Having spent my life as a Manchester musician, I would rarely come into contact with vintage synthesizers and drum machines. I started off using software emulations of the Arturia Arp 2600 and Jupiter 8, dreaming one day if owning the hardware and actually playing one in real life. As the prices keep increasing the opportunity to own or even use these iconic instruments becomes further out of reach for the vast majority of musicians.
Manchester has always had a strong electronic scene producing world renowned artists such as New Order and The Chemical Brothers. We have an ambitious project to dust off the cobwebs and put the instruments that shaped the music industry in front of current and future musicians.
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We are a UK based company and our studio is located in the heart of Stockport centre, near Manchester.
We have 280+ synthesisers, drum machines, samplers, effects units dating from the 1950s to present day! These include Moog, Roland, Oberheim, Arp, Octave Plateau, Korg, Linn, Elka, Siel, Alesis, Akai, Kawai, Crumar, Buchla plus many many more.
You can either book in to visit the studio or hire the equipment through our partnerships based in the North West.
All the equipment has been serviced regularly. Though you can never guarantee 100% it will be issue free, we will replace any instrument with a close alternative should anything unexpected arise.
Some of these instruments are 50 years and we expect them to be treated with respect and care as a lot now sit in museums. We aim to have 95% of equipment available at any given time.
