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Since everyone here also tends to have audio equipment in combination with a bunch of esoteric computer hardware (oh man, computers + synthesizers are an expensive hobby to simultaneously get in) I thought it would be fun to see who has what.

Synths I own:

• Roland JV-1080 (2x) (all fully expanded)
  
• Roland JP-8080
  
• Roland JUNO-60
  
• Roland Jupiter-4 (with io modification)
  
• Roland MT-32 (3x)
  
• Boss Dr. Synth (aka Roland SC-33)
  
• Roland SC-88
  
• Yamaha TG-77
  
• Yamaha FS1R
  
• Yamaha FB-01
  
• E-MU UltraProteus
  
• Moog Polymoog 280a
  

And I think that's all of them? Few anecdotes--I got an UltraProteus over a Morpheus due to the patches, Keith Zizza used it in Lords of Magic and I wanted some of the presents used in there. I prefer the Jupiter-4 over the Jupiter-8 due to its unique sound and strange characteristics, its random arpeggio is to die for--I consider it like Roland's minimoog. The JV-1080s still have sounds which can knock the socks off of anything made today, especially when fully expanded. A lot of influential video game and movie sound tracks use these modules--to anyone who says they sound horrible, they have a very poor ear and don't know how to mix and master tracks very well. The TG-77 (or any of the TG series) don't seem to come up often, probably the first (and only) synthesizer I've owned which comes with a numpad--the interface is very odd and could have been built better. I'd say it's easier to use the JV-1080's limited display... at least the controls on the JV are laid out nicely. I mainly got the TG-77 due to Allister Brimble (and possibly Paul Weir) owning one--because there are some very nice ROMpler patches in that thing, I wasn't really after the FM synthesis portion since I already have an FS1R.

Presently they're all in storage being moved https://i.imgur.com/IpNr0lV.jpg
Kind of sucks not being able to use my JV-1080s :(