1991:
Korg M1 (sold 1991)

2006:
Ensonq TS-12 (sold 2012)
Alesis Micron (sold 2007)
DSI Evolver Desktop (sold 2007)
Korg M1 (sold 2010)
E-MU ESI 4000 Turbo
Roland JX-3P #1 (sold 2009)

2007:
Korg Polysix
Korg MS-2000 (sold 2007)
Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard (sold 2015)
Waldorf Pulse

2008:
SCI Sixtrak (sold 2009)
Blue Lantern Nexus 6

2009:
Waldorf Blofeld (traded 2010, for Fizmo)
Waldorf Microwave XT
Yamaha TX-816
Yamaha DX-7 + Grey Matter E! (sold 2012)
Yamaha CS-10
Yamaha TG-77 #1
Korg Wavestation A/D
Korg Polysix #2 (sold 2010)
Roland MKS-30 #1 (stolen 2011)
Roland JV-1080
Grendel Drone Commander

2010:
ARP ProSoloist
Kawai S-100p
Rhodes Chroma Polaris #1
Rhodes Chroma Polaris #2 (parts)
SCI Pro-One (traded 2012, for Jupiter 4)
Ensoniq Fizmo
Roland JX-3P #2 (Kiwitechnics upgraded 2011)
Roland Juno 106 #1 (sold 2012)
Roland Juno 106 #2 (sold 2012)
Akai AX-60
FutureRetro Revolution v1

2011:
Roland MKS-30 #2
DSI Mopho Keyboard (sold 2013)
DSI Tetra (traded 2013 for MS-10)
Korg MS-20
Akai S-612 + MD280 #1
Roland HS-60 (sold 2012)
Ensoniq SQ-80
Roland S-760

2012:
Korg Polysix #3 ($40 off Kijiji, sold 2013)
Roland Jupiter 4 (IO upgraded)
Roland Juno 60 (Minerva upgraded, sold 2014)
Roland Juno 6 (sold 2013)
Roland JD-990
Akai S-612 + MD280 #2
Arturia Microbrute

2013:
Korg MS-10
Korg MS-20 Mini (traded 2013 for Korg Lambda)
Roland JD-800 (sold 2015)
Teenage Engineering OP-1

2014:
Korg Lambda
Yamaha TX-802 (sold 2014)
Yamaha TX-416 (sold 2014)
Yamaha TG-33
Yamaha TG-77 #2 (sold 2014)
Yamaha TQ-5
Roland S-330 (sold 2014)
Nord Electro 2 (traded for Reface CP)
Casio CZ-101
Casio CZ-1000
GEM S2 Turbo

2015:
Rhodes Chroma Polaris #3 (parts)
Yamaha Reface CP
Kilpatrick Phenol
Futuresonus Parva

Started in 2012
So far been thru
Mc 303
Rm1x
Juno6
Mv8800
Tr626
Kaosilator pro
M3
Radias
V-synth
Emx2
05rw
Octapad (on loan)
Tr606 (on loan)
System1 (returned it due to midi sync issues)
Sadly had to sell the juno. Dumped the mc808,626.
Not bad for a couple years of hoarding imo.

Mc303
Korg er1
Korg Es
Nord lead 1
Eps rack
Eps keyboard
Eps 16 plus
Korg dss1 sampler
Emu Emax 1
Sci prophet 2000
Waldorf pulse
Sci six track
Roland alpha Juno 2
Roland jx3p
Roland jx8p
Matrix 1000
AkAi Mpc 2000xl
Mc 202
DSi mopho
Dsi evolver
Creamware minimax asb
Mc 505
Juno 6
Poly6
Tr606
Jomox xbase
Moog voyager, with modular box
Bass station 2
Elektron mono machine mk1
Monomachine mk2
Machinedrum mk1
Machine drum uw
md mk2 uw
Md mk2 uw plus drive
Analog4
Analog keys
Moog sub phatty
Korg poly 61
Roland Sh 1000
Tr 626
Use audio plugilator
Korg dw 8000
Ensoniq esq1
Mpc 60
Tt 303
Make noise dpo
Sputnik osc
Malekko osc
Mangroves osc
Korg poly 800
Braids osc
synthesis technology/motm
e350 morphing terrarium
Elektron analog rhythm
Elektron octatrack
Korg arp odd reissue
Korg ms 20 mini

