People who don’t look where they’re going tend to bump into things and/or fall down alot.
Edit: Just to be clear, in my previous post I was merely contrasting between the two. One is fixed/fossilised/unchangeable, while the other offers infinite possibility.
I think a lot of us are still waiting on your technique for uploading samples to an analog synth.
Maybe uploading a sysex sample is possible. Playing it seems more complicated. 
yes all “several hundreds” of elektron sample packs 
The 1G0 +Drive was hidden, maybe the sampler too !
Available for MKI/MKII when A4 MKIII’s Overbridge will be released, in 2050 !
(I’ll be 75, with a lot of gear ! 
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I find goals and deadlines, pretty-much essential for getting stuff done. If I have a date for a gig, then I’ll focus on getting things together for that gig. Otherwise, it’s mostly ends up being pointless noodling.
I go through phases
One minute I’m totally into it, loving producing and being creative in that way.
Next minute I am over it, can’t stand the thought of it.
I think this is normal, and doesn’t phase me in the slightest.
Just go with the flow, don’t try and force it to happen and enjoy the break from it. Focus on other interests.
Completely switching off for periods of time can re-kindle that creative spark that can naturally go missing.
I have had periods of literally years in the past where I haven’t even turned a synth on or even thought about making music.
It’s always still there down the track when I feel the urge again to get jiggy with it 
Sad story dude, sorry for being the one to trigger the memory. That Cat remains firmly in the past.
Its okay. It was a long time ago. I was going through a divorce and material things meant nothing. I didn’t ever in my wildest dreams think there would be a resurgence of Synth hardware after 1982 and got into computer software instead.
Reviving this thread 2 years later 
Times have been tough for all of us… and I appreciate some may have been forced to sell stuff to make ends meet, while others have gone a bit GAS nuts with lockdown shenanigans.
My studio hadn’t seen much use for months; family, some travel and shit tons of work commitments.
I came back from Greece a couple of days ago and stared at my gear…
After months of neglect, my creative juices started flowing again.
I finally turned everything back on last night and my heart lit up like the 4th of July.
Pretty glad I kept it all in the end.
Also - prices seem to have gone a but nuts on everything….
I did this last year around this time. Sold every piece of hardware. It took about 3 months of not doing anything musically (which is pure agony) and a few more months of dealing with software (which has it’s strengths and advantages for sure)and I was ready to have some hardware again. Went totally insane this past spring and spent way too much money. I’m going to try my best to keep what I have currently but, yeah, I get it. Instead of selling this time, I might just pack a few things up and maybe I’ll miss them at some point (looking at you Digitone and OP-Z).
I go back and forth on hardware but I still have it. The main reason is I am faster with it and I like how it sounds. Also you can have amazing hardware collections now made up of all analogue gear pieces that each cost under $1000.
That said, I use the computer a lot. Its an amazing sampler and FX machine. Plus arranger…etc.
It’s definitely a binge/purge cycle with me. I got rid of a lot of my hardware and then binged on software and other bits and bobs during the pandemic. I’m in a mood to shed some more stuff at the moment, and I’m putting myself on diet of not buying anything new until at least the end of the year.
With vaccines finally starting to make headway over here, I’m finally getting a bit of hope that I’ll be able to start going out and traveling again, so I need to start putting money aside for that.
I think with a few instruments, a good mic, and a DAW with a bunch of plugins, I probably have more than I could ever really use in a lifetime.
Also, I don’t know if it’s just having watched way too much Youtube the last year or two, but gear porn just doesn’t excite me as much anymore. Probably a good thing.
I don’t really own much, but I’ve owned numerous pieces of kit throughout and recently since I’ve had to ship out my OT for a repair, I’ve decided until I really get some of the tracks that I’ve been concocting in my head over the years at least started as projects and put the samples for them together I’m just going to put all of my other gear away to just not have to look at it as it does make me feel like I’m just not focused. And just bring out something when I really feel like I need it. Since I bought the OT I really feel like aside from one of my two analog hardware synths and my mini-kaoss pad I really don’t need anything else.
I’ve come to see the selling of gear, as the patient, cunning brother of GAS.
I’ve historically bought and sold a huge amount of software (DAWs and VST) over a 20 year period. When I was a teenager I seemed to enjoy the process and the outcome wasn’t so critical. It didn’t sound “pro” but I didn’t care. I’ve since had years of being a working software developer so using the computer has taken on a different meaning and I now realise that stockpiling music software and samples gives me little to no pleasure and it certainly doesn’t result in music!
Time for a new plan - I’ve got some software left that I enjoy dabbling with (Bitwig and a couple of other bits) and I’m buying a eurorack case. I’ve been very measured with doing research about cost and functionality etc. I’m hoping that I can get back to just enjoying the process of making some noise and stop worrying about the output so much.
I have no doubt that eurorack will bring its own GAS but I think the ability to be flexible and to just experiment is what I like - it’s why I started writing code and it’s why I started playing with music tech. I’m not a musician, I’m a guy that likes electronic music and noodling with technology!
We all get sick of our jobs and our hobbies sometimes, nothing wrong with having a reset and starting again. Things can be sold and most things can be bought again. It’s not an irreversible decision.
I’m really thinking about selling everything but what stops me is the regret afterwards. It does cross my mind everyday though as my gear sits idle. Financially I do not need to sell anything though.
I might be the oddball, but I’ve pretty much never regretted selling gear. I’ve bought a couple of things back, but that’s pretty rare and I’ve been through a lot of gear over the years.
What I hate more than anything though is stuff sitting on a shelf or in a closet unused. That just gnaws at me. I’ve got an amp under my desk that I really need to get rid of for that very reason.
I think it’s like clearing out anything else. My wife always says that if you’re clearing out old clothes to take to a charity shop then if you can’t remember wearing something for the last 6 or 12 months then you probably don’t need it! At the point that you’re not using something it’s just “stuff” that takes up space.
When you die most of your stuff gets thrown in a skip by your kids. Your just saving them the hassle 