want the synth to just playback on one specific channel
if you are daisy chaining, I don't think it matters which synth is first, but let's say you choose the proteus...