'K, here goes:

1994: Boss DR-660

1995: Roland XP-30

1996: Roland XP-50

1997: E-mu PRO/Cussion

1997: E-mu ESI-32

1999-2000: Boss DR-770, Korg ER-1, Pro Tools 5

2002: eMagic Logic

2003-2008: [new gear hiatus]

2009: Yamaha DX100

2010-1: Roland D-550, Yamaha TX81Z, Yamaha TG77, Yamaha V50, Akai S3200XL, Cockos Reaper

2013-4: Korg Poly 800, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Arturia Microbrute, Roland JX-8P, Roland JX-3P, Roland JX-10, Roland MKS-30, Roland MKS-50, Adafruit x0xb0x, Roland JP-8080, E-mu E6400 Ultra, E-my E4XT, Akai MPC 2000, Akai S5000

Born 1969, that I'm sure of--the rest of the years are approximate.

I still own all of these:

2001
MPC 2000xl
Roland JV1010

2002
Crumar Performer
Roland Orchestral and Sound Effects expansion boards for the JV

2003
Sequential Prophet 600
Roland Alpha Juno 2

2004
Novation Bass Station rack
DSI Evolver

2005
Roland Juno 6

2006
EMU e6400 Ultra
Casio SK-5

2007
Ensoniq ESQ-1

2009
Arp 2600
EMU SSM Voice Card kit monosynth

2010
Simmons SDS 1000

2012
Casio SK-1

2013
Kurzweil MicroPiano

Born 1956
List roughly in order and includes what I had access to through work (all the expensive ones), as I feel owning isn't the core here:

70s:
ARP Soloist
ARP ProSoloist
Kawai Synthesizer-100F
Korg MiniKORG 700
Korg MS-20

80s:
Korg PS-3100
Moog modular (dunno which one)
Synton modular
Synton College (orwhatsitscalled)
Fairlight CMI Series 2
Moog Multimoog
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha TX802

10s:
Akai Miniak
Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard
Korg ARP Odyssey

Here it goes..

Added the main computers and keyboards as well

Born: 1977

Phase 1: self learning

1985: GEM DSK-6
1986: Commodore 64 with Midi Interface and 'ADVANCED MUSIC SYSTEM' by Rainbird
1987: Yamaha SHS-10
1988: Casio MT 640

Phase 2: Next level

1990: Atari STE 4MB, Cubase 3
1991: Roland RA50
1992: Roland JV-880

Phase 3: Rebuilding a lost passion

2013: Korg EMX1-SD
2014: Arturia MiniBRUTE
2014: Roland Aira TB-3
2014: Roland Aira TR-8
2014: Roland Aira System 1
2014: Roland SP-555
2014: Waldorf Blofeld Desktop
2014: Waldorf Streichfett

Phase 4: Break & Fix

2014: Yamaha TENORI-ON Second hand
2015: Moog Sub Phatty Second hand
2015: Akai Professional AX73 Second hand, defects repaired
2015: Korg Trinity Second hand, defects repaired
2015: Korg Wavestation EX Second hand, defects repaired
2015: Yamaha AN1X Second hand
2015: Yamaha EX5R Second hand
2015: Yamaha DX7II-FD Second hand, defects repaired

Alex's synth history
(from a failing memory)
(these are strictly the keyboards/synths and do not include drum machines, effects processors, sequencers, multi-track recorders, mixers, etc.)

Born: 1971

1983 (approx): Casiotone VL-1
1984 (approx):Casiotone MT-45
1986: Yamaha Portasound (model unknown *)
1989: Akai AX-60 (still in my set-up)
1989: Ensoniq Mirage DSK-1
1990: Roland D-10 (still in my set-up)
1995: Casio SK-1 and Casio SK-5
1995: Roland S-330 (rack mount) + Dirtector-S (sequencer) (still in my set-up)
2015: Arturia MicroBrute (obvious still in my set-up)
2015: Korg MicroKorg (obvious still in my set-up)
2015: Aira (Roland) TB-3 (obvious still in my set-up)
2015: Korg Monotron Duo (obvious still in my set-up)
2015: Korg Monotron Delay (obvious still in my set-up)


(*) This Portasound keyboard featured small keys, accompanying chords and bass functions, pre-set drum patterns (various styles) + drum fill button, as well as the possibility to program one's own drum patterns. Synth sounds were numerous but of the standard fare of the era. I never was able to find this keyboard online for reference. This was before the days of the infamous DX-7.

