2024: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2024)

[henrysworld]

I think I am quite saturated. The Pre Covid years saw some great innovations. Covid and the chip shortage as well as sluggish consumer sentiment have led to less new releases.

There are too many brands out there. And I reckon most of us have a few trusted ones we tend to follow. I’ll just throw in some big and small names here:

For 2023 I was hoping Korg would combine Opsix, Modwave, Wavestate into one Super Device with Poly AT. They could have even merged that with their next Kronos. Instead they released those overpriced SE versions of the individual synths and some lackluster mk2s. I might still be tempted by such a Mega-Korg. And then, what the Korg Berlin team is doing in terms of electro-physical synthesis sounded quite innovative. But so far so quiet.

I would be interested to see what Novation does with the Sequential legacy. Some say the Prophet 12 was Dave Smith’s last visionary synth. Building on that and the Summit, perhaps a premium modern hybrid poly synth would be something to get excited about.

Pittsburgh Modular had a nice run last year. The Taiga is not Lifeforms enough for me though. Also, the menu diving / shift clicking is a bit of a doorstopper for me. The same goes for some of the Dreadbox gear (Nymphes).

Waldorf has delivered with the Iridium and updated Quantum. They could add another or a beefed up synth engine via system update (Arturia is constantly upgrading Pigments).

Roland is a bit stuck in the past, but also good for a surprise. ACB is not dead. A new dual layer synth engine based on ACB with more waveform and modulation options and an even better UI than the System-8 (but without the scene structure of the Jupiter-X) could be an interesting offer. Roland should also seriously upgrade their displays and onboard storage. The patch memory of their flagship models is rather retro.

Moog is undergoing restructuring. Let’s see how this is going to play out. It would be a shame if their production units would be slashed, but in terms of price competitiveness, Moog is far off. This is why Behringer is so successful.

Speaking of which, if Behringer could pool all the knowledge (and building blocks) they have gained replicating synths of yesteryear into an entirely new engine that could turn out quite exciting.

[vurt]

but then you choose a sample and it's not as "lets see what we get..."
i like it, but 25 dollars probably becomes closer to 100 with customs (i may or may not be exaggerating)

https://www.signalsounds.com/moffenzeef ... oise-synth

on its way

first of the year!

[foosnark]

on its way

first of the year!

Does that make me a synthfluencer?

[vurt]

on its way

first of the year!

Does that make me a synthfluencer?

yup, sorry

[foosnark]

Hmm, I don't wear sweaters or have any succulents. Hopefully a hoodie and a green Koosh ball will be close enough

[vurt]

Hmm, I don't wear sweaters or have any succulents. Hopefully a hoodie and a green Koosh ball will be close enough

as long as its not a black hoody?

more importantly, you need to come up with some top ten lists, so i know what else to buy
seriously though, thanks for bringing it up

[McLilith]

on its way

first of the year!

Does that make me a synthfluencer?

Yes, I'm afraid so!

[vurt]

it's here

[ghettosynth]

it's here

congratulations

[vurt]

it's here

congratulations

thanks.
spent the day reading the manual...

[foosnark]

spent the day reading the manual...

[Double Tap]

it's here

congratulations

thanks.
spent the day reading the manual...

That's cheating!

[Shabdahbriah]

Eurorack compatible... $259 pre-order. Considering it.




https://stylophone.com/ds2-pre-order/

[Bombadil]

As per my thread, which will disappear:

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[ghettosynth]

Eurorack compatible... $259 pre-order. Considering it.




https://stylophone.com/ds2-pre-order/

You're late to the party, there's another thread. All the cool kids have already pre-ordered.