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@therollingtroll.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:25 PM

I got a reel to reel taperecorder setup for pickup. I don't think he likes it
#reeltoreel #taperecorder #akai #gx747 #cat #saus #openreel #analog #tape #audiotape #vintage #hifi #audio #highend #10inchreel #tdk #akai #pet #kitteh

@thatbonsaipanda.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:36 PM

My tiny app telling the #AKAI #Force what to do with it's buttons >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNS...

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:59 AM

The Ensoniq EPS-16+ eventually burned out, so I got myself an Ensoniq ASR-10. It is my favorite instrument to this day.

It still start a lot of songs on it and sync it to my DAW.

What equipment did you start with?

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq #sampler #synth

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 AM

Not long after that, I bought a used AKAI MPC 2000xl. The sequencer was better than anything I had used before. I figured out how to hook the EPS-16+ up to it with MIDI!

What equipment did you start with?

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq #reaper #sampler #synth

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:51 AM

The Yamaha PSR-270 got me down the path of learning piano scales/chords.

I finally saved up and bought a used Ensoniq EPS-16+. It felt like my first serious instrument.

What equipment did you start with?

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq #reaper #sampler #synth

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:43 AM

Then I discovered Sonic Foundry Acid Pro v2.0 on computer, which opened a lot of doors! It was my first "DAW". I could paint on the screen with MP3 and WAV samples!

What equipment did you start with? What was your first DAW?

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq #reaper

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:34 AM

Next I got a Yamaha PSR-270 keyboard. It only came with General MIDI sounds. A 6-track sequencer. You could only do linear track recording. No looping! I just made step sequences that went from point A to point B. Or used the karaoke machine to loop!

#hiphop #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:19 AM

It's easy to find interviews online now with many great producers like Q-Tip, Questlove, DJ Premier talking about using the "pause tape" technique in the 80s/90s, long before I figured it out.

I must have read it somewhere back then.

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:14 AM

I honestly don't remember where I learned the technique in the 90s.

I was hardly online at the time.

I knew maybe one other person that had a 4-track cassette recorder.

What equipment did you start with?

#hiphop #dnb #triphop #lofi #production #akai #ableton #ensoniq #reaper #acid

@echothesia.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:07 AM

My first "music equipment" was an Optimus karaoke machine! I would find samples on cassettes, radio, movies. If I found a good loop, I would record it from one cassette to the other, pause, then record again to make it repeat!

What equipment did you start with?

#hiphop #production #akai #ableton

@thatbonsaipanda.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 9:50 PM

Me poking things I shouldn't be poking. Creating a aggregating audio engine inside the #AKAI #MPC (core components only, nothing substantial yet) >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQln...

@orchestereo.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 9:41 AM

Loving my MPC sample. A snippet from my new track “Tea Garden”

#musiciansky #lofi #mpc #akai