Marana / Space Marine

Love the pure sound of the NL4. I use it as my masterkeyboard atm. Only real downside it has, is that it has no aftertouch. Otherwise would have been 5 stars.

Been in love with the JP Supersaw sound since '99, "the year of trance". 10-15 years later finally was able to get one.

Was looking for a 5-octave masterkeyboard with aftertouch and after finding out, that the KS has the same sound engine as the V-Station software, so the soundbanks are compatible. (K-Station and X-Station are also compatible) I prefer that warmer sound over the more metallic sound of the Nova and Supernova synths.

After hearing a soundbank demo by JayB (a German producer), just had to get one for myself. There's a lot of potential in the sound engine for trance.

Got this as an alternative to Korg M-500 MicroPreset. Not nearly as good sound, but it holds it's own. Has a surprisingly nice playability for it's age, if you're a keyboard player.

Has prolly every basic sound you'll ever need. Needed a replacement for my brother's JV-1080, which I used for a time and the Integra filled those shoes very well. Only downside it has, that it's a bit hard to use at first, but you'll get the hang of it after some time.

Bought it after seeing a demo video of it. Sounds really good, but the user interface is exremely hard to understand and use.

My very first synthesizer. Best 1 from the other Roland modules in the same family, too bad it was taken out of sale for some copyright issues with some of the sounds it has. Not really a recommendable synth, unless you are looking for that specific time period sound it has.

Bought these without testing, after recommendation from a known trance producer. Best decision I've made considering my music production. These are the best headphones I've ever tried. (compared to other Sennheisers, Beyerdynamic, AKG, AudioTechnica, etc.) They even replaced my Genelec's as my main mixing gear. The very first mix I did with these a couple weeks after getting them, was better than any I had previously done with the Genelecs or my old studioheadphone (Sennheiser HD 280 Pro). Highly recommend these or the slightly modified and cheaper Masdrop HD 6XX's. Haven't tested the 6XX's personally, but I've heard they are extremely close soundwise.

Happiest mis-buyings ever, as I bought it for pianos. :P A massive library for creating ambient and cinematic soundscapes.

My go-to synth for synthetic sounds in general, plucks in particular. Great for trance.

Use it in almost every project for background sequences, etc. Very underrated.

Could be the best TB plugin in the market today. Even "Mr Acid" Kai Tracid approves. :) Most fun I've had in years, exploring a new synth plugin. A bit hard to use though.

Basically the only EQ I use. I do use Maäg EQ4 on the master channel, when mastering projects, but that's it. Pro-Q does everything else.. Sculpting, cleaning, filtering, removing low or high frequencies, mid, side, etc etc.