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Another eBay goodie, a Kawai PHM Pop module. I was a bit disconcerted to find that it doesn't have a headphone output, but once I got a sound out of it, it turns out to have a nice mixture of K1-style pad sounds, FM-like tones and cheesy drum machine patterns. Not bad for £25-odd. I also got 
an eKe
ys 37, a useful sized USB keyboard - and for £5 from a charity shop, an old TQ49 USB MIDI keyboard, which I assumed would be useful, but it turns out it's so ancient that I can't find USB drivers for it. It powers up though, so I've been 
able to use it as a purely MIDI device, despite its lack of anything fancy like controllers or channel settings.
Yet another purchase from eBay - a Powertran 1024 Composer. I desperately wanted one of these kit-built CV/gate sequencers when I was young, as it was about the only available multi-sequence digital sequencer other than the unaffordable Roland Microcomposers. It was used by Joy Division/New Order, with the Powertran Transcendent 2000 synthesizer, which I used to have. I don't know what I'll use it with now, as it requires a synth with CV/Gate in and out - probably the Sequential Pro 1, though that of course has a built-in mini-sequencer. Anyway, I'm glad to have got this, and relatively cheaply too - and it's only the second time I remember seeing one on eBay.
an eKe
ys 37, a useful sized USB keyboard - and for £5 from a charity shop, an old TQ49 USB MIDI keyboard, which I assumed would be useful, but it turns out it's so ancient that I can't find USB drivers for it. It powers up though, so I've been 
able to use it as a purely MIDI device, despite its lack of anything fancy like controllers or channel settings.
Yet another purchase from eBay - a Powertran 1024 Composer. I desperately wanted one of these kit-built CV/gate sequencers when I was young, as it was about the only available multi-sequence digital sequencer other than the unaffordable Roland Microcomposers. It was used by Joy Division/New Order, with the Powertran Transcendent 2000 synthesizer, which I used to have. I don't know what I'll use it with now, as it requires a synth with CV/Gate in and out - probably the Sequential Pro 1, though that of course has a built-in mini-sequencer. Anyway, I'm glad to have got this, and relatively cheaply too - and it's only the second time I remember seeing one on eBay.
