ianmcnll
Me at work in the 70's...in front of me...Roland Electronic Piano atop Polymoog Synthesizer (the piano was plugged into the Polymoog's filters for a great clavinet sound).

At my right, a Roland SH-2000 analog mono synth atop a Wurlitzer 200A Electric piano.

State of the art gear back then.

Ian

How tasty this setup is. While modern keyboards are much more convenient I am not sure they would even come close to surpassing the sound quality. While emulation is nice it certainly isn't the real thing.

I can imagine how wonderful it sounded. Like I said emulation is very convenient but it aint the real thing.

Ian, very cool shot of you back in the day surrounded by that awesome classic keyboard collection.
Which ones do you still own and play, and which are your favs? Thanks for sharing that bud.

Hi Scott...the type of music I was playing with that particular group required all those instruments.

They were all being played through two Fender Twin Reverbs, with Celestion full range speakers (12") substituted for the originals.

I still had my Rhodes at the time, plus an old Hammond M-3 (with 147RV Leslie), but didn't use them in that group.

Of all the instruments in that picture, only the Roland SH-2000 has remained.

I replaced the Polymoog with a Roland Jupiter 8 (which I still have), the the Wurly (and the Rhodes) were eventually supplanted by a Yamaha DX-7 (and then a DX7II), none of which I have today.

What is amazing, is how many of those old classic sounds are recreated in the Tyros/PSR...certainly not as rich and variable, but without all the maintenance required on some of those earlier instruments.

The gear necessitated a big vehicle, back then it was a second-hand 1959 GMC V-8 Suburban with a big ol' 4-speed stick.

Also, moving it required a buddy to help out.

Nigel is right about those old instruments having a certain quality not found in emulations...especially the "experience" of playing on those older keyboard actions, and using those real time sliders and knobs.

Ian