Born in '94, I was rapping hardcore! No but really..

Styles: Downtempo, Glo-fi, Techno, House, FOOTWORK

Influences: Luke Vibert in all forms, Warp Records, Lone, Tycho, DJ Earl, Legowelt, Xosar

VSTi:
U-he Diva
Omnisphere 1/2
Kontakt Samples of many vintage synths
Xfer Serum


Hardware:
JD-990
Nord Lead 2x
Studio Electronics Omega CODE 4 OD

Born in '69.

1986
Casio CZ-5000

1987
sold that for my first Amiga 500. With Soundtracker and so on...

Long Pause


End of 2013
Live 9 Suite, Push, Master Keyboard

2014
lots of VST

2015
Roland JD-Xi
Nord Lead A1 (traded in after 29 days for
Nord Stage 2 EX 76
DSI Prophet 6

Lusting for DSI Pro 2 and something different evolving, interesting, pads, arping, but no spare place available...

It was a dark and stormy night, a night just like this one....

One grandmother had a Hammond B3 and the other had a Hammond M100. I guess that was my start on electronic instruments. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately depending on your point of view) my family moved 1000 miles away when I was 5, so I only played the Hammonds when visiting.

Then an uncle gave our family a Magnus Chord Organ that my cousins no longer played. We played it to death (literally.) At some point, my mom acquired an old upright piano which I also played ad nausea.

Junior high was cornet and baratone. I migrated to guitar at the typical age of 15 and bass guitar at 16. I stuck with it and still play both.

Around 1976 or so, some rich dude in high school brought in an ARP 2600 for a jazz band concert. It was set up in the band room, and my buddy and I secretly turned it on when the room was empty. But try as we did, we never got a sound out of it!

A few years after high school, around '80 or '81, I was in a rock band with a bass/keyboard player who had a Farfisa. We'd run it though a fuzzbox to make it sound different, but it only sounded like a fuzzy Farfisa. We threatened him with expulsion if he didn't buy a proper synth. We were thinking Oberheim or Prophet, but he bought a Jupiter-4. I loved that synth, and I played it all the time. We broke up about 6 months later, and I didn't touch a synth outside of a music store for about 10 years.

Around 1990, I bought a Yamaha CS-10 to noodle around on as I was still a guitar and bass player. Around 2003, I bought a Yamaha YS-200 and an MU-90. These got me into Midi and sequencing as I had Cakewalk on my computer.

After that, I had a long line of synths - some I loved and some I sold a few weeks after buying. I'm partial to modules as they take up less space.

follows the curve of "affordable" synths & probably says something about the demographic here.

Yeah... My setup would have made more sense a lot quicker if samplers weren't so damn expensive back in the 90s

1984: Roland JX-3P (sold in 1989)
1986: Korg 770 ($128, broke in 1989); Roland TR-505 (sold in 1989)
1987: Borrowed Moog Polymoog (returned in 1989)
1991: Yamaha DX-7 ($250, stolen)
1994: Ensoniq VFX ($250, sold 1995)
1997: Kawai K5000S (still own)
2006: Reason
2009: Ableton Live
2010: Waldorf Q (still own)
2012: Yamaha SY-35 (sold, $150); Kord Wavestation SR (sold $150), NI Maschine, NI Komplete
2013: Arturia MiniBrute (sold, $350)
2014: Verbos Composition, Ensoniq VFX (sold, $250), EMU Command Station XL-7
2015: Virus TI, Pulp Logic Lunchbox Traveler DLX, MI Clouds, Ripples, Peaks, Warps, Yamaha SY-22, Roland SP-404

Born in 1963

1978
Hammond L100 plus Leslie 147
1979
Crumar multiman S
Yamaha cs15

1983
Roland SH101
Roland MC202

1988
Roland D50
Yamaha Tx802
Korg Piano C3500

1989
Roland U220

Nothing during 15 years

2010
Nord Stage 2
2011
Nord lead 2x
Matrix 1000 Oberheim
Emu proteus 2000
Roland XV5080

2014
Nord C2 organ
2015
Prophet 08
Roland AX synth Keytar

Currently still having And using
Stage 2, D50, TX802, Nord lead 2X, XV5080, Proteus 2000, Matrix 1000, C2 Nord, Prophet 08, AX synth Keytar.
Always regretted to have sold SH101 and CS15....

