I started with Elektron gear maybe back in 2019 with a Heat Mk2. It was really as an anti-GAS move. I had some gear that I liked using but found a bit uninspiring sound wise, so after hearing how good a sine wave sounded through the heat I figured it would be an upgrade to the sound of everything. I’ve been lurking around the forum since around that time.
A few years later I finally picked up a Digitone, which I think of as my first proper Elektron. Nothing against the Heat in that comment, it’s just that DN has the sequencer.
I’d love to add another Elektron box, but I struggle to justify adding more sound sources to my setup. If I lived in an area where I could shift gear a bit more easily I’d probably rotate gear a bit more, but most of my purchases feel like something I’ve approached as owning for the long haul.
The biggest shift in my gear preferences over the last 10 years has been from being fairly obsessed with gear with presets and midi control etc to working out that my natural preference seems to be synths without patch storage. I do like to be able to save cool sounds, but I found I gravitated to using my Juno 106 waaaaayyy more when the memory battery went flat.
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