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The rare and beautiful DX-1.
D6 - DX Synthy
When the DX7 tried to sound "analog", it fell pretty far short of that
goal. However, the sound wasn't uninteresting or useless - this is a
typical DX7 "synth" style sound, particularly good for reggae, of all
things.
D7 - DX Wireclav
Metallic, wirey sound similar to the one from the old 80's John Parr hit
"Naughty Naughty".
D8 – CP70 Electric Grand
When I first moved to L.A. in 1979, I had a Hammond B3, two
Minimoogs, an Elka string machine, and a Baldwin Electropiano in
tow. I thought I had my ticket as a top session player all written out.
Then I went to the Starwood club one night and saw the keyboard
player from John Q. Public (that was the band's name) hammering
away at a Yamaha CP80 with a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synth
on top of it. That was the L.A. keyboard rig at the time. I sold
everything I had and still couldn't come up with enough money for the
CP80, let alone both it and the Prophet 5.
The thing about the CP80 was, it felt like a real piano, because it
pretty much was. Hammers, 88 keys, strings, metal harp. And it
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