Vintage Digital is coming
by Horton Mar 05, 2008; 12:28am
Since this place seems to have turned into a "which synth will I make
more money off of if I invest in it?" list for speculators rather than
one for people who use synths, I wanted to share an epiphany I had at
a show the other night.
Vintage Digital is coming.
I saw a band doing ridiculously convincing Italo-inflected stuff, but
wrapped around verse/chorus/verse songwriting with a gutter punk
sensibility. Hot slut singer with the whole "Blade Runner" streaks of
makeup on the face, fagged-out gutter punk dudes rocking the sequencer
and simmons kit.
But here's the thing - they were basically all digital; ESQ-1,
CZ-5000, the later simmons kit, RZ-1...just total butthole gear. And
it sounded amazing.
This stuff is going to skyrocket. ADAT's are already enjoying a
resurgence in recording circles - "the earlier ones sound better, and
had better AD conversion." The SP-1200 has been insane for years, but
now the Sequential Studio 440 goes for twice what a 1200 does. One of
the big rap guys recently name-checked the Korg DDD-1 for making
beats, and they literally quadrupled in price on ebay overnight. Dan
Deacon, the hottest thing in ironic indie-electrospazz, almost
exclusively uses a certain old Yamaha PSR, and it and its expansion
cards have quintupled in price on ebay since he blew up.
Vintage Digital is coming.
