Fucking eBay.

I'm betting the reason I haven't had a cheque for the Roland JD800 is...

That the zero-feedback buyer bought a cheaper, without cards one 20 minutes later.

I have sent them a nice email pointing out that I will be happy to deliver the synth and collect payment in cash on my way past, and if they would like I will include a MIDI lead to allow them to connect both their JD800s together.

If I don't get an email in response to that, then I shall call them. And then leave -ve feedback.

I really do not want to have to be the sort of person that has "No zero feedback bidders" in the auction listing.

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Southall Street, Manchester.

That'd be HM Prison Manchester. Better known as Strangeways.

Redesigned studio

Things seem to be working a LOT better now:

Master keyboard - MIDI 1 - Korg Trinity Pro X
Roland JX10 - MIDI 2 (Will be sold, Nova does the same things)
Roland D-50 and PG 1000 - MIDI 3 (Should be sold, a bit unsure)
Korg Wavestation - MIDI 4 - also connected to audio send/return Bus 5, might connect to 6 too
Waldorf Pulse Plus - MIDI 5 - hooked to patchbay for audio in and considering how to connect CV/Gate out to sample/delay rack
Supernova II - MIDI 6 - no use made of audio inputs yet
Roland JV-50 - MIDI 7

Waiting to be hooked up: Akai CD3000XL - it has an SP/DIF connection so can go direct to computer's audio interface.

Random: Drumtraks, Roland Juno 6, the latter being provisionally sold. GR77b is back in the studio for playing with whilst it is relisted. Jen SX1000.

Effects - all patched in. Now able to easily repatch vocals through AVP-1 or valve-esque compressor, can patch the former as side-chain on the latter too.

Desk: Much simplified inputs. Don't need a 48-channel one really.

The Wavestation's backlight has gone - I think the replacement is in a box in Birmingham, along with my soldering iron and kit. Aside from that it's pretty certain to stay part of the setup. The JV-50 may be replaced with a Roland JV sound module, either used JV1080 or 1010 (2080s are still too expensive and I'd end up wanting all the cards to go in them).

It doesn't feel like I got rid of a lot, yet the studio feels much more efficient and user friendly. Now all I need to do is sort out some way of having speakers either side of the Trinity so I can hear what I'm doing whilst actually playing.