here's the latest incarnation of my home studio. sonar 7 running on a quad-core intel box with a pulsar scope ii card.. with a whole ton of keyboards (the sh-101 is still my favorite, of course) and my basses. i'm still trying to figure out how to get the akai working with sonar, but i'm sure it won't take too much longer (i hope)

The recent MIDI controller at top makes no sounds of it's own and connects to another keyboard or a separate Tone Module. The Hammond-type organ in the middle allows the player to shape their sounds by adjusting the drawbars for control of your sound's harmonics. The analog synthesizer technology used in the Roland at bottom dates back to the late 1960s and pre-dates both technologies above.

This metal-clad eight-voice monstrosity was extremely powerful for its time, but it was an unreliable beast, crashing spontaneously, one time in the middle of a gig. I shipped it to Roland in California twice for repairs, but the crashes continued. I paid $4600 for it back around 1981, I think.

This is a Lowrey Organ. Check out the large size because then you can see all the rhythm selection buttons more clearly.