Did doctor mix buy them all

Lads, if the misses doesn't let you have just 1 room dedicated to toys, she isn't the one.

Enjoyed a look "backstage" about something we all deal with but don't discuss much. There are lots of videos about whether to buy something, but this is the first I've seen about what to keep or sell. It's very helpful to get your thoughts after you've used something for a while. Good one, thanks.

Ouch... I think some of you are being really mean to Woody here. He explains perfectly well his reasons for letting certain synths go. He swaps and changes synths and keyboards like others do with cars. Try it. enjoy it then pass it on if it doesn't tick all the boxes. We may disagree with some of the choices but we aren't the one's making them. I bought my Electribe from a guy who hated it and couldn't get on with it, whereas I took to it straight away. Horses for courses.

When a spousse is annoyed by stuff being partner's favorite occupation there is a deep underlying problem. Demand your space!

I know how easy it is to get sucked in to collecting stuff. Especially things that you couldn't get in the childhood/teenage. I collected video games for almost a decade, but now I've sold almost everything. By the way, I love the red Synthesizer stand you have in the video. I bought that one for myself after seeing this video. :)

I just bought my first keyboard ever - venturing outside of guitar and bass land. I found your channel looking for info on my new Roland JD-Xi and have learned a lot in a little time. Your videos are well constructed, fun and instructional and I'm looking forward to learning more. I bought the Roland knowing nearly nothing about it and have been quite pleased so far.

The best video ever, finally someone who has seen sense.

Glad to hear you are keeping the little jd-xi. I finally got one recently and it's amazing how you can quickly sketch out music ideas!

There. I finally watched this video. Now can KZfaq stop recommending this to me?

Omg...It has started already...now that the developers are making analog synths again, people start crying for the DX7...I knew it xD

i own a Roland JDXi and was contemplating getting rid of but i watched your review the other day of pros and cons of it and swayed me and decided to keep mine and i'm happy you've kept yours too.

Totally approve your keeping the Electro 4. I just sold my Roland Gaia SH-01 which just didn't get much use, but last year I bought a Nord Electro 5 HP 73 and I love that as a piano/organ/samples player. Lovely action and so light, a great halfway between a synth and a stage piano. Love it.

The JD-Xi is my "if I could only have one synth and drum machine on a desert island" synth. The 128-voice virtual analog is a very deep synth engine which sounds great, especially for pads (the "flanger" can act as a very rich Juno-style chorus). The drums have a lot of variety and the sounds can be significantly edited. The analog synth has quite a bit of that TB-303 vibe to it, while being a good deal more flexible than the 303. The effects add a lot of creative possibilities to the sounds.

I feel you on the dx7 too. Loved to program mine back in the day. Now I want to buy one again!

We recently purchased a Motif xf6, amazing bit of kit, will take years to delve into, the sounds are terrific!

I just bought KORG Monologue yesterday. I absolutely love it. Only a few knobs but massive amount of possibilities.

Hi.I've watched several of your electribe vids as I bought one last week,thanks for the help and inspiration.

Wow! You sold 3 classic synths spanning 12 years last year. Time moves on, but somehow these synths have a timeless quality about them. I think because they inspired (or at least influenced) new styles of music. Nice channel, Woody.

Wow, glad that you kept the JD-XI, I found your channel by searching that model since I bought one.

Well, if it makes you feel better, Gary Numan has also sold off most of his hardware synths, only keeping a couple, and has gone pretty much totally software synth for his latest album! It's funny when interviewers who have only ever heard "Cars" ask about whether he's still using the old PolyMoog, and his response is something like "Naah, that was nearly 40 years ago... Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 is my favourite synth nowdays!"

Sorry to see the DX7 go, but thrilled you kept the JD-Xi. I recently picked one up myself and I love it to pieces. So much potential and applications.

You had me at the Roland D-20! 😄👍 It's great to hear from another fella who spent countless hours enjoying the same synth I "cut my teeth on" as a teenager, so to speak! Cheers and thanks for the great vid! 👌

I'll miss the DX7, I think you could've shown a lot more of its true potential beyond the presets

Nice to see that your main keyboard now is a Yamaha. I have two; the SY-55 and a PSR-540. Got the SY-55 in 1990 and it has been a tremendous workhorse all these years. The PSR-540 has a lot of excellent sounds (800 altogether). I also have a fabulous PSS-270, a mini keyboard (4 octaves) with 100 super cool sounds. So, I guess I'm a Yamaha man! Well, I do have a Roland D-2 groovebox as well. Nice unit with great sounds. Anyway, thanks for the fun video. Keep on playing!

