I grew a beard.
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a few Axolotis. this matters )
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ā¦ if I donāt like it I can get my money backā¦
Or treat any loss as a rental feeā¦
ā¦ I can return it in xxxx days (whatever store policy might be) if I donāt like it .
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I frequently think of all the things I havenāt bought, saving insane amounts of money in the process, which, of course, deserves a reward.
Another one is slowly approaching the amount of money Iām ready to spend, along the lines of ā if x ā¬ is ok, x+y ā¬ is ok, tooā, can be repeated until a Moog One or the latest IPad Pro doesnāt look so outrageous anymore. Unfortunately, I have a strong tendency to go for top of the line stuffā¦
Ah, the miracle that the human psyche isā¦
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I only live once, so there is no possibilitie to take the money with meā¦ Better spend it now than never ;)ā¦
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āBuy cheap, buy twiceā 
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Itās almost Xmas anyway! 
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Also a lot of these sub 1000 dollar toys and many 500 dollar toys are deeper than we think. The way the market is setup is instead of spending 1200 on a solid synth you can spend 700 on a mono synth that is paraphonic and 500 on a basic analog drum machine. Two devices made by different manufacturers and you spend more time figuring out your setup rather than playing.
Just an after thought. Who am
I to complain about low price gear?
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I hear you. What I meant to say, though was that I easily fall for being upsold stuff. If I wanted a Prologue for example, Iād never get the 8 voice, just because thereās also the 16 voice, which I may not even need - but what if?
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Oh yea. What if I play 16 notes at once? You wonāt. What if I run out of polyphony ? You wonāt ? Hahaha. A lot of these patches take the headroom out where if you used all 16 voices your song would just be a synth track with drums almost down to 0. 
Yeah, but letās face it: that mono station is a much better light show than a virus.
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Maybe a solo synth reprise within a track? Really drag the atmosphere out
Edit: itās not a matter if you need all 16 voices. Itās a matter of- what if you need 9 voices
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then, Blofeld is a toy. OK.
but how did you know that i want second Blofeld? 
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All the time companies try to sell me stuff through commercials, social media, email, even at the gas station (real gas station I mean) and telling me that I need all that stuff or that it is 50% off, etcā¦ Trying to trick me all the time and manipulate my mind (even my unconscious mind) into sneaky ways of commercialism and let me buy all that stuff.
Therefore I always try to be one step ahead of them, and just buy it before they can even put it on meā¦that how I still feel I am at least in control.
And yes, I always leave the gas station with 2 milky-way bars instead of 1, but at least I can enjoy the smug on the face of the guy behind the counter
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Youāre a hero to us all.
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My bad. Let me clarify. I think that since there are many good boxes that are small in size people refer to them as Toys. Self included. Then you realize how deep those boxes can get. Itās easy to disregard a lot of them since they go on sale so often and are small in size. The small size makes you feel like you should fill another space in your performance desk.
Hopefully that makes sense.
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on the other hand, quite a lot of people prefer small boxes for portability reasons, e.g. for touring.
for me, size matters. smaller is better ) before buying Yamaha RM1x, i kept whole live rig packable to a 40L backpack. someday iāll buy Squarp Pyramid and will return to this rule again.
feature-wise, i canāt see a correlation between size and capabilities. Blofeld, PreenFM2, Circuit are very capable pieces of hardware.
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Iām trying to convince my wife that I should buy an Alpha Juno because Iām doing a Gabber track for the Christmas challenge.
Is that hollow enough?
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Yes. Itās a lovely synth that can do so much more! 
@Fin25 we all could sign a petition to your wife, if this helps 
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