Yamaha CS2X - "Yamaha CS2X"
I bought this synthesizer two months ago at a music shop in Amsterdam. I paid 760 euro for it (740$). I bought it because I wanted to play the synthesizer I already played the piano like Jordan did…
Alesis QS6.1 - "Alesis Q.S 6.1"
I bought this unit online throughout Musicianfriend.com, at an incredible price of $599 for this powerful tool. As I live overseas, buying online was one of the only options, but at the same time I …
Korg X5D - "Korg X5D"
I acquired the Korg X5D on October 10th of 1998, in a store called Sky's Land C.A., that was located in Maracay, Venezuela. The price of the unit was 650.000,00 Bs. (899,99 $ aprox.). It was my first…
Roland XP-30 - "Roland XP-30 Expandable Synthesizer"
I bought this keyboard at a music store in Colorado a year ago. At the time, I didn't know much about keyboards and wanted one that wasn't too expensive and was fairly easy to use, but was also good…
Yamaha PSR-740 - "Yamaha PSR 740"
This is my first keyboard (and only keyboard as of now), and I just needed a board to learn to play on. I got it for Rs. 40000 in India, two years ago. It does whatever it claims to do pretty well. …
Korg Dw-8000 - "Korg DW8000"
I got it from an online store 5 years ago. It was always my dream keyboard because of its amazing sounds. I paid 500 pounds. It's an analog-digital hybrid; there are 16 samples instead of oscillator…
Yamaha S80 - "Yamaha S80"
I was looking for a new keyboard. I didn't know anything of keyboards and synthesizers. The only thing I knew is that I wanted only a good piano sound and action, but also some organs or some stra…
E-MU Xtreme Lead - "Emu XTream Lead 1"
Purchased for US$400 2nd hand off EBay. I bought it cause I wanted a compact powerful synth for dance music. Pretty much everything, but especially 1. Emu has stuck to a similar interface for all …
Roland XP-10 - "Roland XP-10"
5 years ago for about $600 in Pittsburgh. It still suits me after 5 years! I play it live and have used the sound banks to record some demos. The samples are as diverse as they are realistic. it'…
Akai Professional MPC2000XL - "Akai MPC 2000XL Studio Plus"
Mars music 2000-2001. I Wanted to make hip hop, Drum & bass, Ambient, Trip hop. I paid $2199.00 Plus 2 16mb simms memory chips($75 for both i think?). Also an external 100MB ZIP drive $100 plus $20 …
Korg ElecTribe Es-1 - "Korg Electribe ES-1"
I acquired this unit because I felt like I wanted to update the sound of my drums and add some groove to it, since i was only using Jeskola's Buzz and some drum samples for my drumming. I got the dru…
Alesis SR-16 - "Alesis SR-16"
I bought the SR-16 through American Musical Supply for $200 for a few reasons. Most importantly, its price was within my budget and I found the 'representative' sound bytes offered by online retailer…
Roland JV-1010 - "Roland JV-1010 Sound Module"
Bought it at Guitar Center in Arlington, TX for $399.99 . Was in need of a sound module for a couple of years. This was the only thing I found in my price range atthe time. The unit has a lot of re…
Yamaha QY100 - "Yamaha QY100"
Paid about $500 on ebay. This unit sounds incredible. For such a small unit you really can't believe the sound quality. You can do anything with this unit from writing full songs to doing backing tr…