2026: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2026)

[vurt]

im sure, as ever, im still one cable short

[Shabdahbriah]

^^^ nice squiggly toroidal image But, $60 shipped to here.

yeah, probably not as worth a punt
id imagine stores over there do similar?

I'd imagine so, but with very few exceptions I've gotten my 3mm cable needs met by cable specific (wholesale) suppliers for ages.

im sure, as ever, im still one cable short

Indeed... the inevitable smiles upon us all.

[vurt]

im hoping my recoder from game changer will be soon too!
got an email to check details for shipping, with 2 weeks for anyone to update, so soon after that if all goes well

my assembler, well, who knows?

[Shabdahbriah]

The 'recoder' looks like a lot of fun, but thankfully, I never got into pedals beyond a single korg expression pedal.

[Korg Supporter]

I'm thinking of getting a Keystep Mk2 37 for my Novation Peak for sequencing, making it more fun to use like the Minilogue XD. I was considering the Sequential Fourm as a controller for sequencing and poly aftertouch, but $800-1000 seems a bit much for a 4-voice analog synth. The Launchpad Pro Mk3 has 4 tracks of sequencing and polyphonic aftertouch, but I prefer playing on traditional keys (I had the Launchpad before). Has anyone had experience with the Keystep Mk 2, and are the keys better than the Mk1? And I know that it only has channel aftertouch.

[vurt]

The 'recoder' looks like a lot of fun, but thankfully, I never got into pedals beyond a single korg expression pedal.

so glad i went for it, was thinking "maybe next year when it's released..."
then just preordered after receiving some unexpected cash (the best kind) and forgot about it...
then got an email saying they'd decided to just do the orders they'd already received and not do a general release.

[Shabdahbriah]

The 'recoder' looks like a lot of fun, but thankfully, I never got into pedals beyond a single korg expression pedal.

so glad i went for it, was thinking "maybe next year when it's released..."
then just preordered after receiving some unexpected cash (the best kind) and forgot about it...
then got an email saying they'd decided to just do the orders they'd already received and not do a general release.

Whoa! Super cool for YOU.

[vurt]

The 'recoder' looks like a lot of fun, but thankfully, I never got into pedals beyond a single korg expression pedal.

so glad i went for it, was thinking "maybe next year when it's released..."
then just preordered after receiving some unexpected cash (the best kind) and forgot about it...
then got an email saying they'd decided to just do the orders they'd already received and not do a general release.

Whoa! Super cool for YOU.

yup

[WatchTheGuitar]

All purchases on the back burner until I finish exploring my greatest bit of GAS ever, the recent good luck I had with a pension fund I’d forgotten about seems to have made it possible to afford my own place for the first time, something I thought I’d lost the chance to do.
And if it all works out.. a lot more space for lovely gear in the future. Still months away but making progress.

Just had my offer accepted on a house. It’s not any bigger in floor space than the one I’m renting now but it is detached so that’s a nice upgrade from a mid terrace which should mean no worried about annoying neighbours with my music or me getting annoyed by theirs.

And now I have been told there’s a bunch of hand sitting ahead as it takes months to get finalised.

Meanwhile I will have dreamy dreams about being able to house a real drum kit and a big old Ampeg bass amp etc.

So I bought that house and picked up the keys today.

As I’m now a few hundred thousand quid in debt I wonder… what new shit can I get GAS about?

[Kalamata Kid]

Interested in the Lumatone
https://www.lumatone.io/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Lumatone+revi ... ave&ia=web

[Cranky Man]

If they had MPC Sample in store I'd already buy it. Sucker for small boxes that do beep, beep.

[psycho45039]

Am I crazy for thinking this? I've been looking to get a new main controller keyboard but none of them really do anything from and have features that I would most likely never use. So I saw Sweetwater has the B UB-Xa on sale for $899 and am thinking that would make a nice controller, 61 key poly aftertouch keyboard with an analog synth for not much more than controller.

[justin3am]

My Sidrax Organ arrived and boy this thing is sensitive/expressive and confounding! It reminds me of a cross between the Lyra-8 and Landscape Stereo Field. It’s very easy to get chaotic but it’s got some really beautiful tones too.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Am I crazy for thinking this? I've been looking to get a new main controller keyboard but none of them really do anything from and have features that I would most likely never use. So I saw Sweetwater has the B UB-Xa on sale for $899 and am thinking that would make a nice controller, 61 key poly aftertouch keyboard with an analog synth for not much more than controller.

I don’t know how pricing on used keyboards works in the US but in the UK a few months ago I managed to pick up a mint condition Korg Keystage 61 for £230. Not only does it have poly aftertouch it’s also MIDI 2.0 so with the right DAW will auto align automation controls with the encoders.

[vurt]

Cre8audio programm will be here next week, still waiting in assembler