roland mc303
yamaha dx200
access virus c rack xl
elektron machinedrum
crappy behringer mixer
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I got mine along with the VSS200 from a catalogue where you paid weekly, for 20 weeks, I think I had it for 2 weeks before coming to the conclusion that it wasnāt much good. Then my girlfriend at the time bought me a secondhand Boss DR-110 for Ā£25, as soon as I heard that I was all like āthis sounds exactly like my recordsā 
Shortly after I started reading Music Technology and Sound on Sound and found out about proper gear, within a few months I got a 303, 606, 202, 101, lovely!
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Ooo, it can be repaired: https://mrcircuit.co.uk
And they sell very well even today. I think I paid Ā£300 for mineā¦that was all my teenage savings 
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Cheers man, Iāll look into that. Itās got a non standard CV/gate interface and I never got around to building something to convert it to 1v/octave. Itās on the āIāll get around to itā list. 
- Desktop PC with sound blaster
- Fruity Loops 1.3
- Steinberg Neon VST
- 2 x Gemini XL BD-10 belt drive turntables (with auto return gears
ripped out by hand) - 2 channel radio shack mixer with bass and treble eq for the master only
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Real djās start on belt drives! My mates Soundlab DLPās hereš
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Lol I had the Soundlab Dlpās in about 1992 Technics wannabeās haha. We had real ones in the Club I djād at tho Bunker
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Spirit folio SX
Amiga (Octamed)
Bose speakers (awful!)
Yamaha CS1X
Cheap bucket brigade delay
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Yeah! If you could mix and scratch on belt drives you could ace it on Technics! My pal had DLP belt drives then sold them and got the direct drives (DLP3?) before he managed to buy DJ Nipperās old 1210ās off him! Long story and a long time past but those self same decks are with me on long term loanš
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Alesis MMT8
Yamaha DSR2000
Zoom 1201
Fostex x28h
Yamaha Su10
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Lol I feel old now (well I am haha) Was Djāing from 1987 until 2001 had some great times back then. They just donāt do it like we used to back then, Iām nearly 50 (July 13th) I just plan to spend the rest of my days making some music Bunker
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Trying to reach into the way way back. I would say first pieces of ārealā kit.
- Akai Remix 16 (a very trying way to learn sampling)
- Tascam Porta 02 ( I canāt believe the market on those now)
- Whatever the cheapest Boss Drum machine was back in 96
- A for the time pretty ok computer I suppose. (I remember thinking, how the hell could I possible use a whole gig of HD space!)
- Rebirth
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Roland JV-1080
Alesis SR-16
Alesis MidiVerb
Tascam Portastudio
Some off brand electric guitar I paid around $80 for
Wrote some of the best music Iāve ever made with that stuffā¦
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Lots of SR16 love here.
They still sell that Alesis Drum machine now! Was a nice box.
RMX1 getting lots of props too.
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Yamaha YAS-23 alto
Selmer C* Hard rubber
Pack of LaVoz 1.5s
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I still toy with the idea of getting an old SR16 again. I had so much fun with mine until it died. Was only using my RM1X last week for some 6/8 time sequences I was recording. Did the first lot on the DN then realised life would be so much easier using the Yamaha!
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First 5 (over a few years):
Roland XP-50
Emu e6400
Waldorf MicrowaveXT
Novation SuperNova
Yamaha 01v
An SH-101 and TR-707 came in and out during that period (hated them both at the time ā I know), but the above was the overall setup for awhile along with Cubase 5, then VST as the DAW.
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Haha cool. Beating the elektron sequencer.
Use to love the AB patterns with fill button on the SR16, great feature to hit the fill at any point to drop it in ,followed by pattern switch on next down beat.
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Nice 1st set up!
I still use my O1v now.
I wound up getting a 2nd one ridiculously cheap (like a few hundred dollars) and linked them up to work in tandem. Not long after I got another crazy deal for an 02r w/ meter bridge (someone who got it in an Ebay scam gone bad and looking to just dump it). I sold the two 01vās which basically covered what the guy wanted for the 02r plus a little cash. Unreal
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