the whole ugly mess as of christmas 1999
 
 

the Ikea halogen lighting system

1.sequential circuits multitrak  multitimbral analog polysynth with MIDI and a sequencer 2. my housemate's cheapass yamaha keyboard  just for fun 3. boss dr-202 Docta Groove  a drum machine with filter/effect knobs and a bass synth 4. mackie ms-1202vlz mixer  best $275 I ever spent 5. arp odyssey  unsurpassed flexibiity in a non-modular monosynth. used with midi2cv8 6. alesis nanoverb  adds reverb and chorus, which the mo-fx doesn't have 7. paia fracrak with midi2cv8  midi to control voltage box for the odyssey 8. electrix mo-fx  multieffects unit with lots of knobs and MIDI sync features 9. paia fatman  rackmount MIDI monosynth with knobs; an unbeatable bargain if you can solder 10. kawai k3m  rackmount digital/analog hybrid featuring the amazing SSM2044 filter chips 11. electro-harmonix big muff pi  distortion pedal; works well in the insert jacks of the mo-fx 12. dod fx96 analog delay  (stolen from my roommate occasionally) 13. peavey keyboard amp  30 watts; plenty to annoy the neighbors 14. novation mm-10x two octave MIDI controller keyboard; handy to have by the PC 15. pc clone  running cakewalk and whatever else I can get my hands on 16. server running novell netware 5.0 17. foster's beer can 18. donut   not shown: kramer electric guitar yamaha bass (my housemate's) other stompboxes and assorted things there are a number of things missing from this setup (studio monitors, for example) which make it more of a playpen than a serious studio... but since I have even further to go in terms of composition than gear ownership, I figure those things will get purchased as their time comes.

alumnus gear (stuff I sold):

korg poly-61m  cheap, nice-sounding DCO synth with a really bad interface
korg dw-8000  analog signal path with 16 digital waveforms
alesis hr-16  early 16-bit drum machine