I have been in multiple studios for around two decades over the years as an owner and session musician at other studios. Now it's mostly just my home studio. I am going to try and keep the list to synths and stuff I actually owned, although many other synths were around for many years and even though I used them all the time, I didn't actually own them...like a Roland JP8000, Korg DW8000 and a Wurlitzer Electric Piano which I all loved.

1980's (I was craving analog synths but did not have that type of cash)
Casio SK-1
Synsonics Drums (loved that thing)
Korg DDM-110
Korg Poly-61 (I remember the 61M -MIDI- model being available and the salesman asked me if I used computers and I told him "no")
Korg DS-8 (cut my teeth with MIDI on this synth, sold it in 2012)
Yamaha DX7 (bought and sold it to make a few bucks)

1990's
Yamaha SY22 (kinda cheap, but got me through college gigging)
Korg Wavestation (massive flood ruined it)
Ensoniq ASR-10 Rack (still own it with TONS of sounds)
Suzuki Hammond XK-1 (owned for a short time for a tour)
Fender Rhodes Mark V (rare model, lighter in weight for touring purposes, but it lacked the classic bell sound)
Ensoniq TS-12 (cut my teeth learning this piece inside and out along with the ASR-10, loved the key bed)
Novation BassStation Rack (still own it)
Korg Wavestation SR (still own it, missed my Wavestation from years earlier)
Fender Rhodes Mark II (bought for $75 at thrift shop, daddy's junky music store guys were right behind me trying to buy it from me. Sold for around $700 in 2012)
Roland Jupiter 6 (bought it for around $600, still own it with Europa Mod)
EMU Proteus 2000

2000's
Access Virus B
Novation K-Station
Korg Triton 76 Pro
Alesis QS7 (was a practice keyboard for a short time)

2010's
Virus Polar TI2
Korg SV-1 (still own it)
Sequential Prophet 6 (recent purchase, love this thing & still own it)
Yamaha CP50 (practice keyboard, still own it but not attached to it)

Born: 1977

1997

Korg Poly-61
Yamaha RX-11
Boss BX-16 line mixer

1998

Yamaha FB01
Akai s700 sampler and a handful of quickdisks
Roland Juno 106
Effectron II digital delay
Atari 1040ST with Notator
Alesis MMT-8
Alesis Microverb II (which caught on fire one day when I turned it on...RIP)
Roland TR-727

2000

Korg DW-6000
Alesis HR-16
Akai s2800
A second Alesis MMT-8
Behringer Virtualizer

2001 to 2012

Nothing. Gear collected dust for the most part. Took to DJing instead.

2013

Korg MS2000R (a Father's Day present from my wife and kids)

2014

Novation Bass Station 2
Arturia Microbrute

2015

Akai Rhythm Wolf

Born 1959


Hammond T400
Fender Rhodes Suitcase
RA Moog Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mklll
Micromoog
Roland RS-202
Memorymoog
Yamaha DX7
Yamaha KX88
Yamaha TX816
PPG 2.3
Akai S900
Roland MKS-20
Roland MKS-80
Korg EX8000
Korg M1
Casio CZ101
Prophet VS
Akai S1000
Roland JD800
Korg Wavestation SR
Emu Morpheus
Roland JD990
Kawai MP7

Nice history!
What were your thoughts on the "Ensoniq Fizmo"?
Always had a fascination with that synth but only played it once.

70s:
SH-1000
Odyssey
Minimoog
RS-09

80s:
Pro-One
JX-3P to 8P to 10
D-50

90s
Over 100 synthesizers. Yep. "Old" synths were cheap. No MIDI = No value to most people.

2000s
About 20 synths

Lately:
FA-06
Gaia
VR-09
JD-Xi

Soon:
JP-08
JX-03
Sub37 maybe?
What else will come at NAMM?

