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

[Shabdahbriah]

... well dang.

[gjunk]

Would love to replace my Mackie Big Knob with an RME Babyface this year

[WatchTheGuitar]

So I didn’t have Yamaha releasing some kind of TE OP-Z style groovebox on my 2024 bingo card…

Pushing out a highly AWM preset-centric product now just seems a spectacularly odd move. I would love to know if they do any market research.

[egbert101]

The design decisions are mad. I love it. Love all these new groovebox ideas, such as Roland's SH-4d, with better workflows imo.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Actually just watched something else that says it has FM and you can edit the operators (there’s a separate app) so maybe not completely pointless.
The ‘visualizer’ app that effects video based on the audio looks so stupid I kind of like it.

[cryophonik]

So, Yamaha is the new Behringer? I’m ok with that.

I’m seeing a $399 price, which I’m sure will give TE some serious competition.

[egbert101]

I assume it has probability per step (if I am reading the manual correctly) so it may be a nice ambient machine.

https://usa.yamaha.com/files/download/o ... A0_Web.pdf

[WatchTheGuitar]

So, Yamaha is the new Behringer? I’m ok with that.

Well they did have those little minikey Reface devices so it’s not completely out of their wheelhouse just odd how it arrived fully formed with no preamble.

[elxsound]

I really like the Seqtrak, but won’t pick one up. If I was more mobile, I’d get one. It’s pretty feature packed, which would be a good thing for most, but too many features for me considering the limited use it’d get here.

I sold off OPZ and OP1 last year. TE mentioned they’re looking at releasing a OPZ field, but who knows when or what features are included or what astronomical price they’ll assign to it.

Video features look fun, but I barely touched those on OPZ.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Yeah I’m not fussed about a mobile groovebox either. I think if I was after a groovebox, and the Digitakt scratches most of those itches anyway, it would be an MPC One or MC 707.

[Double Tap]

So I didn’t have Yamaha releasing some kind of TE OP-Z style groovebox on my 2024 bingo card…

Pushing out a highly AWM preset-centric product now just seems a spectacularly odd move. I would love to know if they do any market research.

That does look kind of cool. A great thing for your mate to buy, so you can play with it then give it back.

Not sure what you mean about AWM though.

[vurt]

So I didn’t have Yamaha releasing some kind of TE OP-Z style groovebox on my 2024 bingo card…

Pushing out a highly AWM preset-centric product now just seems a spectacularly odd move. I would love to know if they do any market research.

That does look kind of cool. A great thing for your mate to buy, so you can play with it then give it back.

Not sure what you mean about AWM though.

ambient wank machine maybe?

[HOTF]

100% locked in : Upgrading live 11 to 12.

Want but probably won't get cause budget is tight this year : Syntakt or TR8s

[Double Tap]

So I didn’t have Yamaha releasing some kind of TE OP-Z style groovebox on my 2024 bingo card…

Pushing out a highly AWM preset-centric product now just seems a spectacularly odd move. I would love to know if they do any market research.

That does look kind of cool. A great thing for your mate to buy, so you can play with it then give it back.

Not sure what you mean about AWM though.

ambient wank machine maybe?

I've googled and discovered Advanced Wave Memory but your version sounds less messy.

[foosnark]

Thinking really hard about an Auza Wave Packets. I haven't been using my Teletype that much lately, with Bitwig Grid integration pretty much taking over its roles. So that means I might have some space to play with, and while I don't really need anything, something a bit weird that does both modulation and audio and is apparently very well loved by the few people who have one might fit the bill.