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That's the one - with 4 buttons with longer decay time for each. It also has parametric EQ.
It is certainly a "sound" hard to get from anything these days - and to gate it was heaven...in fact I might start using it again - it is just that I have been listening to much to everybody on the web talk up the latest and greatest lush /64trillion bit depth reberbs - when sometime the lofi bit depth reverbs have a distinct colour. I suppose many also got rid of theirs in the 90s because they were so "80s"...

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I got rid because it was a noisy, mono, one-trick pony. These days that wouldn't scare me, but the noise was the reason I had a gate on it in the first place! Mono was a big limitation when it was your only reverb.

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An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.

1934 Bluthner grand piano is the oldest kit I own (hand built by Nazis). But my house dates from, I think, about 1849 so the acoustic is fairly vintage. I've done some recordings of an unrestored 1893 Conacher church organ and I must have recorded some fairly ancient fiddles, though I've never asked.

In the modern era, I have a 1970s Yamaha YC25D combo organ; still works as well as the day it left the factory - and still weighs 90 odd pounds! And in evolutionary terms I suppose my Sony KC55 DAT is prehistoric; again, still working fine.

STC mics from the 50's
Nagras from the 60s/70's
Sennheiser mics from 50s/60s/70s
Lexi stuff from the 80's
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I am the Walrus.

1968 Fender Telecaster Custom, Ivory binding and maple neck - unfortunately the previous owner put a dimarzio dual sound humbucker in the neck pickup position sometime before 1980 when I got it.

Steinway upright - around 1900
Baby Binson - early 60s and still going strong.
Lots of stuff from seventies...

I guess it'll be the Minimoog - 70's vintage.



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Excluding instruments, which aren't quite "gear" in my mind, I've got a 1929 Illustravox Senior turntable/amplifier/ speaker combo that I can use as an amp. I think it was one of the first available powered speakers that wasn't a radio.

I've got a Euphonella Viol from the late 1800's.

It's a single string Viol with a metal "grammaphone" style horn attached to it which amplifies the sound.

Ironically the bow is more valuable than the instrument itself. The bow is made by Torté and apparently is quite expensive! :-)

Pearl baby,

Any chance of a pic m8?

I tried Googling it and got dik.

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Stretch That Note

I have a nice condition Logan String Melody Mk1. (supposedly once owned by The Enid). Not sure what year, but think its from around 73.


I'm thinking of selling if anyone interested...

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Current live keyboards - Kurzweil PC3x - Korg Triton Extreme + Moss - Roland V-Synth V2. www.xyzband.info

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Pearl baby,

Any chance of a pic m8?

I tried Googling it and got dik.

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I'll dig out some pics for you Eddie.

I have a 1974 Korg 800DV synth...

1974 Wilson. Tele-shaped, light as balsa, affectionately known as Killer, due to the stenciled Killer on the back from my dad's flirtation with total aggression music in 77-8 And it is totally nails. Even if it is gouged from years of abuse at the hands of two generations.

working?

EMT 140

Hello to everyone, my very first posting on this site.
My little home studio is lap top based.I use it to record click tracks,some top end vocal harmonies and some keyboard parts to play along with the show Im involved with.
Some old equipment I have stored there but very rarely use are 2x Alieses Quadraverbs,1 being one of the very first in the country! a early 80s Westone 1a 335 copy ( pre production tradeshow model,according to Westone site superb!)A wem near mint early 70s valve 1x12 combo and a absolute rocking late 70s Valve preamp volume Park 50watt 2x12 guitar combo,which someone has kindley re badged with a gold vintage plexi glass Marshall-Kitchen logo after taking off the original Park logo,they left me with another two of these badges.I wasnt happy at first but grungingly admit they look cool.

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early 80s Westone 1a 335 copy

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I have one of these - it's called a Westone Rainbow IIRC and mine's a Rainbow II...

Welcome to the madhouse BTW.

I dunno, this may be cheating:-



It's my MIDI controller. The electronics are about 4 years old but the rest is about a century old. When I got the concertina I found it had poor quality, ill fitting reeds, which made for a sweet sounding but very unresponsive instrument. It was an ideal candidate for MIDI conversion.

Chris

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Put the fun back into dysfunctional.
Mr Punch's Studio

crumar ds2 ( for sale !)

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I have a Roland TR77 preset beatbox, with the brightly coloured preset buttons (Bossa Nova, Cha-Cha etc) that dates from the mid-70s. I think the first ones were made in 1973.

It was an ebay bargain, and is in perfect condition.

It's almost as old as me :-)

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What's the oldest piece of gear you have in your studio? (that works!)

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That was going to be my answer, my Headbox! but you beat me to it - shops what a slouch I am, maybe the head isn't working after all!

Moog Source

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It's the most devastating moment in a young mans life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, "I shall never play The Dane!"

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I have a Roland TR77 preset beatbox, with the brightly coloured preset buttons (Bossa Nova, Cha-Cha etc) that dates from the mid-70s. I think the first ones were made in 1973.

It was an ebay bargain, and is in perfect condition.

It's almost as old as me :-)

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A really nice looking bit of kit. If only it was a bit more programmable.

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I have a Boss CS-2 compressor pedal from the early 80s...and a Chapman Stick from 1985(refurbished by Mr Chapman himself at eye-watering expense!). Old is good....but sometimes noisy !

A mid 70's very tatty but much loved Hohner pianet T

1786 Mittenwald violin. Do I win?

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Real strings online

You win best avatar! Love it!

Gotta be a gag in there about kittens and mittens, surely...

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An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.

Probably my Hohner Electrapiano or Fender Champ. I'm not actually sure exactly how the Electrapiano is, I think the Champ is '73. The Electrapiano could be from anytime from the late 60s to early 80s as far as I can work out, though I would imagine it's towards the earlier end of that range.

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A really nice looking bit of kit. If only it was a bit more programmable.

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I cheat by sampling the individual drum sounds...once inside the sampler, it becomes very programmable

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I would have to say it's my Mic-Mix 'Super C' stereo Master Room Spring Reverb made in Texas in around the early 70's I believe. The sound is still so good I get people asking to use it for an overall 'wash' while mastering their album. I use it regularly to save the CPU usage as an artist is recording.

Moog Source: 1981.

Sounds awesome!

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A really nice looking bit of kit. If only it was a bit more programmable.

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I cheat by sampling the individual drum sounds...once inside the sampler, it becomes very programmable

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Aye it's a workaround. I have a TR808, which is similar in some ways sonically, but it does have a huge kick drum sound that I doubt the TR77 has.

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Aye it's a workaround. I have a TR808, which is similar in some ways sonically, but it does have a huge kick drum sound that I doubt the TR77 has.

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Well the 808 certainly does have a great kick drum - very punchy.

The 77 kick has a certain lo-fi, sub-bassy charm though :-)

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Minke - Home Taping album :<a href="" target="_blank">http://minke.bandcamp.com/album/home-taping</a>