Instruments & sound sources [for those interested in technical aspects...]

My first home-studio was equipped with a small Roland Studio 100 M modular system, a OSCar monosynth and a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, a 8-track mixing console and a double-speed 4 track cassette tape recorder (both from Tascam), a Revox 2-track machine for the final mix and some digital effect processors. As second hand analog synths became available at very low prices in the late '80s, a lot of wonderful sounding machines were added: up to 5 Minimoogs, a SCI Prophet-5, a EMS AKS, a Oberheim 4-Voice, a Yamaha CS-80, a PPG Wave 2.3 and a larger Roland System 100-M (20 modules). In 1989, Ernst Thoma of Unknownmix, a very talented swiss avantgarde sound designer, composer and performer, also provided a small custom Serge Modular clone. Digital equipment is still used only for recording and sound processing / editing purposes. Currently, Synthesizers.com, Mos-Lab, a modular Eurorack (ASys, Division6, MakeNoise, Oakley and Pittsburgh) and newer Moog equipment represents the main sound sources along with a vintage Minimoog D and a Roland SH-09.