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

[Seafire Mk2]

Finally got a Behringer 3 tier stand, £35 Inc p+p on ebay, new in box

Been out of stock everywhere for ages, apart from Gear4Music, who wanted £28 postage from Sweden

Anyway, should make the desk much tidier, and an excuse to but a 3rd unit

( also planning on using it to make a template with my router for future projects )

You'll need 2 stands. One for the 70HP and one for the 80HP units . Actually, I'm pretty sure it's a deliberate ploy from Behringer, otherwise can't see why they'd release 2 different sizes. I'm already resigned to being a willing and susceptible victim. I have 2 x 70HP and 2 x 80HP units, so OBVIOUSLY I can't possibly have a gap on either of them. The bigger units have a reasonable choice - I could get a Proton or a JT2 happily enough, but 70HP is more limiting. The main one left is the ModelD which I don't want .

The only 70HP I want is the Cat.

My stand arrived Thursday so today I'm in the garden making copies with my router. MDF first, got enough for 5 pairs (tho first pair will be templates)

Gonna try some ply and other stuff later (luckily I still get free stuff from a timber yard I worked in 21 years ago )

I'll send you a pair if you want

Going to try clear coat spray, and I think I have a can of black gloss spray somewhere...

[TechHaus]

So far in 2026:
Novation ReMOTE SL 49 w/ Novation carry bag for $50.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen for $25.

I already had a ReMOTE 37, but now I can keep it at home and the 49 can stay at the studio.
And I wanted the smallest portable interface that I could find for cheap, so the Focusrite fits the bill.

[vurt]

queen elmyra.

[jrstrading12]

So far I've bought a M-track solo for $35, a Akai mpk mini play for $75, and i just bought today a Shure sm57 for $50

[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.

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.

I ended up ordering a Leviasynth instead to use as a controller, I also found a good deal on a Korg EX-8000 so I picked it up also.

[DrGonzo]

Not much gets my pulse racing these days , but I have the Akai MPC Sample on pre-order. Looks like it might be the MPC I've been waiting for.

[kritikon]

Seriously thinking about getting a PWM Mantis from Andertons. Currently 599 squids ($1275), which makes it worth doing even including shipping costs/tax across the world etc. Works out at $1850 on my back-of-an-envelope maths. If I got one from Aussie it would be at least $2300, probably more. Can't find a Mantis at under $2k anywhere else. Thoman etc sell them at 1000 squids. That's a spanking deal, and everything I've seen/heard tells me that Mantis = modern OSCar but with 4 voices and better.

Not sure I'm comfortable buying big ticket item 12000 miles away, but I won't get one here.

[cryophonik]

I just bought another Syntakt a few weeks ago to check out the new v1.40 update. It's cool, but it's really just got me GAS'ing for another RYTM mk2, so I'm contemplating making that swap.

[foosnark]

Uh. :gulp:



https://schneidersladen.de/buchla-u.s.a.-ziggy

[Re5etuk]

I’ve only bought Tonverk in the last year . Thomann had a deal ( backpack & cover ) plus they announced investment . I didn’t buy one before that just in case it never had updates and I was left with a buggy mess .

The recent updates have helped . I didn’t return it within 30 days .. I’ve made some nice stuff on it too ( I have lots of other elektron devices too )

[DrGonzo]

I just bought another Syntakt a few weeks ago to check out the new v1.40 update. It's cool, but it's really just got me GAS'ing for another RYTM mk2, so I'm contemplating making that swap.

I started my AR for the first time in almost six months, deciding to make some new sounds for it. I don't know exactly what it is about the AR but the sound is just effing fantastic. Everything sounds better through the AR.

Do it.

[vurt]

Uh. :gulp:



https://schneidersladen.de/buchla-u.s.a.-ziggy

yeah just saw the video, surprise from buchla!
sounds pretty freaking good!

[cryophonik]

Everything sounds better through the AR.

Do it.

Done!

[justin3am]

Some recent projects have left me with some dosh to splash on the studio. Thinking about getting another Focusrite A16r and a few rack processors.
Buzz audio DBC-M, Black Box HG-2 and Hendyamps Michelangelo are on my short list but there are a few other things I’d like to try first.

Also looking at upgrading my Focal Solo6Be monitors with a three-way model. The obvious choice is a pair of Focal Trios but I kinda want to try out a newer pair of PMCs or ATCs. I used to love my Digidesign RM2s which were designed by PMC.

[justin3am]

Uh. :gulp:



https://schneidersladen.de/buchla-u.s.a.-ziggy

This looks pretty cool. Depending on the MIDI implementation, I might get one. Seems like the ideal west-coast flavored voice to pair with my Cirklon.