It's all set up so that I can play any combination of boards simultaneously from the Microkorg keyboard. I can also run the other boards' sounds through the MK, including the sweet analog sounds of the Microbrute, the boingy digital sounds of the "Cosmo" CZ-101 and any of the Mellotron or other vintage sounds I have loaded in the Microsampler.
The Microsampler does double-duty as a "track tightener." If I improvise a line that's difficult for me to play, I can quantize it to rhythmic perfection with the MS pattern sequencer and MIDI it to the instrument of my choice.
All sounds, including my PC's audio, go to the Xenyx 1202 mixer, so that everything is always ready to go and all I have to do is twist a knob to bring up a sound.
Last stop is my BOSS BR-600 recorder. It has its own bag of tricks including copy and paste, effects, a drum machine, endless bouncing and "undo."
That's a whole lot of sonic power in a very small space. My new apartment is smaller than my old studio (or, you could say, my new studio has a kitchen, a bed and a bathroom)!
The recorder and keyboards are secondhand. The whole rig, including cables, keyboard stand, MIDI-splitters, shelf boards, etc.cost me about $1K USD.
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