I love the sounds and kinda intrigued at the decisiveness. I'm a guitarist and CANNOT sell guitars. I just can't let them go. Hence why I've got 17 now. However I adore many plugin instrument including Korg stuff and therefore really get the M1 and Wavestation (etc) plugin comments. Just incredible to have these. Keep going. Can't wait to see what you do next!

I see you kept the Asscrack-01. How's the action on that?

Unless you’re a gigging musician, you don’t need a dedicated synth. A good midi controller (like a Nektar Panorama) and a good library of plugins and the DAW of you choice will do it all. I have an ancient Axiom 61 and cheap a Casio hammer action piano. Would love to get a Panorama P6 to replace the Axiom.

Always enjoy the videos. Took your recommendation and downloaded DEXED DX7 and it is fantastic. Takes me back to the day. What would you recommend for a D50 VST plugin? Thanks in advance.

You had some sweet synthesizers. I enjoy all of mine. I enjoy the sounds of vintage Roland Synthesizers. I haven't found anything like them. The first time I played the Juno 106, Jupiter 6, and Juno 60 I was so impressed. However, when I played the Jupiter 8 my mind exploded. I finally have most of the synthesizers I'll keep. I may get rid of a few as well. Anyway, take care and keep up the great videos. :) Take care, Sam.

Hey Woody, do you know if the Roland JD-Xi can use more than one arpeggiator the same time as it has four-part synth/drum engine?

Bugger off !!! Made my day, tks. Truly honest video making, Brilliant.

It's remarkable the prices that a Mk 1 DX7 will now fetch, especially here in Australia...I remember them being maligned as sounding too cold or clinical. They seem to have come back into favour again. I have to agree, I love the industrial look and the build quality. I'm always on the lookout for a good example. I have an SY77, which I loved, until it quietly passed away whilst being stored under a bed (I have quite a *few* synths, and space was at a premium at the time).

Here I was, sitting nice and comfortably taking in every word, when all of a sudden BUGGER OFF!!!! Lmao, Cheers for that Woody, I almost fell off me chair!

Miss my DX7 .. Was playing a gig in front of Library (outdoors) at Notre Dame in 1987 for Special Olympics.. and the sun burnt it up..must keep them kinda cool...and covered.

Only just come across your channel, so refreshing to see a synth enthusiast without the analogue snobbery, a digital synth fan and even getting serious about a arranger keyboard. Can you remember the Roland E-series pro-arrangers? Every self respecting pub act soloist had one in the 80/90's

2:48 ha! Just doing a hardcore Dexed vs real DX-7 tests with modern (custom) sounds i programmed. Even right now i can hear some of the sounds are night day difference. However most of those old presets are more less sounding the same. But man those basses on a real DX-7 are to die for when compared to Dexed! Can't wait to make a video. I hope it will be out next week. Will let you know. In fact if you want i can link to your video for those who are more interested in traditional (retro) patches comparison.

Very interesting combination of synths! My top 3 would be A Roland Gaia, Roland V-Synth GT and an Access Virus Ti2.

“BUGGER OFF!” Thanks for not editing that out, Woody! I don’t know. Seventeen years ago, the DX7 was one of the synths I daydreamed of owning. If I got one, it might’ve been easier to hold onto than an M1, especially with the tutorials on here about deep editing. On the other hand, It’s hard for me to imagine getting a dozen synthesizers in 12 months or less. Having difficulty choosing between an Odyssey module and a Theremini.

Well I'm happy with the Yam S970 & look forward to some future vids exploring its capabilities.

Loved the Vid and agree with most of it, I was disappointed you had no opinions on the Kronos, as I'm currently searching used gear for one now.

Hi great channel, just discovered you by accident - but glad i did, love your presentation and content. I'm a guitarist who plays mainly ambient style music, generally swells etc using reverb and delay effects. I would like to add some synth / sequence to my playing can you reccomend a good compact all round unit for a beginner?

I’m a bass player, but I’m picking up a relatively inexpensive synth for the piano player in a group I’m putting together. It’s a DS8. Is that a good choice for more progressive and fusion style music?

