I think the heart of this discussion is precisely that the addiction called GAS is consumerism more than musicianship.
And I definitely identified an addiction in my own behavior (and others’) these last years.
I even identified the conditions for it to get triggered: I found I “only” have to keep resisting during such periods and I’m good.
I had to mute a high number of threads here, though, in order to lower the times GAS was trigged.
I learned about myself, as one learns from their mistakes and others’. This place helped, as much as it got things worse at some point.
#NGNY thread in particular was really supportive.
I’m still awkwardly irrational with Elektron gear, I feel. The day I can sell one without buying another is not near yet.