Here's my list. I'm only listing synths I've actually owned or still own (in bold). I've mostly been using soft synths lately.

Born 1972.

1984-1989:
Yamaha CS-15D
Siel DK80
Korg Polysix
Roland MKS-50
Yamaha DX-9
Roland S-10
Ensoniq ESQ-M
Roland Super-JX 10
Yamaha CS-15D (again)
Korg Poly 800
Roland W-30

1990-1999:
Roland D-5
Roland SC-55
Roland JV-35
Roland Rhodes Model 660

2000-2009:
Roland RS-9
Yamaha Motif 7
Korg Karma
Yamaha Motif-Rack ES
Yamaha PSR-3000
Roland Fantom XR
Korg Triton Rack
Korg Triton Le-88
Ensoniq SQ-1
Korg M3-M
Yamaha Motif XS7

2010-2016:
Nord Electro 3
Roland Fantom X6
Korg Kronos 73
Waldorf Blofeld
Novation Ultranova
Access Virus TI Snow

1991 Boss Dr110
1999 Casio porta something
1999 Korg M1
1999 Roland D110? I cant remember the exact name I left in my car and the thing literally melted
1999 Korg X3
2000 Akai S900
2000 Korg ER1 and EA1
2000 Ensoniq SQ80
2000 TR 606
2000 Ensoniq ESQ-1
2001 Korg S3
2001 MC303
2001 MC505
2001 Korg Prophecy
2001 Akai MPC 60 MK1
2001 Zoom Sampletrack
2002 Fruity Loops and sold all my gear and used Fruity loops for a year
2004 Roland Juno 60
2004 Roland Juno 106
2004 Roland Juno 106
2004 Roland HS 60
2004 Roland Sp808
2004 EA1 and ER1 again as well as ES1
2005 Jomox Xbase 09
2005 Roland Alpha Juno 1
2005 Novation Drum Station
2006 FreeBass383
2007 Alesis Micron
2007 Korg ESX
2007 Sp606
2007 ASRX
2007 Yamaha dx-7
2007 Yamaha An200
2007 Yamaha dx200
2007 Yamaha An200
2007 Roland MC808
2008 MAM Syncussion
2008 Novation X Station
2008 MP7
2008 Ableton Live and sold most all my gear again
2011 Quasimidi Raveolution 309
2012 M Audio Venom
2013 Alesis Micron
2015 TR 8 and TB3
2015 Korg Volca Bass
2015 Waldorf Rocket
2015 MP7
2015 Akai Wolf (shortest purchase and return ever literally took out of the box, hooked up and played with it for about an hour, put back in box and took back)
2015 MV8000
2015 Alesis Micron
2015 x0xb0x
2015 Future Retro Revolution
2015 Eowave Magma
2015 TR 606
2015 Akai Tom Cat
2015 Cyclone TT303

2016 Just bought 3rd MP7 with XL7 Rom its on the way as I type this.

born in 82. i was in a few punk bands in early high school. played bass. right around 98 i went to my first rave and got introduced to trance (among other rave type things). i started mixing records for a bit but i've been a musician at heart since day one, so my vinyl fetish came and went pretty quickly. in the meantime i started making beats on that old rebirth program. switched to fruity loops around version 3 i think. messed around with all the vsts i could find cracks for. right around 03-04 i pretty much stopped writing stuff and went back to mixing, but this time i did it all digitally in acid pro. it was mostly for fun though. got back into fruity loops (or fl studio i guess its called now, lol) around 2010 through 2012 but quickly became tired of feeling like i was just programing songs and so i decided to see what i could do with hardware right around the end of 2013. so, in a general order of appearance-

no longer own-
casio vl-1
volca bass
volca beats
volca keys
mininova
bass station 2
minibrute
meeblip anode
sr16
reface cs
jp-08
tt-303

i also had the three original pocket operators as well an original koassilator, and both the monotron duo and delay

current setup-
monotribe (hooked into microbrute via cv)
microbrute
tr-8
volca sample
oto biscuit (currently in 'der oto' mode)
reface dx
dreadbox hades
korg minilogue

on my buy list-
vermona drm1
twisted electrons acid8
a new bs2 (my only 'i shouldn't have sold that' synth thus far)

...and a nice poly. i can't currently play the keyboard/piano but really want to learn. if i end up learing how to play, im thinking a prophet 6 is in the cards for me, but im still doing research to see what would best suit my needs. as you can probably tell from my history here, i don't have a large music budget. three kids and a wife that loves to travel doesn't help.

i have a **** ton of guitar pedals as well which i didn't list.

