I've been busy rebuilding the studio, and had just about finished when I picked up some new gear which will now have to be integrated into the limited space I have.
The Roland MC-505 was a slightly damaged bargain; it needs one knob replacing. Though I have a Yamaha RM1X and a Quasimidi Rave-o-Lution, the Roland has a lot of real-time controls which make it useful groovebox.
The Simmons SDSV I got to replace my broken case, and because it has Kenton MIDI fitted. It's great to hear it triggering direct from an Alesis SR-16 MIDI drum machine.
As a mate for the SDSV, I got a Simmons Portakit, stupidly cheap, and, uncommonly, in working order. It's a fabulous piece of gear, though I'll probably never use it to its full potential. I also have a DrumKat DK10 on the way, so it will be interesting to see if that offers anything over the Roland SPD8. And I got a memory enhancement for the Kawai K5000R, useful since I have several banks of sounds for it on floppies.
