New display for your old gear - Go cheap or expensive? @EspenKraft
New display for your old gear - Go cheap or expensive?  @EspenKraft
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
My sound patches: espenkraft.com • You can get fully customised "plug and play" displays that looks fantastic, but cost upwards of $150 or more.
Or, you can buy the cheapest you can find online, do the legwork yourself and it'll cost you less than 10 bucks.
In this video I do just that. I install a very expensive one in my Yamaha QX3 sequencer and I install a very cheap one in my Roland MC-500.

Big thanks to Luxdisplays for the QX3 display.
Check them out here: ebay.com/usr/luxdisplays

Amother big thanks to CPmagnetic media for the floppy emulator. Check them out here:
ebay.com/str/cpmagneticmedia?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211

Also a big thanks to my tech Trond Gribbestad Lund for valuable help.
Check out his great darker synth music here:
trondl.bandcamp.com
mixcloud.com/trondl
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