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Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309
The Raveolution is wicked with hints of the Roland TB-303 & TR-909 & more.  Lots of knobs to control parameters in real time.  In fact, it is a mixture of analogue synthesizer and samples.  I use it mainly for percussion, but the bass synthesizer is excellent too, and much closer to the Roland TB-303 than the Deep Base 9.  I have the I/O expansion card fitted giving me one stereo plus two mono outputs.  Very useful for adding effects to specific parts.  Unfortunately, it has started to act up, and I have to re-boot the software regularly.  Then it works fine for a while, until the next re-boot.  Well worth it though. 
Zoom RFX-2200
Top in the Rack.  A pretty basic effects processor that does a reasonably good job.  I used it mainly to add effects to those sound modules without built in effects, like the Deep Base 9.  I also use it on the rare occasions that I use a microphone, and sometimes to add an effect across the whole mix during mix-down. 
Behringer Dynamics
Just below the Zoom at the top of the rack.  The MDX2100 Compressor/Limiter/Expander/Gate does a decent job when I need it.  Being midi based, I really do not use it that much except to add effects; for example, using the kick drum to create a "pumping" effect. 
Behringer 2802 Mixer
Bottom of the Rack.  The 2802 is a 28 channel rack mounted mixing desk.  Very quiet pre-amps with good, basic 3-band equalization, and four aux sends.  Being essentially MIDI based, I do not need a lot of advanced features in a mixer; just lots of inputs, a few aux sends and some inserts.  This fit the bill nicely, and has been going strong for 15 years.