Woody. Late to party on this thread but interested with your opinions on Electribe vs JDXi. I've had a JDXi for c2yrs and love it to bits. First synth and couldn't have made better choice. Looking to expand on DAWless recording and Electribe caught eye as really portable (more than JDXi) and appears to have greater scope with number of 'parts' that can be sequenced - 16 vs JDXi's 4? Which means you can create a fuller sounding track (+ you can now chain link patterns in Electribe). This is the wall I'm hitting with JDXi - 3 parts and a drum track is quite limiting if your're determined to avoid DAWS for as long as you can!

So pleased you kept the JD-Xi as I'm thinking of getting one, seen so many people do vids of them covering Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Petshop Boys, Duran Duran and even Dr Who! It's very impressive and I've been looking for a clever Synth that can record and in a, sense overdub.

Now this is something you dont see everyday wow ! . Woody, i can completly understand and relate to your reasons for decluttering the keyboards/synths. I used to do the same quite often. I must admit ,"thou i hate to lol", emulation software has come on leaps and bounds, and sometimes makes it hard to justify having the space consuming hardware equivelant. I owned the M1 years ago and witnessed a massive increase in the price of PCM and ROM cards so found it hard to keep up. Ultimately i did make the right decision to sell even thou , this was years before the software arrived . Again like yourself My D-10 had to go , i had the JD800 and JV 1080 so to be fair it didnt have that wow factor that made me want to delve deeper with it . (In hindsight , i should have , sone fantastic LA sounds). The only regret i have was getting rid of the hybrid Ensoniq SQ80. I eventually sold my jd800 and later replaced it with the 990 with absolutly no regrets considering the obvious diffrence in immediate control. Anyways enough of my stories. Great video and must say i am little sad you had to sell some of your legendry collection, but hey, ...you have definitly kept hold of some very worthy badboys !!!!

I can listen to synth talk ALL day

I was guessing you sold the Wavestation after you made a few songs with the VST. I also have the Korg Legacy and dxed, and got some cheap samples of the D50 to satisfy those sounds

I've not watched many of your videos (yet, just subscribed) but I was surprised at the Yamaha PSR. Such instruments have quite an "easy listening" image, and yet are really capable instruments with great sounds - and just as importantly, are great fun just to sit and play! I have a Tyros 4 so in a similar mould. The only thing I missed was having a synth with knobs, so I pair it with a Roland Gaia which covers that aspect.

Woody - what Midi controller do you like for your software? You answered my question - @2:00m yep - why you've sold your synths! And I've just come from the Korg Collections page after watching your review of the Wavestation (May 2017) - it's perfect for me - and I need to produce a certain sound quality for my upcoming Mutnauqs' Point channel. (Wavestation + moogthereamini! will do for the sensory backbone.) Love yer vids.

Enjoyed the video!

Did you have any emotional attachment or anxiety parting with your gear. I need to cull but have trouble parting with them as they are all unique. I sill have my DX7 which I purchased new. A couple of keys are dead, but its simple a matter of replacing the contact strips.

Great video Woody! Yes I would like to see you explore the sounds a arrangements of the PSR . Being use to a stage piano with weighted keys, the organ or keyboard keys always seems a bit too..easy to play. Its not a criticism, just a observation. Do you find that you have to adjust your playing when going from a weighted key keyboard to an organ type keyboard? I hope that makes sense.

Your DX7 videos validated my desire for that classic, though finding one in my area's gonna involve battery change, and finding that particular CR2032 with solder legs is a pain in the neck! Dexed's a close alternative, though I noticed my E.Piano sound was a tad harsher compared to what I heard in your Dexed vs. DX7 video. Could this be something on my end?

great choices!

Hi Woody, I'm thinking of buying the Yamaha s970 and want to know - can I lay it flat on a table or does it need to be on a stand due to "breathing" vents on the bottom? I am also considering the Korg Pa900 instead of the Yamaha; only time will tell.

I have a PSR-S910. It's a little dated, but it's still an amazing and fun instrument to play.

I really wish I had the balls to sell a lot of my gear. Every time I've sold something, I've wanted it back - and in the process, ended up buying 2 or 3 more synths. It's a hydra! All I really need is my spectralis 2 and Access Virus TI - but I unfortunately have way more. Some day - I'll get the courage and sell :/ Good job on clearing house. Enjoy what you kept.

been binge watching your channel while i'm bored before bed. thanks for the entertainment, man.

