Music stuff for sale

Hey y'all, I’m trying to sell some music gear that I no longer need or find helpful or which otherwise doesn’t spark joy. Here’s what I’m selling. Local Seattle pickup preferred (except for the software licenses), although I’m willing to ship (but keep in mind that shipping prices will be pretty high, especially for the keyboards). Prices are negotiable.

If you’re interested in buying any of this stuff, get in touch with me and we can work something out.

All items are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted.

Synthesizers

  • Expressive-E Osmose, barely used, $1600 SOLD

    This is a really neat synthesizer with a really cool control scheme (and which I preordered the day that became possible), but after a few years of waiting and a few months of messing with it, it just hasn’t really gelled for me. A lot of people are really into it. I’m not one of them.

    Incidentally, this synth was the primary instrument on the most recent episode of Transformative Meditations.

  • Yamaha TX7 FM synthesis module (a classic!), $220 SOLD

    Classic 80s FM sound, in a convenient standalone hardware module. Needs either a DX7 or Dexed to program it, although there’s plenty of SysEx libraries floating around online as well.

    Condition note: It could probably benefit from a cleaning. It was built in 1985 and has very 1985 crevices that now are filled with vintage dust.

  • Tastychips ST4, glitchy and needs some reworking, $200

    This was an interesting DIY kit for a hardware chiptune tracker which I bought on Kickstarter, but I never had the patience to get it working correctly.

MIDI Controllers

  • Artiphon Instrument 1 (white), barely used, $200 SOLD

    Not gonna lie, this is kinda gimmicky and I never found it to be all that useful or playable. But maybe someone knows a musically-inclined kid who wants a weird controller to mess with.

  • Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88 (original version, sometimes called mk1), $475 (includes software bundle) SOLD

    I’ve mentioned this a few times recently; I bought this keyboard to get better KOMPLETE integration, and also to get a few controls that were missing from my Casio Privia PX300. It’s really great as a KOMPLETE-integrated controller (although it’s stuck on an older version of the software), and even as a standalone MIDI controller it works really well. I just don’t really need its extended MIDI controls, as it turns out, and I much prefer the lighter key feel of the Privia.

    This also comes with a copy of KOMPLETE 11 Select which is pretty amazing even on its own.

  • M-Audio Keystudio (aka KeyRig 49), $30

    This is a nice but extremely basic MIDI controller. Also the pitch bend is a little glitchy, which is a common problem on this model (probably easy to fix but I don’t have the patience for it). I’ll include a damper pedal, which it doesn’t normally come with. It’s also got a few scuffs on it.

    When I say it’s “extremely basic,” I mean it. All it has is 49 spring-action velocity-sensitive keys, a pitch bend, a mod wheel, a damper switch outlet, and octave transpose buttons. There’s also a semi-hidden “edit mode” that gives you a few additional functions that are occasionally useful but this is at best a secondary keyboard for quick note entry (which is what I used it for) or for a newcomer getting started with music before committing to buying a $500+ keyboard.

Other hardware

  • PreSonus FireStudio Project, $77 SOLD

    This is still an absolutely incredible audio interface, and both quality- and capability-wise it holds its own with modern hardware. Unfortunately, it is FireWire-based, which limits its connectivity, and per the support notes its drivers aren’t being updated anymore.

    From experience it’s possible to still run it on an Intel Mac even on recent macOS versions (using a hacked driver) and I’ve found reports that it still works on Windows machines with FireWire (as rare as they are), but the main reason someone would want to buy this is if they have an older legacy Mac studio setup that they want multichannel audio for.

    There’s also a few scratches and other physical blemishes on this unit. What do you want from something that’s 13 years old?

  • Echogear 20U open frame rack with caster wheels, power strip, and a cable management panel, $150

    This is an amazing freestanding equipment rack which can also work for network gear or whatever. Right now it’s just taking up space in my basement. I have no complaints with it, I just ended up not needing this much rack space.

Excess software

These are all Native Instruments packages which I bought separately before getting on the Komplete train, so these licenses are redundant. Thankfully, Native Instruments provides an easy license transfer mechanism.

I still use most of these packages in a lot of my music! I just don’t need the extra licenses. So this is your opportunity to get it at a huge discount if you want some good instruments without spending $1800 for the full version of KOMPLETE or whatever.

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