Monday 17 December 2012

New gear - Technics SM-AC30 MIDI PCM Orchestra

Having had one on loan for a few days, I was very pleased to pick up a Technics SM-AC30 cheap from eBay. Basically it's an organ in a briefcase; just add MIDI keyboard/s. I think it was usually used as an accordion expander. Preset rhythms are a bit limited and are of the cha-cha-/rhumba/waltz variety, but there are some excellent PCM accompaniment sounds (particularly the strings) and a very complex chord sequencer. Interestingly, the Disco rhythms have some electro sounds which I don't think were present on the loan unit I had. 
I also picked up a Philip Rees V10 MIDI Thru box and a Doepfer Pocket Dial controller, so I'm now close to finishing off the studio refit.