Buying same gear a 2nd or 3rd time - why do that?

[korpinen]

A couple of threads here that work as ”meetings”.

Anti-GAS

I know we all usually get GAS with new product announcements, but does anyone look at a new piece of gear and think “Might be cool, but no way I’d want to learn another workflow on top of what I have now.”? Recently saw an MC707 for a decent price and while looking at all the buttons and functions had this feeling. Maybe I’m finally ready to minimize my setup. Just thinking out loud I suppose.

A GAS anecdote

I often watch youtube on my TV at night, just lazily browsing through various synth videos, and because I don’t like typing in search with the TV remote (yep, I’m lazy) I often just allow whatever video follows to play, if it isn’t interesting to me I just skip and the next one starts playing. Anyway, one of the videos that came up was a demo of the ALM Squid Salmpler, a very fine looking sampler module, with lots of cool features. I wasn’t particularly looking to buy a Eurorack sampler, but it…

I actually think Elektronauts is probably as ”healthy” in this respect as a gear forum can be. Often when people ask if they should buy this or that, soon enough they get the reply ”don’t buy anything, spend more time with your current gear.” Still can’t help it, getting new gear every now and then is fun but getting too many new pieces in a short period of time just brings anxiety and is counterproductive in every possible way.