2022: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2022)

[Shabdahbriah]

Y'know when you're scrolling a thread and the screen clips it so you just see part of a post, and wonder to yourself when did I post that(?), and then you scroll further and see it wasn't you?

(the last bit by vurt)

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[vurt]

Y'know when you're scrolling a thread and the screen clips it so you just see part of a post, and wonder to yourself when did I post that(?), and then you scroll further and see it wasn't you?

(the last bit by vurt)


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i call it zen guitar/bass.
let it be what it needs to be.

[foosnark]

Couple of fun things to do with Strega:

- run the subharmonics output through something to multiply the frequency (a tempo-synced LFO or two in series, Tides, Kermit, Sync3, whatever) and use that as another voice. It wobbles all over but complements the main oscillator pitch, sort of.
- and then you can use the 2nd CV output to control a VCA for that wobbly voice... it just sort of does its own thing.

Also:

- feed the headphone output back to the audio in. Turn decay all the way up, but use the envelope follower CV to negatively modulate it, so it's self-damping.

[elxsound]

Bought a MyVolts Ripcord for the Digitakt. Now I'm mobile!

[pekbro]

^^ Nice, never went for the Digitakt myself as the Model Samples was really quite good I thought.
Also I have that Isla S2400 thing, which I still need to figure out completely. DIgitakt looks fun though.

[elxsound]

^^ Nice, never went for the Digitakt myself as the Model Samples was really quite good I thought.
Also I have that Isla S2400 thing, which I still need to figure out completely. DIgitakt looks fun though.

I don’t think I ever gave Model:Samples a chance!

I was never looking for a sampler. I thought Blackbox was going to do what I needed but IMO it’s cumbersome as anything other than loop recording and loop triggering.

For Samples and Cycles, I kept hearing about the pads being too firm and simply wrote them off.
Then I started watching someone program the Digitakt and was blown away by how quick the results were.

I don’t like the clacking sound of the “pads” but it’s a fair trade off for speed.

Now that I’m getting used to it I’m seeing all the comments of why would you buy a Digitakt when you can have most of the functionality in Samples!

It’s okay though. I think I’ll be using the MIDI tracks and I’ve been heavily using all 8 tracks so far.

I still haven’t loaded custom content on it yet, but I’m getting there.

I like the workflow so much that I hate to say it, but I’ll likely get Digitone by the end of the year too.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Just ordered an MS-20 style filter on spec from Hampshire Electronics, £69 with shipping, looks like it has a decent amount of control over tracking and you can normal it to bandpass. They do a version for a tenner cheaper, but it’s 20hp wide. Will let you know how it sounds.

https://hampshireelectronics.co.uk/prod ... le-in-10hp

Also ordered a 2600 vco which takes me to 6 vco and 6 vcf which takes me to the limit of what I can export audiowise directly into my pc without further spending though I get some wiggle room with Elektron units and their external inputs.

[vurt]

ooh nice! i like that both high and lo pass are usable together

[resynthesis]

So the Swart Atomic Jr I got sounds incredible. Well worth the money IMO.

*It's pretty loud, don't let the low power fool you, definitely a great bedroom amp, or
even a small venue if you want.

I'm jealous

[pekbro]

So the Swart Atomic Jr I got sounds incredible. Well worth the money IMO.

*It's pretty loud, don't let the low power fool you, definitely a great bedroom amp, or
even a small venue if you want.

I'm jealous

It really is excellent, much like you had said about Swart. I love it and feel like I should never need another amp. I couldn't recommend them more if your country ever eases up on import fees and whatnot or one ever turns up used over there for a reasonable price.

Just got my order in for the padded cover they make for it and think I am definitely going to need to get the attenuator as I really can't turn it up past 2 or 3 without disturbing the neighbors.

[WatchTheGuitar]

The 2600 vco arrived so of course I had to immediately mix all four outputs plus FM into a big sound.
Impressed especially by the pulse output, gets phat, and the tuning stability is rock solid which I wasn’t expecting. What this has shown me is inevitably I need a shit load more patch leads.

[pekbro]

The 2600 vco arrived so of course I had to immediately mix all four outputs plus FM into a big sound.
Impressed especially by the pulse output, gets phat, and the tuning stability is rock solid which I wasn’t expecting. What this has shown me is inevitably I need a shit load more patch leads.

I'm surprised Behringer doesn't come out with a cheap line of patch cables. F*ck, I might even buy those if they did...

[Shabdahbriah]

I'm surprised Behringer doesn't come out with a cheap line of patch cables. F*ck, I might even buy those if they did...

Indeed. I'll take 100 of these, the instant they are available.

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[foosnark]

Those tiny Microbrute patch cables were great! The white braided ones that came with the Minibrute 2S aren't too bad (a little more practical for a lot of things) but they don't quite have the same appeal.

In not super exciting new hardware news, I ordered a bunch of red Bananuts. I got them to help clarify the outputs on the Strega a little, but after a few more hours with it there's no confusion anyway. But they look sharp on a black panel module (I have them on the outputs of my Mimeophon). I'll put them on the Minibrute too just for the hell of it.

[WatchTheGuitar]

The ones that come with the Korg MS-20 Mini are great, but not available from them directly