2025: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2025)

[seafire]

Yeah, it's dangerous as hell.

i can imagine, many years ago, i worked opposite a comic and collectables shop.
needless to say where my pay packet ended up...

Local dealers pocket?

[vurt]

Yeah, it's dangerous as hell.

i can imagine, many years ago, i worked opposite a comic and collectables shop.
needless to say where my pay packet ended up...

Local dealers pocket?

ok, that is true, a fair bit went to him too

[seafire]

Support your local businesses

[havran]

This year, just a UAD Volt 1 interface. I also recently upgraded my tower PC (mobo, CPU, extra RAM).

[justin3am]

Yeah, it's dangerous as hell.

i can imagine, many years ago, i worked opposite a comic and collectables shop.
needless to say where my pay packet ended up...

Local dealers pocket?

Oh geez, if there was a dispensary next door to Perfect Circuit, I'd really be in trouble!

It's a neat spot. Their employees are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Lots of stuff on display and hooked up to be played with. When I go at lunch time there are rarely people there and I can just jam away for a while.
After 5pm or so it gets packed and my social anxiety kicks in. I've opened the door, seen more than 10 people inside and walked right back out, lol!

[elxsound]

^^^ 'Perfect Circuit' (large shop) is not that far from him (IIRC).

I'd love to live next door to some place like Sweetwater, Perfect Circuit, B&H Photo, etc.

B&H is hectic. One of the attractions is the conveyer belt system above with orders making their way to check out, but it's noisy. Then its a small area for music gear, with a small back room for speakers. At times, lots of people in and out. The bigger areas are for camera equipment and consumer grade electronics.

Perfect Circuit looks great though.

[stoopicus]

Swapping out my Bitwig Connect 4/12 for an Audient EVO 16.

[stoopicus]

^^^ 'Perfect Circuit' (large shop) is not that far from him (IIRC).

I'd love to live next door to some place like Sweetwater, Perfect Circuit, B&H Photo, etc.

B&H is hectic. One of the attractions is the conveyer belt system above with orders making their way to check out, but it's noisy. Then its a small area for music gear, with a small back room for speakers. At times, lots of people in and out. The bigger areas are for camera equipment and consumer grade electronics.

Perfect Circuit looks great though.

Living an easy train ride from Ochanomizu is brutal on the wallet, especially for guitar and bass.

[felis]

In the last couple months, I bought a lot of used Yamaha electronic drum stuff.
Not a full set, but have been piecing odds and ends together.
So far, just a bit over $1k into it, but it's set up like I want it.

[ghettosynth]

Norcal recently got a Micro Center. Not close enough for lunchtime drop in, but close enough for a day trip to pick up important, and yes, very VERY needed, computer components. I SAID I NEED THEM OK! The word is NEED, stop giving me that look.

Sadly nothing like Perfect Circuit nearby. We have/(had?) some modular shops in the "region", but, the idea that I NEED modular gear is a bit rich, even for me.

[foosnark]

Got my CVz, and of course it's good.

...and now I'm thinking about multitap delays with multiple outputs, to go along with this whole theme. I used to want the Sputnik 4-tap, but it's big and probably not the best of options overall.

Xaoc Sarajevo seems sounds gorgeous and 3 taps is nice...

But while Veno-Echo is dual rather than multitap, it is cleverly designed, extremely versatile, has a different enough feature set from Mimeophon to more than justify it, and also sounds flipping awesome. Divkid's video may have sold me on it.

But, Multimod itself can act as a multitap delay and I'm playing with that a bit first.

[vurt]

[Constructed Identity]

Got my CVz, and of course it's good.

...and now I'm thinking about multitap delays with multiple outputs, to go along with this whole theme. I used to want the Sputnik 4-tap, but it's big and probably not the best of options overall.

Xaoc Sarajevo seems sounds gorgeous and 3 taps is nice...

But while Veno-Echo is dual rather than multitap, it is cleverly designed, extremely versatile, has a different enough feature set from Mimeophon to more than justify it, and also sounds flipping awesome. Divkid's video may have sold me on it.

But, Multimod itself can act as a multitap delay and I'm playing with that a bit first.

Sarajewo is mostly about panning the taps, the filter disappointed me and that’s why I’m selling mine. The unperson has a nice effects rack video I watched over the weekend.

[foosnark]

Sarajewo is mostly about panning the taps, the filter disappointed me and that’s why I’m selling mine. The unperson has a nice effects rack video I watched over the weekend.

I've been kind of reconsidering the delay thoughts today anyway. I'm not sure a relatively straightforward delay is all that exciting with this "split and merge" patching -- it's just overcomplicated ping-pong. It's better with filters or pitch shifting/pitch differences.

And that got me thinking about getting a Three Sisters again.

But I also recalled seeing that Tom Erbe is working on a new, non-NUSS thing for Make Noise, so maybe I should just sit tight and see what that is...

[Constructed Identity]

Well, it all depends on how important having total control is. I like Echo Cinematic more, but no panning taps, it’s a great delay+reverb in a totally different way than Desmodus Versio. I’ll likely never part with that one.