swisskicks

This synths is great. It's sounds are very reminiscent of sega games and old computer games. That's because people actually used it as a sound card back in the day. The sounds are very similar to the Roland D50. I compared some of them to my roommates D50, and since they use Linear Arithmetic Synthesis, they have the same characteristics. Very easy to use, the owners manual is easy to follow. The important thing to know is how the MIDI is routed internally. Basically, channel 2 is the first channel that controls sounds on the unit, not channel 1.

I love this keyboard. People love to hate mini keys, I like them, especially on this keyboard. The keys feel nice for it's size, and they're pretty sturdy. I love the sounds. Some are very nice and soft, and others are beefy. It's small, lightweight, and idiot proof. My kind of keyboard. I like to put it through all sorts of effects. My favorite thing to do is take a clarinet, or the sinewave patch and put it through a crapload of distortion. I traded two microphones for this. If you can get your hands on one of these, do it.

The board is compact, easy, simple, and fast to work with. I like to crank the gains because I like the quality of the distortion. I think that the clip lights on the channels are Post EQ. They are definitely Pre Fader. You also have metering for the Master Channel. I got this mixer because I've always liked the EQ/Cutoff's of Roland synths. I figured, that the Low and High of this mixer would give me what I liked out of those synths. The Low End is strong and so is the High End. I use this EQ rather aggressively, and like I said, the distortion is nice.

I got this interface and the quality of my recordings became better almost overnight. Holy crap. The pre's are very nice and it's such an easy interface to use. Super portable, and it looks nice too. That's a plus. 2 channels is enough for me, I do have to plug and unplug things in all the time, but that's how I like to work. I recently got an analog mixer with 8 channels, and I still find myself patching and unpatching frequently only using the first few channels. My mics sound great through it, guitar di sounds great through it, and my keyboards and synths sound great through it. Could not be happier with this interface. It's a bit outdated, but so isn't all my stuff.

I'm afraid to buy a new machine. One reason is that I can't afford it, the other is that all of my software and hardware is older. I love working on a mac. The workflow is pleasant, and multitasking is very easy.

Hard to pick up, Protools has it's ups and downs. I mainly focus on the ups. I love being able to render effects using audio suite. I'm not a fan of automation because I find it distracting, so being able to render my effects quickly allows me to save on time, and cpu. I find that sticking with a software and really learning alllll of it's functionality is great. I treat Protools like an instrument, not a DAW, and that is why it works for me. Editing is fast, and there are TONS and TONS of resources out there for free tutorials on how to use this unser-unfriendly software.