I work as an engineering tech and have access to some fun stuff. Sometimes I convince myself things are broke just to find something to fix.
By brackets I meant the arms. A part of my issue is that I move things around a lot on my rack to change up workflows. Probably more often than I should. Also I like the play around with different lengths to get things just right.
I might have an older unit (got second hand) but my arms don’t remove other than sliding off the sides unless I remove the hex screw, and flex the hell out of the plastic one piece body that wraps around the pole. Even then I can’t do this by hand. I jam a hex key in the hole and flex the crap out of it.
It’s been ok the few times I’ve done it, but I can tell it’s not a great solution to be repeated over and over.
Ah, that does sound annoying. I tried to move them to good positions as I wasnt sure if they were removable without disassembly. Mine seem to be one-sided too but if I have to optimize something I will just buy these. Lazy
I finally got another elektron device after craving one for a year.
Apparently I lost all interest in music making because I just don’t care to make anything with it. I turn it on for 30 minutes and make some bleeps then I turn it off. No joy, no reward, nothing.
Oddly enough I tried that for the first time in years for that exact reason and it didn’t help. This ol dog is lost I guess. I appreciate the recommendation though.
These are as supplied with my Jaspers, bought a couple of years back. Still a PITA to get perfectly level when arranging (yet again), but sounds infinitely better than what you’re describing.
I tore my jaspers down to the ground and made a few tweaks to help me in the future.
Marked every inch on all vertical members. Some of you might cringe at the sight of the sharpie marks. You could easy point them backwards or scribe with something lighter and less noticeable. I just didn’t care.
I didn’t modify the arms yet, but I might in the future.
My other latest purchase is the TEO. Which I intend to be my only synth for the foreseeable future. It blew my expectations away for poly, mono and sfx sounds.
Been there more than once.
Don’t stress yourself about it, just embrace the fact you’re not interested in gear and music making for a while, and one day you’ll wake up and suddenly feel again the joy of sitting in front of it and playing again.
To me it usually happens when I reach a point where I completed all the purchases/setup/cable management I studied for a while, and when I achieve all that I feel empty, but after a while it goes away and I start enjoying and playing again
Suck bud. I’ve been there myself a few times over the years.
I view breaks, even extended, as part of the process.
But if you did want to keep the jams alive in some small way, maybe even a model cycles or something would be nice to aim for a small project different than what you usually do.
It’s cheaper than a DN2 and easier to let gather dust. I get a lot of guilt when expensive boxes go unused and sometimes something cheaper makes it a bit easier to pick up and go for a spin with no expectations.
Battered old acoustic bass guitar. Purpose - noodling on the sofa.
To be honest it didn’t end up as cheap as I’d hoped as inspection post purchase ended up with me having to spend £100 more on getting the nut and saddle replaced.
But now its all fixed up it sounds and feels super sweet. And definitely capable of endless noodling. In a fairly quiet and restrained kind of way. These things aren’t loud or in your face. But they have a sound all of their own.
As I am in a phase where I don’t actually do a lot of music, I am letting go of the hardware and Ableton, Renoise and VCV Rack are largely enough for the coming months.