Guess I wasn't quite done...

2015 Roland Promars
2015 '73 Minimoog
2015 Linn LM-1
2016 Pulsar 900

Nord Rack 3 [SOLD]
Jomox 888 [For Sale]
Moog Voyager [For Sale]

What a fun thread! Born in 1969.

Casio VL-1 (1980)
Yamaha CS-5 (1985) - played not owned
Roland Juno 106 (1985) - played not owned
Roland Jupiter 4 (1985) - played not owned
Roland Juno 60 (1986)
Yamaha CS-40m (1987)
Moog Source (1987) - played not owned
Roland TR-606 & TB-303 (1989)
Yamaha RX-5 (1991)

<long hiatus, switched to Bass>

Oberheim Matrix-6 (1998)
Roland MKS-80/MPG-80 (2001)
Boss DR-770 (2002)
Oberheim minigrand (2002)
E-my Proteus 2000 with vintage keys and B3 (2003)
Alesis Micron (2005)
Boss DR-220 (2005)
Moog Minitaur (2012)
Moog SubPhatty (2013)
DSI Mopho X4 (2013)

All of the above sold, some regretfully so! Especially my CS-40m. That was an awesome machine!

Current:

DSI Pro2
Moog Wekstatt-ø1
Moog Mother-32
Wall Bass MkII Fretless (1994)

Born 1988
genres: r&b/soul, pop, hip-hop, gospel

2002-radioshack md-1121 (just a practice keyboard these days but holds sentimental value to me)
2005-2006-keyboard hiatus,picked up guitar and bass
2006-reason(including numerous midi controllers)
2009-microkorg (love/hate relationship with this thing, mainly use it for basslines and leads occasionally)
2015-novation ultranova
2016- DSI prophet 12

still own them all

2013 - Today:

MC-303 - sold few months later
XoXBox - sold few months later

Virus Ti2
Maschine MK2
Nord Lead 2X

Elektron MD UW2
Elektron MNM
Volca Bass - sold half year later
Elektron A4
Roland TB-303
Elektron Octatrack
TR-8
DSI Prophet 08 Desktop
MFB Tanzbar
MPC 3000
Korg MonoPoly
Roland Boutique - all of them
Karp Oddysey
TR808

1993 - Korg Poly800
1994 - Yamaha TX81Z & Roland Alpha Juno 2
1995 - TB-303, SH-101, Juno-106, Nord Lead 1
1997 - Korg Prophecy
1998 - Kurzweil K2500
2000 - EDP Wasp, Moog Source
2016 - Korg Minilogue, Waldorf Rocket

Excluding drum machines and all the synths that we have in our studio.

-- The beginner's crappy hardware era --

1996 - Korg Poly 800 (crappy then, crappy now)
1997 - Yamaha CS1x (pretty horrible)
1998 - Roland MC-303 (embarassing)
1999 - Yamaha AN1x (never liked its tone)

-- The completely ITB era AKA "I can do everything with Reaktor and Logic" --

2001 - 2014 No hardware whatsoever, except for several crappy controllers that came and went.

-- The analog resurgence era AKA "you can't do this with software" --

2015 - Moog Slim Phatty (not a single day I haven't loved to death this little thing)
2016 - Korg Polysix (in restoration process, I adore its sound and yep: you can't do this with software)

Born 1989

2004
Yamaha DX7 (first ever synth)
Roland JX-10 (first analog synth)

2005
Alesis SR-16
Akai AX60

2006
Roland Jupiter-4
Yamaha TQ5

2009
Korg 01/WFD
Roland Juno-106

2010
Korg Monotron

2012
Moog/Realistic MG-1
Roland JX-10 (again)

2013
Yamaha DD-5

2016
Korg ARP Odyssey
Korg Volca Beats
Yamaha CS01
Roland JX-03