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

[cryophonik]

The UDO Super 6 didn’t really do it for me, so I replaced it with a TEO-5:


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This is such an amazing time for synths

Right?!!! The TEO-5 is everything I anticipated/hoped it would be. It's an instant gratification beast and I already feel like it's going to be one of my most used synths.

[vurt]

my qmmg arrives tomorrow :woohoo!!:

[elxsound]

The mixer above is only available in white at P.C.
But thinking more on my goals and the restrictions of a euro rack case, I wonder if a mixer is really the best solution. I could just get Expert Sleepers' ES-9 and mix in my DAW. I want to be able to pan (noise) hats and other percussion like I do now and adding panning CV and the associated wires and function generators would be extremely complex. Also, doing the whole aux effect send thing with Mnimeophon adds more complexity...
I have been watching the Make Noise YouTube videos recently and he's got quite a complex noodle soup going on...for simple ideas really.
What do the experts on here think?

Mixers are very important in my racks but I don't have a big full featured mixer like the Cosmix or the WMD Performance Mixer. With 3 or 4 simple 4-channel mixers, I can use one for layering oscillators, another for mixing CVs and a pair for sends/returns. Since I frequently use arbitrary feedback in patches, it can be useful to mix signal at several different points in a patch.
So I'm definitely in favor of having mixers in my rack but like elxsound, I tend to feed my voice outputs into an outboard mixer or an audio interface.

Are you using any of these mixers for panning? I keep landing back at x-pan if I don’t use CVilization.

Today I added Mixwitch back in to assist with mixing when needed.

This is where I’m at now, and with space reserved for Bruxa (MmMidi/Data Bender) I don’t have much space to give up.

Ch.Svr (6hp) is one of the last flexible pieces.

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[pekbro]

cold mac makes a good mixer/utility imo.
it doesnt come in black tho.

[elxsound]

cold mac makes a good mixer/utility imo.
it doesnt come in black tho.

I’ll need to check some videos out, but looks like it’s in stock direct, not from scalpers.

Black Face Plate too.
https://morkmodules.com/en-us/products/ ... lack-panel

EDIT: Sounds great, but I think I’d want something simpler, just focused on mixing/panning. Definitely an interesting module.

[elxsound]

The UDO Super 6 didn’t really do it for me, so I replaced it with a TEO-5:


0BFD494F-F1FD-42D5-8C85-97882C43AF91.jpeg

This is such an amazing time for synths

Right?!!! The TEO-5 is everything I anticipated/hoped it would be. It's an instant gratification beast and I already feel like it's going to be one of my most used synths.

And no pressure, but I’m hoping you add a Toneverk

https://synthanatomy.com/2024/09/leak-e ... rizon.html

I should be done with purchases for the year (not including my preorder for Bruxa).

[Constructed Identity]

The UDO Super 6 didn’t really do it for me, so I replaced it with a TEO-5:


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Great, now could you test it for the petal input issue I had. I might have gotten one that was messed up at the store -the protective film over the screen was missing and the box wasn't sealed.
To check switch petal in settings between 'LP full' and 'CC11', I think it ships with it controlling the filter. If you notice a difference in the behavior of things assigned to the petal (expression) either way let me know. You can assign CC11 to VCO1 pitch to be obvious.

Thanks for the help

[Constructed Identity]

The mixer above is only available in white at P.C.
But thinking more on my goals and the restrictions of a euro rack case, I wonder if a mixer is really the best solution. I could just get Expert Sleepers' ES-9 and mix in my DAW. I want to be able to pan (noise) hats and other percussion like I do now and adding panning CV and the associated wires and function generators would be extremely complex. Also, doing the whole aux effect send thing with Mnimeophon adds more complexity...
I have been watching the Make Noise YouTube videos recently and he's got quite a complex noodle soup going on...for simple ideas really.
What do the experts on here think?

Not an expert, but my own take on this is that if my rack is next to my computer, I’d forego that mixer and choose something like OptX or ES-9.

If I were performing I’d want a mixer. Or if you’re dead set on a Dawless setup, like my current semi-modular setup a mixer is helpful. I have 1010music eurorack BlueBox for mixing and recording because I want to turn it on and just make noise.

