2022: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2022)

[pekbro]

Doh, a little impulse buy here.
Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII Pre-order.

[whyterabbyt]

very exciting stuff like : a replacement 10U 19" rack, and some more switched 4-way multiblocks, now in place, plus a 3u 19" rack shelf, and a multi-pedal power supply still to come at the end of the week.

[elxsound]

Doh, a little impulse buy here.
Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII Pre-order.

I haven’t placed an order and I can’t decide if that’s something I’ll regret.

It’s a great sound, improved with added types for degradation and now in stereo. I just have my eyes set on Bim, Boum and possibly Elektron’s Analog Heat.

I decided to sleep on it and decide in the morning, but I still can’t decide! I think the biggest thing for me is deciding how often I want this type of effect and if I really need it in hardware form.

[pekbro]

I haven’t placed an order and I can’t decide if that’s something I’ll regret.

It’s a great sound, improved with added types for degradation and now in stereo. I just have my eyes set on Bim, Boum and possibly Elektron’s Analog Heat.

I decided to sleep on it and decide in the morning, but I still can’t decide! I think the biggest thing for me is deciding how often I want this type of effect and if I really need it in hardware form.

Yeah I get that, I've just wanted one for a while and was pretty annoyed that they were impossible to get, or being sold for near $1k or whatever on reverb. With welcome new features and actual availability, I just said screw it and paid up.

Fortunately, I am certain that I will like it, since I like everything pretty much.

[elxsound]

I haven’t placed an order and I can’t decide if that’s something I’ll regret.

It’s a great sound, improved with added types for degradation and now in stereo. I just have my eyes set on Bim, Boum and possibly Elektron’s Analog Heat.

I decided to sleep on it and decide in the morning, but I still can’t decide! I think the biggest thing for me is deciding how often I want this type of effect and if I really need it in hardware form.

Yeah I get that, I've just wanted one for a while and was pretty annoyed that they were impossible to get, or being sold for near $1k or whatever on reverb. With welcome new features and actual availability, I just said screw it and paid up.

Fortunately, I am certain that I will like it, since I like everything pretty much.

Yeah can’t go wrong.

It’s gonna be a great pedal and that 1K price tag was annoying.

FOMO.

[itanever]

My Deluge arrived today.

[WatchTheGuitar]

After a lot of umming and arring I ended up just buying another Eurorack Go.
I don’t like the sliding nuts and the bottom 3u is pretty shallow, but can’t argue with the 3A power supply or 280hp of space for £240. I will fill a lot of it straight away by rehoming my Neutron and Model D.

I also managed to get an order in for a Tenderfoot Quad Quantizer. I was using an ornament and crine for it, but it’s a little too menu divey plus I want to free it up to use some of the other stuff it does.

[vurt]

we all umm and ahh, then add more rack space/guitars/pedals...

someone should make an umm and ahh sample pack, then we could save time and just buy the stuff.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Yeah, though I was always getting another rack, but was toying with a Mantis, Eowave or Doepfer one, just seems the Eurorack Go offers best bang for buck.

Even if it is made from the tears of Chinese puppies. Probably.

[vurt]

ah i see, makes sense.
sadly weren't a thing when j was looking at racks. the mantis offered best power for someone who didn't have a clue about all the power ratings, specifically designed for modern digital power drainers.

i was more pissed off about the covers, first two racks, got them, 25 quid a pop, not too bad for keeping dust off when not in use(and spiders) went to get one for the third, 50 quid
not like the cost of plastic doubled in that time.

[Shabdahbriah]

And then, someone finally elaborates on how versatile this is (whether just starting out, or well kitted-out), with a decent walk-through.

[Shabdahbriah]

Yeah, though I was always getting another rack, but was toying with a Mantis, Eowave or Doepfer one, just seems the Eurorack Go offers best bang for buck.

It does. (and it doesn't have those pointless buttassugly no-reason or purpose visually distracting and therefore annoying raised 'curves' on the outer edge of the top 3U, like the "could never-ever-ever buy one" 'cuz I couldn't stand to look at it, bug named one does)

Did you manage to get your 'go' mounted in your a-frame?

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the bottom 3u is pretty shallow

... scroll-saw. Then screw some appropriately raised rubber speaker foot pads into the existing pad mounting points (if you are using it on a table/desk.) Or a nice boxed frame, of adequate height, that it could sit on. Measured right, four of these pads would hold it in place nicely.

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[foosnark]

It does. (and it doesn't have those pointless buttassugly no-reason or purpose visually distracting and therefore annoying raised 'curves' on the outer edge of the top 3U, like the "could never-ever-ever buy one" 'cuz I couldn't stand to look at it, bug named one does)

If I remember right from when I had one, there are big-ass capacitors for the PSU in there, where they're out of the way of modules.

I didn't mind the shape of the Mantis, I just didn't like the "cheap Dell from 1993" color of the plastic and seriously thought about wrapping mine in gaffer tape. But they come in black now.

[Shabdahbriah]

It does. (and it doesn't have those pointless buttassugly no-reason or purpose visually distracting and therefore annoying raised 'curves' on the outer edge of the top 3U, like the "could never-ever-ever buy one" 'cuz I couldn't stand to look at it, bug named one does)

If I remember right from when I had one, there are big-ass capacitors for the PSU in there, where they're out of the way of modules.

I didn't mind the shape of the Mantis, I just didn't like the "cheap Dell from 1993" color of the plastic and seriously thought about wrapping mine in gaffer tape.

And THAT!!!

This is the 'design aesthetic' I cringe over. Trivial though it be, it just makes me want to take a sledge-hammer to it.

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But they come in black now.

Indeed.... and they are making some very intriguingly awesome Buchla modules.

... aside from that. I'm feeling the need for one o'deezes.

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(Seagate FireCuda 530 1TB Solid State Drive - M.2 PCIe Gen4)

[foosnark]

Just one? You should get a whole camtono of them