Furthermore, how easily can you control the Roland from the Yamaha or the Nord, just for note on and off?

For arranger keyboards, the Roland E-A7 is nice. I also have a jd-xi like yours. Keep up your good work, Woody.

Hello. I want to buy a synthesizer. I have some options like Korg M1, Korg N364, Roland RS70, miniKorg and Roland a.juno 1. May i ask you which one do you recommend? Thank you in advance :)

wow didn't see this coming ,tune in next week for woodys fly fishing

Thanks for sharing in fact am also looking to get Yamaha but the version with the middle eastern stuff, i believe its typically the same except they added some middle eastern accompany as well as i can get the quarter tone on it. Amazing case and sure please share the link where did you get it from and what brand, its also gonna keep it from any sort of dust and safe storage indeed. Thanks woody and keep the good going :)

HI Woody, I have been watching for a while but I never posted a comment before. I have mint Korg NS5R and I was wondering if you or someone on here knows if that has the sounds from the A1? I love the vids, keep them coming. I live in Orlando btw.

Get a Korg Kronos. You just can't go wrong with it. I've got a version 1 and am still learning about all it can do.

Respect Woody. :)

I sold my Korg M1, Roland RD700 digital piano. Also sold my Prophet 5 (regret that one big time). Purchased Yamaha s90es (not happy with it.) Would like to sell it and get a Nord or other decent piano with great action and decent B3 programming. Any suggestions - need hammer action - would like less than 88 as I'm tired of schlepping a beast around.

I just fell onto your site by accident and I liked what I saw. I still have many of my 80's boards and now I find that I start to need them again. The emulations are not bad but you can't beat the real thing heavy as they can weigh. I would suggest for an amplifier that you either get a keyboard amp or a bass guitar amplifier. I have been playing since around 1971 or so and I have had a lot of amps. The bass ones are the only ones that can handle the bottom end and top in some instances that a good keyboard will hit. I have a keyboard amp currently and like the others plan to add a bass speaker to it. They just can't do the range that is required for 70's, 80's and 90's Classic Rock songs. That little fender is likely enough for your living room but you will max the range of the speakers very quickly with the range and some volume. I also have my old Leslie 910 for organ. I have a newer Hammond SK73 and the Leslie sim is not bad but again the real thing can't be beat. Pianos too edgy also. Keep it up I am enjoying your clips.

Oh yeah, great video. I'm looking at some useful synths, among some other gear. I had an old Arp Odyssey at one time, and now have a microKorg. Looking for something still a bit more versatile. Wondering about great stands too for more than one synth.

i would love to know how much these went for too. nice to see you kept the jdxi. I've had a love hate relationship with it but lately i'm loving it

Aw Woody !!!! The D50 :-o ...... You loved those sounds. I know they can have issues as they get older, but still ??? Loved your vintage reviews though. Keep up the good work :-)

I had that exact ottoman when in college. Do you have the matching chair?

Out of curiosity, what would you say is a good selling price for a Roland D-50? I have one, have never used it, and probably never will. I bought it on accident thinking it was something else. :P

Hey Woody,, i agree with the PSRS970,, is too cool,...but i have the electribe,, i love the looks of it, i once wanted to sell it off,, but changed my mind,, but to say i neve used it at all,, still cant decide to sell it or not,

I have two Yamaha Montage M series (M7 & M8) at home. Difficult to part ways with one of them as the different key actions between the two offer unique benefits to both.

Do you think you might get a Roland D-05 module? (Its a D-550 in a smaller box but with extra stuff)

Interesting evolution, so to speak. Great detail. I was surprised that you got rid of your Arturo, but if you did not like that feel of it, it tells me not to be interested in getting one. I was considering going more with a good controller, and using plug in sounds.

Keep the gear, sell the wife. You'll find another one. ;-) Have you ever tried any of the Kurzweil series? I have a PC3K7 and love it for all the same reasons you love your Nord electro 4 - great pianos, electromechanical and Hammond sounds, plus thousands of other instruments, a full blown synth, sequencer and you can load your own samples into flash memory with virtually zero loading time at boot up. A great Swiss army knife of a keyboard.