For the dual Brute Rack that I put away after each use, I prefer to keep the mixer out of it but still use CVilization for panning if I’m recording to a 1/2 input or I’ll use the desktop BlueBox and just record there, then mangle in the box later.

I still might swap CVilization for an OptX later to record directly to the computer, or to Push 3.

Well, I think I just changed my mind before spending money
You're right, no reason to have a big mixer here. I could still get a summing mixer or X-Pan for performance and keep it to 10 hp.

[cryophonik]

The UDO Super 6 didn’t really do it for me, so I replaced it with a TEO-5:


0BFD494F-F1FD-42D5-8C85-97882C43AF91.jpeg

This is such an amazing time for synths

Right?!!! The TEO-5 is everything I anticipated/hoped it would be. It's an instant gratification beast and I already feel like it's going to be one of my most used synths.

And no pressure, but I’m hoping you add a Toneverk

https://synthanatomy.com/2024/09/leak-e ... rizon.html

I should be done with purchases for the year (not including my preorder for Bruxa).

I may also be done for the year. I’ve sold off a bunch of items and added a few new ones (OB-X8, e7, and TEO-5). During my downsizing, I got rid of all of my Elektron boxes except the two that I use consistently - the RYTM mk2 and Digitakt II. I’ll have to wait and see what the Tonverk is, but I currently don’t see myself needing any more grooveboxes or drum machines.

[cryophonik]

The UDO Super 6 didn’t really do it for me, so I replaced it with a TEO-5:


0BFD494F-F1FD-42D5-8C85-97882C43AF91.jpeg

Great, now could you test it for the petal input issue I had. I might have gotten one that was messed up at the store -the protective film over the screen was missing and the box wasn't sealed.
To check switch petal in settings between 'LP full' and 'CC11', I think it ships with it controlling the filter. If you notice a difference in the behavior of things assigned to the petal (expression) either way let me know. You can assign CC11 to VCO1 pitch to be obvious.

Thanks for the help

I’ll have to see if I can find my old expression pedal. I have a ton of sustain pedals and switches, but I only have one expression pedal and haven’t seen it in a while.

[cryophonik]

Found my old Roland EV-5. Polarity set to normal and it works perfectly as set to default (LPF Full) and controls the full range of the filter. When I set it to CC11 and I assign it to another parameter (I used Osc1Freq and a few other parameters), it also worked perfectly. OS1.0.0.

[foosnark]

I definitely agree on the whole utility mixer in the rack, main mixing in the DAW thing.

I don't tend to do much panning in the rack though.

[pekbro]

large mixers can be very cool if you have a lot of rack space. all my mixers impart some analog coloration, also the sends/returns are pretty handy...

[justin3am]

Are you using any of these mixers for panning? I keep landing back at x-pan if I don’t use CVilization.

I don't do much panning in the synth. It tends to limit my options in terms of panning when I'm mixing a track. I do have an X-Pan but I use it more for the crossfaders than for the panning.

When I do panning inside the synth, it's more to split a signal between two parallel signal paths, and for that, I usually use something like the Happy Nerding Dual Xfade. With it's normalled connections, it can act as a single panner, same is true of Doepfer A134-2. This way I don't use up a mixer just for sending/modulating a signal to two different channels.

[elxsound]

Are you using any of these mixers for panning? I keep landing back at x-pan if I don’t use CVilization.

I don't do much panning in the synth. It tends to limit my options in terms of panning when I'm mixing a track. I do have an X-Pan but I use it more for the crossfaders than for the panning.

When I do panning inside the synth, it's more to split a signal between two parallel signal paths, and for that, I usually use something like the Happy Nerding Dual Xfade. With it's normalled connections, it can act as a single panner, same is true of Doepfer A134-2. This way I don't use up a mixer just for sending/modulating a signal to two different channels.

Interesting… I might look into getting ones of those and then keep the 4x Stereo Mix in the rack. CVilization covers lots of Mixwitch plus more so it’s not a keeper. Dual Xfade would add more features I don’t have, plus add more places to plug things in (with 4x Stereo Mix).