I have a couple of new items in my “studio”, but of a grandiose term for the corner of my bedroom but such is life. One day, one day…

Where was I? Oh yes, my stuff. Here have a pic:

My stuffSo in there you can see my music making stuff and the new additions, let’s start with what I already had.

Korg Triton LE61. I have had this a good while now and it gets use as my master keyboard and also quite a lot of sounds.  Oddly thin piano sounds though.

Novation KS Rack – This is the rack/table top version of the KS4/5 which in themselves were basically expanded K stations. I am not going into too much depth here beyond that it is a capable virtual analogue synth. So capable I bought it in preference to a Korg MS2000.

Novation Bass station rack – This is one of my new toys, I have been hankering after a proper analogue synth again for ages. I was seriously considering the DSI Mopho or Prophet 08, but at just over a hundred quid the ‘Rack was a steal. It is quite limited in some ways, only a couple of waveforms for example and also monophonic but it produces some great noises. It is quite a thin nasal noise for a machine sold as a bass unit, but I have been filling out the bass with the KS and letting the ‘Rack do the analogue movement.

There is also my Behringer mixer, and a Behringer valve preamp, M audio 2×2 midisport interface, M audio Delta 44 soundcard, Epiphone guitar and a Behringer V amp as well.

There is one more bit of kit to come, I have ordered a Behringer multi FX unit mainly for the Bass station, but that is on back order as they have sold out. Soon!

Having it all set up properly has made a big difference to me, I have just finished my first complete track in literally years, a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the silence” in a more laidback style than the original. It was made for a friend of mine who wants to sing over it, in the meantime I may stick the instrumental up here sometime soon.

In other news, I have thoughts about comedy but for now I shall keep them to myself. I need to be more productive, time will tell.