HI Woody. i have a chance to purchase a Juno 60 in good condition for 1100 uk pounds. Do you think it is priced ok or is it too much for an old synth?. It seems to work ok, but the wooden ends are rough but can be replaced. Thanks Nick

+1 on the "I let the M1 go because I have the KORG Legacy edition! - great value those, especially if you get them thrown in for a small controller keyboard. Me, I only kept the Wavestation EX from that Korg era...

Thanks for the insight Woody! Are you aware of the replacement panel that Roland has made available? it's white lettering on matte finish... no more glossy red!

Don't worry too much about the JDXi, if I remember right, Roland sells new replacement keybeds for less than $20 and it seems easy to do... Read this on a forum.

There was a time when I owned several vintage synths, and then, I sold them. I have since regretted it and am now wishing I had held onto them, seeing as how much they are worth these days. My first synth was a Korg DW6000, which I bought right after it came on the market. I was in my first rock cover band shortly after and that was my main synth. That synth ended up getting stolen however. I had since also owned a Juno 106, a Roland D-20, a Crumar Performer, a Roland digital piano, a Yamaha DX11, and several others. I am now without a keyboard and the one I have always wanted to own, is the Yamaha DX7, which is astronomical in price these days.

Hi! JD-Xi and FA08 have both the same Preset Tone list of Supernatural Synth engine, they also sounds identical?

Woody, I've scoured the entire list of comments including all the abuse (some most undeserved in my opinion) but I still haven't seen you post up the model of the case you were so pleased with. Any chance you could let us know what it is? BTW I was very interested in your thoughts on the Electro 4 and 5, I was quite sure you had lost your mind but once I'd heard your reasons for rating the LED drawbars over the "real" ones I must admit I was totally converted. Looking forward to more videos from sunny Sweden!

Wow, you had quite a synth selection there....

Great video Woody ! , thats was a brilliant collection of synths that you went through and a lot of history too ! , i think you were right about the one's you kept , your Psr s970 will blow your mind when you get inside it and see and hear what it can do and i will look forward to what you come up with it ! , in someways its sad to see all those synths go but if Mrs Woody aint happy then Mr Woody wont be happy in the garage (lol) , i really enjoyed all your video's on all the synths and plugin's , well done Woody , keep up the great work ! , 😎AK 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Awesome... thanks for this! 🔆 Greetings from another Stockholm'er

Can you do a demo of the piano tones in the JDXi, are they the same as in the FA?

so glad you decided to keep the JD-Xi!

Nice Video! I have two hardware synths, Miniak and Gaia. I've since moved to Virtual synths, but I also have tons of guitar pedals and a Bored Brain Patchulator got give me my modular fix. I also have a Reamp pedal that I can use for anything. I cringed when you started on guitars, as that's a slippery slope! Luckily I primarily play bass, so I set up my rigs as Biampable Racks with separate Pre and Post amplifiers. Take care that you don't kill the guitar speakers with the lower bass frequencies of the Synth. I love running tube amps, and getting tube bass head or a pre/post rack setup allows me to run my synths as well. Works for Death From Above 1979 and other multi-instrumentalists. Cheers!

Watched your entire video, considering your music, your reasoning is sound for what you ditched, though the Yamaha PSR surprised me as a keeper.

It's always a drag selling instruments, well for me it is anyway! I always say if it's not being used sell it.. but then instant regret hits.. ha! Not surprised about the key problem on the JD-Xi, I've recently had to return to Roland one of my Boutique K-25M keyboards after it all of a sudden developed a wobbly key.., and EMX2, I'm pondering selling mine of late. it's mainly used as a drum machine these days, I never did find it an easy thing to get to grips with, good video Woody.

Great reviews Woody...u never mention my ( just sold ) Korg SV 1. Maybe in another video...Love the Yamaha S970, mmm quite fancy one, did they do a smaller similar type of that? Great reviews 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Damn,i would never sell some of those synths ever. You wife must be very happy know that room looks tidy and clean.

Sad to see the D50 go, those videos you did for it were awesome! Glad you kept the Yamaha PSR 970 though it's sounds amazing!

I was surprised you let the DX-7 and the D50 go. Are you no longer acquiring new gear for review purposes or are there more goodies coming down the pipe? Love the vids; keep it up.

Great video! What would you do with Roland Fantom X6 btw?:)

This is a great video. Thank you