Soundcraft

DIGITAL 328

IMHO the most versatile digital console around. Fully equiped with 16 mic and line ins, 16 digital tape returns; ADAT and TDIF I/O; two built-in Lexicon Effects; two assignable dynamic controllers; absolute beautiful eqs on every channels; full automation; and the best of all: This thing can be used as a midi controller!! controlling my Steinberg VST like a Houston, mixing my VST channels and RME HD9624 card like a dream!

EMU SP-12

I love this drum machine, gritty and punchy. O.S. is dated, 12 bit sampling, but it's got this magic in it's sound. Indispensible for hip hop.

Cheaper then getting a SP-1200 but serves the same purpose. SP-1200 doubles the sampling memory but hey I don't use just one type of sound in my songs! So one SP-12 is just good for me.

ARP Avatar

I remember seeing this guitar synth while I was a kid and it was so expensive back then, no wonder ARP went belly up developing this thing.

I never get to like guitar synth, the time I spend learning how to track on a guitar synth can be better spent learning how to play a real keyboard. Now I use the Avatar as a synth module and filter section. It's got a similar sound with an ARP Odessey. But for this purpose it's kind of oversized...