Yeah, but have you compared those prices to 70s studio gear? They're extremely expensive by modern "torrent cracked copy of Logic" standards, you're right, but didn't Marshall Jefferson famously get talked into buying the whole shop by the salesman, much to the mirth of his friends? And he bought brand new, I believe.

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I hated dance music. I thought it was wimpy! laughs Jefferson (hes still a big fan of Yes and Genesis). Inspired by Saunders, he went into the local music store to buy himself some audio production gear. We went to a music store, me and a friend of mine, who played guitar. This guy at the music store showed us a sequencer. He said, With this thing you can play keyboards like a real keyboard player. And my friend said, Thats bullshit, you gotta take lessons. I was like, No, man, I believe him. Im gonna buy it. The only reason I bought it was I thought that must be what Jesse Saunders is using. I didnt know he had a keyboard player playing all his shit. He said, Wait a minute, you dont want this sequencer and not have a keyboard to play, do you? Oh yeah, youre right. So I bought the keyboard too. Then he said, Hey, you dont want to have this sequencer and this keyboard and not have a drum machine to play with them? This went on until Jefferson left the store $9,000 poorer. That night, his friends came over and had a good old laugh at Marshalls spending spree. Stupid motherfucker bought all this shit and dont even know how to play nothin. What a stupid motherfucker

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> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Yeah, but have you compared those prices to 70s studio gear? They're extremely expensive by modern "torrent cracked copy of Logic" standards, you're right, but didn't Marshall Jefferson famously get talked into buying the whole shop by the salesman, much to the mirth of his friends? And he bought brand new, I believe.

Yeah, but most of the gear he bought was still new in the 80s and wasn't just thrown into pawnshops like the 303. What I was saying is that there's this myth that in the 80s you could pick up an entire top of the line analog studio for nothing which just isn't true for the most part.

But you are right, in the 70s it was pretty much impossible to build a home studio unless you were someone like Jarre or Kraftwerk.

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June 2018 mix

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Originally posted by Woony Yeah, but most of the gear he bought was still new in the 80s and wasn't just thrown into pawnshops like the 303. What I was saying is that there's this myth that in the 80s you could pick up an entire top of the line analog studio for nothing which just isn't true for the most part. But you are right, in the 70s it was pretty much impossible to build a home studio unless you were someone like Jarre or Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk recorded in a studio in the '70s, not at home.

A lot of the 808's reputation as a drum machine used by poor people is almost solely due to the fact it was the drum machine of choice for ghetto music: hip-hop, freestyle, booty bass, etc. Heck, it still is, or at least programs that emulate it. I'm sure producers with high-end studios used them as well, but often in tandem with other gear of the day, drowning out the 808's most notorious traits (big bass, tinny percussion, that cowbell).

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