I guess everybody has one first love in synths. For me it was the Roland Juno 106. My brother bought one for us some 15 years ago (we still have our band, Velours Perfect, together). I remember the feeling of touching a slider for the first time and making a filter sweep. It was somewhat erotic.

And through the years it was a loyal friend, delivering pads for hundreds of tunes made on our Commodore Amiga 600. It served as ”Hammond organ” for a couple of years in a rock band, and as a Rhodes in a bossa nova band. Later I bought a Viscount DB3 organ module and actually liked the Juno organ sound better. It sounded more lo-fi.

Then I kind of forgot about my Juno some years ago. Today it lies under my bed, waiting for me to change the internal battery. I hate changing internal batteries, and suck at soldering. But that’s no excuse for neglecting my precious, I know. And it makes me sad.

What's your first synth love? Can you forgive me?