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

[elxsound]

New additions:

Timiszoara
Koszalin
Gliss (a 2nd one)
1010music BlueBox eurorack version

Tympe Legio running Librae, but I’m not a fan of it. Controlling gain is a bit jumpy quickly, so I’m likely changing this back to something else.

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[cryophonik]

That looks very cool and fun, but where's the spaghetti?!!

[elxsound]

That looks very cool and fun, but where's the spaghetti?!!

The spaghetti got out of control! I should have figured… all the patch points are on the bottom, but everything that connects to it are above the this rack.

SOoooo. Screwdriver time. Moog has these metal plates on the sides that are loose, so it’s a bitch to swap things around, but it’ll make more sense once I get to it.

[Shabdahbriah]

Cool set-up. ^^^ The Koszalin definitely has heavy appeal to me, though I need to listen to more examples and study it more thoroughly, to see where/if it is sooo unique, that it is a better/more versatile choice than two or three Bode 1630's I've been planning on, before it materialized. I dream of feeding and manipulating multiple Bodes with the Qu-bit Synapse.

[foosnark]

Koszalin is cool. Not an everyday module for me and I keep thinking I could just stick with Echobode, but every time I patch it I think "this one stays."

[Shabdahbriah]

^^^ Interesting. (thanks) Echobode (Sonic Charge) is a favorite of mine. Admittedly, a large part/aspect of my intent with the multiple Bodes is running them through my multiple delays. Of which I have a stupid amount of redundancy, because I delays.

[pekbro]

I like my Sketchy Labs Freakshift bode... Though its huge (well deep anyway)...

[elxsound]

Cool set-up. ^^^ The Koszalin definitely has heavy appeal to me, though I need to listen to more examples and study it more thoroughly, to see where/if it is sooo unique, that it is a better/more versatile choice than two or three Bode 1630's I've been planning on, before it materialized. I dream of feeding and manipulating multiple Bodes with the Qu-bit Synapse.

I watched this after I ordered it but this one is lovely. It’s funny he mentions wanting it after watching Blush Responses’ video where I kept thinking he was using it wrong the whole time.


In general I don’t think frequency shifters are every day effects, but I love pitch shifting and thought it made good sense mixing it with b2600, Strega, DFAm and Labrynth.

The switch for constraining/expanding the knob range is a great touch. I’m not familiar with Bode 1630, but I’m gonna check it out and hope I don’t like it more than Koszalin!

Edit: I see now, it’s the Behringer 1630 Moog repro in miniature form. Damn the OG is huge.

I think Koszalin covers 1630 and than adds more. Scale switch replaces the knob on the 1630.

[pekbro]

@elxsound, is that the same bluebox you had before or did you get another one?

[elxsound]

@elxsound, is that the same bluebox you had before or did you get another one?

I got another. I’m likely going to sell the desktop BlueBox. Adding the second 3 tier stand took away my spot for the desktop one and a good used deal popped up at just the right time.

[pekbro]

@elxsound, is that the same bluebox you had before or did you get another one?

I got another. I’m likely going to sell the desktop BlueBox. Adding the second 3 tier stand took away my spot for the desktop one and a good used deal popped up at just the right time.

Cool, I was thinking maybe it was convertible or something. Haven't followed them in a while.

[WatchTheGuitar]

This new module, Vinia from Tesseract Modular, looks like it’s based on the hardware required by the forthcoming souped up 8 channel version of Ornament & Crime but it’s not quite as compelling a proposition despite offering a bunch of functionality in a reasonable module size.
That each channel can be a separate sample makes me think I could swap out my 1010 Micro for this though.

[elxsound]

@elxsound, is that the same bluebox you had before or did you get another one?

I got another. I’m likely going to sell the desktop BlueBox. Adding the second 3 tier stand took away my spot for the desktop one and a good used deal popped up at just the right time.

Cool, I was thinking maybe it was convertible or something. Haven't followed them in a while.

Man, I wish! That would have been cheaper to have easily swappable desktop/eurorack options.

The biggest difference is the USB-C vs USB-A. Otherwise they operate the same.

[whyterabbyt]

This new module, Vinia from Tesseract Modular, looks like it’s based on the hardware required by the forthcoming souped up 8 channel version of Ornament & Crime but it’s not quite as compelling a proposition despite offering a bunch of functionality in a reasonable module size.
That each channel can be a separate sample makes me think I could swap out my 1010 Micro for this though.

That's quite interesting. Wonder what its based on, platform-wise. Tesseract stuff is pretty good value for the money, wonder how this would compare to the new O&C pricewise.

[psycho45039]

This is not all from this year alone but from the 18 months and I'm hoping to have it filled by the end of the year. I have a second Quadrax and QX expander on the way. Then there are only 5 Modules to go to fill it. The plan is a Hexinverter Mindphaser, a Make Noise Spectraphon, and the three from Noise Engineering, Basimilus, Cursus and Manis Iterates Alia.