graveyard

Here's my gear graveyard:



Kawaii KC 10 Spectra.
GREAT starter keyboard.  I still LOVE the way it looks.
But it's only 5 octaves, keys aren't weighted n are a teeny bit narrow.
It's the first bit of sound hardware I ever bought and now it's gone.
I love that thing but it's in the...  graveyard :(



Yamaha TG 33 sound module.
This was my first sound module after I got sick of the Kawaii's sounds.
(Which were really pretty nice for that class of keyboard.)
Tried it at the store - loooved it.  Bought it.  Brought it home.
Found out that you could only tweak sounds, not add new samples.  LAME!!  NEXT!!



Peavey DPM V3 sound module.
THIS was a great sound module.
You could upload 16 bit samples to this thing over midi.
It took foreeeeeeever, but worked.
GREAT effects on it.  WONDERFUL sound architecture.
It hit the graveyard when I got my Live/Audigy



Peavey SX sample recorder.
Bought this to sample sounds.  It sent samples to the V3.
Bought a mike.
But, well, sampling is A PAIN IN THE BUTT !!
Don't even try it unless you've got endless time, patience and brainpower.
(And a room with amazing acoustics, etc, etc.)



Creative Audigy 2 Notebook.
Thought I'd get this baby for my laptop.
Latency city.  Laptop cards aren't NEARLY as fast as desktop cards.
DON'T BUY ONE !!
Well, unless you have no desktop and don't mind latency :(



Latest casualty.  It's great.  But it's not great enough.
Wonderful all in one synth for a beginner (or pro for that matter).
But I wanted all 88 keys and WAY more controls.
Sigh...  I miss it...  But not too much when I play my cp33 and pcr800:)
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Next up,
   What's better - acoustic or digital ??