Thanks for the reply Anthony. I dont know if I can explain what I am thinking right now. I recently (thank God above) caught testicular cancer comming on and just had surgery to 'remove' the potential problem, and I'm only 33 years old - and I am on pretty darn good pain meds. So forgive me for typos or bad english/sentence structure
I love my studio very very much. I love every piece of equipment very much. I love
the JD-990 (I forgot to mention I have the Vintage Synth xpansion board in it
)
I love the digital sounds I get out of it. I play as well as compose, engineer, produce. I was running Cubase 3.7 YES 3.7 from 1997 in my studio. 32 track studio. $35/HR with great results. Hey, I guess I find something I like I stick with it.
I know what you mean about the feeling of regret. I have been there. I had a roland ( im a HUGE roland nut btw if u cant tell) jv-90 keyboard just to sell it and buy it back a year later
I used this in church along with a Yamasa s-80 very nice together. The S80 for electric pianos and jv-90 for pads and strings on a double tier keyboard stand. i just did backup/fill stuff in our band. We had a dedicated Pianist playing on a original moif 88 key.
I miss playing in church, meaning a comtempory christian band type stuff.
As mentioned, I love every piece of equipment I have. I feel every GOOD studio should have a Triton kb/rack, motif and fantom. MANY MANY people have said in life and on these internet forums that "If you have a motif why would you have a fantom or triton?" And vice-versa. Well, obviously, not to be rude or pretentious but, A. maybe these folks are speaking from a $dollar$ point of not being able to afford all 3, or B. Thinking one is as good as the rest.
It is my expierience of 20+ years playing with synths/kb's that each manufacturer has something offer. example. in the 80's I FEEL PERSONALLY that yamaha had the electric piano sounds DOWN TO A SCIENCE with FM synths, but their acoustic pianos sounded like crap. Roland had pads and strings down to a science but acoustic pianos were weak, and their synth and pads were great. Korg HAD acoustic pianos DOWN BEAUTIFUL with the M1 and T series. Then the wavestation came out OH BABY. This is where korg shined. Pads, amibient, digital, etc. JUST PERFECT.
I think almost every experienced user with time in the synth business like me back in the 80's would agree with everything i just mentioned about each manufacture, heck, maybe even add to it
I was at a point in my career where I was blessed to make good money (depends who you ask what good money is) versus outgoing bills, so i was able to afford what i have. I knew i wanted all 3 the fantom, triton, and motif. BUT before i bought them I owned the jv-1080, JD-990, jv-90, jw-50 (used as a master controller),
jv-80, mc-303, d-110, u-110, s-330, ensoniq mr-rack, tx802, fb-01, god i cant believe i remembered all of that, and i know im still missing stuff. HOWEVER: I feel what i narrowed it down to is the best of everything.
I will NEVER turn to soft synths. if I cant tweak it with my hands and i dont mean using a mouse, ill never use it.
Look at the M1 and the wavestation, like the old saying goes, all good things make a comeback. Isnt there a soft synth of the m1 and wavestation? HMM? LOL. Trust me folks, i like having the orignal stuff (OK so i cheat and use Sounddiver to edit stuff at times - so shoot me)
NOW, I do like how the fantom and motif have usb connectability and editors. I have a DAW I built just for Gigastudio that is a dedicated drum sampler. all 16 channels have a dif sample mapped to it. trust me, its nice. I have another daw#3 just for mixing down to 2 channel(ok I'm old school) I mainly use cubase as a big sequencer/mixer. Then run the output to DAW#3 to mixdown, master. Im old school - however, laugh if you want but I have fantastic resluts. its like back in the day recording to 4 ADAT'S then bouncing everything down to 2 track on something else. Cubase are my adat's
I like the Accessv Viru A I have. Although he jerk seller I bought it from made it out to seem as as it was
a Virus C. I was sooooooooo mad, but I was just happy to get my hands on one. I kept it and fel inlove with it. I could part with it ONLY vor a Virus TI. I like the JP-8080 I have, downloaded tons of patches for it just like downloaded tons of patches for the Virus also.
Two wonderful machines. but I donw mind parting with with those 2 and also the JV-1080 with all the expansion boards I have (dance, hip-hop and techno - someone stole my house board
I think the JV-1080 for its time sounded 'thick' compared to
my jv-90 and jv-80. But it has nothing on the Fantom. But the more I think of it I dont think i can part with the 1080 BECAUSE although the pianos, stirings THESE DAYS are thing, I have TONS AND TONS of patches (3000+) in
a Sounddiver library with alot of synth sounds, pads, yada yada that today are still pantastic. To me the 1080 made a pretty good "synth" although not a dedicated analog/digital synth, it had alot of tweaking and programming capabilities you could get some good sounds from that are still usable by todays standards.
And the more I think, I dont want to part with the M1 rack, but I might part with the wavestation. Its a complicated little twit. I might even keep
the TX802 if for nothing else, collectable memorabelia. These synths were coveted in their day and are making a comeback. I think people got tired of the 90's and early 2000 songs all sounding alike and miss the digital sounds of FM and vector synthesis. Like i said, clone soft synths of fm and vector synthesis? Hmm, HAHA ! People laughed at me for still using these instruments. I never used them alone, Always used in a mix with a triton, fantom or motif
They blend VERY well.
Apologize for a lengthy post, but, its a. 3 am here where i live, b. i tend to ramble on these meds
c. just had to get that off my chest.
I guess I might only get rid of a cpl of things - if anything. And just buy ouyright a TI. Then call it quit for Years to come.
So I might just get rid of the Virus A, Wavestation, and the jp-8080
What do you think Anthony about etting rid of
the JP-8080?
