Old Gear

I bought the KMS-30 and DDM-220 new back in 1984. I found the
Boss DR-55 in an Atlanta music store in 1987. Talked the guy
down from $60 to $40. 

Yamaha CS1x- a very cool synth for the time. Nice fat sounds.

Selling old gear is becoming an addiction for me! I found a cat who collects old analog drum machines and synths and he has bought this batch of kit from me, Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-55, Korg KMS-30 MIDI/DIN/TAPE SyncBox (very rare), Korg DDM-220 and my Yamaha CS1x synth. Since I have moved completely to Reason 6.5 as my main recording setup (and before when I was using Cubase VST5 and Reason 4 on my G4 tower) I seldom even turned on the Yamaha nor un-boxed any of my old drum machines. After this last move, I realized how many boxes of stuff I had that...well...sat in boxes. I am going through a purging stage, trying to skinny up my life. Too much crap...now not as much. :)

Minimal Home Studio Set-up

Broke out the Korg EA-1 and Korg ESX-1 to start writing my new Burnt Orange album. I loaded the ESX with tons of vintage late '70s drum machine tones including my DR-55 and DDM-220 sounds. The idea is to mix an early Joy Division drum type sound (they used old drum machines with live drum tracks) with surf, twang and dub electric bass. So far the first few track have been beyond my expectations. I set up a minimalist studio at home so I wouldn't be tempted to add Reason tracks from the computer. Also- The Boss Spring Reverb Pedal and Space Echo I bought recently are sublime in this set-up.