End of an era

[Xoo]

I've just sold the last of my hardware synths (an old Korg Wavestation SR) as I can't justify the space for something I never use: I'm not gigging any more and never turn it on (and have the softsynth version anyway).

I'll miss it but times change!

[Amberwolf]

Funny, I just "upgraded" my ancient Ensoniq ASR88 by replacing the floppy drive with a GOTEK HXR2001 floppy emulator (uses a usb stick instead)

https://hxc2001.com/floppy_drive_emulator/

so I can use it as my primary input keyboard again (having to either keep a working floppy disk in the drive, or powering up the ancient scsi hdd and hoping it still spins up, and waiting and waiting and waiting for it to spin up and load the OS, etc....kinda deterred me from using it much the last few years).  

I can still use the sounds and effects it has by powering up that scsi hdd, but almost always I'm using hte softsynths inside SONAR, so.... just nice to have the 88keys all at once instead of the couple of octaves of the rockband keytar thing I often use, or the poorer-mechanics MK-49 generic midi keyboard.... 

 

The TG33, FB01, Emu6400, etc, haven't even been turned on in a long while....