2022 Gear: Hits and Misses

I haven’t seen one for 2022 yet, if it exists already I apologize! I always get a real kick out of this thread every year and love reading people’s posts!

Anything you bought in 2022 counts!

Big Hits:

Modern Sounds Pluto
Majella Implexus
Impulse Command Station
Roland T-8 Aira
Polyend Play
op-1 field
Bastl Soft pop 2
Bastl Thyme
Vermona 14
Korg 700fs

Misses:

Yamaha Rm1x
Oto Biscuit
Suhr Discovery Analog Delay
Benidub Digital Echo
Behringer Cat

On the fence:

Sp404 mk2
Leploop v3

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Do you mean stuff you owned/acquired in 2022 or including those released/you tested in shops in 2022?

Anything you bought in 2022

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This thread is going to turn into a gas refinery. Gonna keep my distance. :slight_smile:

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Hit - Perkons

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Smart move, not gonna lie

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Hits:

Virus TI polar
Elektron Digitone
Moog grandmother
Korg minilouge XD

Misses:

Waldorf iridium (way too buggy, Kernel mode is too menu divey for something with so many knobs and a big touch screen)

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Hit : Mirack (its really that good.)

Miss : Electribe 2, nothing wrong with it as such, I just dont get along with it.

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This has been a low-gear year. I’m really comfortable with my setup.

Hit: Syntakt, Pro-3.

Miss: various Eurorack modules (Zadar, Hysteria, SampleDrum, Hector, others). Sold it all. Minibrute 2s (2nd time).

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I’ve tried to be very careful about my purchases so I’ll just note a Hit:

TipTop Buchla - very very happy with the cost, construction and sound.

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Hits: Access Virus Ti2 Darkstar. Roland Jupiter-XM and Native Instruments Maschine MK3.
Misses: Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol, Roland JD-Xi, Roland SP-404 MKII and Roland T-8.

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Hits:
Syntakt
Morningstar ML10X
Baklengs
OBNE Float

Misses:
Habit

I did alright this year in the restraint department.

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It’ll be interesting to see if this thread gets as many responses as other years given the no gear year some people pledged.

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Hit: 1010music Lemondrop :lemon:

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Hit: Sequential Take 5

That was all I bought.

Although the take 5 was hit and miss. Sounds and feels amazing but I had to send the mainboard for repair.

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Hit: Waldorf m
Cirklon 2
Roland cloud ultimate membership

Miss
SSL annual plug-ins subscription. I ended up using sonible plug ins more often

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Bearly any purchases this year…

But one of the biggest Hits i have ever purchased

…a 2nd hand AHmki

No misses, but no other significant purchases…

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i feel like i’ve seen this thread before

Hit:
Waldorf M
P12
Take-5 (round 2)
856 for zellersasn
strymon deco mk2
syntakt
2nd digitakt
4th or 5th digitone(?)
1010 blackbox
alesis wedge

Miss:
matriarch
subsequent 25
boss eq-200 (for synth)
presonus studiolive ar16c
2nd behringer model d

re-bought a lot of things this year.

behringer monosynths are a tough one. i think i bought some this year but i wouldnt call most of them misses. i just feel like its so easy to re-sell or return behringer stuff because it sticks out as “cheap” in the back of your mind no matter how it sounds. i liked the cat, the k2, the pro 1, and the model d. but didnt hold onto any of them. considering another pro 1. sounds incredible. dont think ill ever sell the crave. little bit of an off-topic tangent, but it does relate to my hits/misses line of thought when re-evaluating what i bought and kept this year

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Hits: None
Misses: None

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HIT :boom:

Prophet REV 2
Joué Play

MISS :poop:

komplete kontrol s49 mk2 (in fairness, was good but needed the room).

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