What gear do you love even though it isn't cool?

[silenced]

Not all gear is in "vogue", talked about, loved - and yet maybe it works for you.

A few of my favorites: the Korg 01/W and DW-8000, and the Ensoniq ESQ and SQ. I just can't seem to get the same incomplete and unrealistic and yet warm, fun, and mixable in the latest soft synths. Give me a synth that is trying too hard to be something that it isn't - and doesn't quite work. Today's synths are too polished.

Do you have gear you love even though it isn't "cool" to love it?

Like Pabst Blue Ribbon before it was cool to love it again... (maybe that's Old Milwaukee)

[dolivas]

I used to have a Boss SP-202 sampler that sucked arse as a sampler but the only good thing about it was the ring modulator and filter it could apply to audio coming in. The ring modulator had some weird lo-fi fx processing that gave my guitar as ghastly sound thats for sure.

[dagosto]

Holy repost batman!!!

[bwethera]

any old small small casio with the weird bass fingering thing that rocks alot but it sounded like crap and the cheap organ sound it had

[bwethera]

any old small small casio with the weird bass fingering thing that rocks alot but it sounded like crap and the cheap organ sound it had.

[Bellringer]

This feels like deja video! I like to record my drums with an old Realistic cassette deck that has some strange internal compressor. This combined with 2 old plastic tape recorder mics gives you that trashcan, overdrive drumtone that's fun to mix in a song. I also have a cool old rack unit by Ibanez that has delay or pitchshift (not at the same time). It has its own personality.

[Chaorta]

Nice double post.

I'm gunna agree with Dee Olive, the SP202 is a fun, usable little sampler. Speaking of, i miss my Yammie SU10.

[Nubus]

I have an su10. I used to have this other one that I liked over the SP202 and the su10... and I can't remember what it was! I know it was Roland because I have the sample CD still. It allowed you to use the scroll wheel to adjust start/end times while looping, so you could get that digital bomb exploding sound that I love.

[smopo24]

i have an old sony portable cassette recorder that i've used to record guitar. i'd hit record and have it between my body and the guitar, it sounds neat mixed in sometimes; and is great for guitar demos that need to be put down fast.