My father had a a real to real, wish he still had it! Congratulations on the purchase and enjoy!
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Nice!
My dadās friend gave me a Tascam 1/2ā 8-track and matching console, plus a Micromoog when I was 17ish. That started things off for me! 
What I did?
Dropped a bit of musical nonsense on Ampex. As the rappers say. 
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The band I was in dropped a demo with it! That recording still sounds great to this day! Real to real that is, maybe not the music!
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Time to ratchet those other sequencersā modulations while seizing the means of electronic production, maybe? My first Xaoc Device and it feels solid and chunky.
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@J3RK ā did you go M4 or M4 Pro on your new Mini? For audio processing is the M4 Pro overkill?
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New squeeze for my āTakt2. āTone2 is a shade lighter but otherwise just as sexy.
Also grabbed a pair of NDH-20ās for the low low. Built like a tank so great for chucking in a bag with the boxes or 404mk2 when on the go.
Intend to create vibey wav tunnels to navigate thru alot of existential obstacles on the horizon this year and having a ball on the journey to mastering the Elektron flow.
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thatās a decent looking view you got there 
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I just got the base model. It seemed more than adequate for everything Iād want to do. If I was going to do some game playing or something on it as well, I think the extra GPU cores would be great on the higher models. For just recording a bunch of audio and running some effects and mixing plugins, I canāt see any reason the base model wouldnāt be more than up to it. My M3 MBP (similar specced) has never come close to needing more RAM or processing power, so I used that as the benchmark for it.
Even when I had a base M1 MBP I only rarely ran into cases where maybe heavy Ozone use with virtual instruments might have been slightly problematic when pushing things a bit too far (like doing complete in the box tracks on a plane or something )
So far the base M4 mini has been insanely cool!
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i have that drumatix too, literally the best classic analog drum machine you can get imo
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not sure if Iām more jealous of the view or the twin IIās!
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I love that you have two giant solder pads as tables!
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Lifeās good! Enjoy!
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Now that youāve got the bread, all you need is some meat. Time to stick an Octatrack between those Digis!
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Surface mount parts, but at this size and the current required for the parts, everything is WARM!
Not my newest purchase because I paid for it almost a year ago, but I have a Stam Audio Stamchild 670 mk2 on the way. Main use will be for my mastering rig, but Iām also looking forward to running my Elektrons through it.
My first bit of mastering hardware was my Thermionic Culture Phoenix. I was mastering totally ITB for 4-5 years before I got any hardware and the universal audio Fairchild plugin was a mainstay in my chain for most of that time. When I decided to invest in hardware I wanted a Fairchild but obviously that was waaaaay out of reach. The Phoenix has been my go to varimu for 15 years, still absolutely adore it and have mastered hundreds of tracks through it, but when the Stamchild mk2 came out 2 years ago at a price that wasnāt absolutely absurd it reignited my lust for the classic. The newer batch dropped the price even further because they were able to secure a large supply of tubes and transformers for it and preorder knocked another $1000 off the price. Iāve had them do some modifications to mine to suite my needs more than the stock units would.
I am absolutely giddy with excitement for it to arrive. Itās fulfilling a dream Iāve had almost half my life. It was initially supposed to be my 40th birthday gift, but at least Iāll have it before Iām 41.
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I just ordered a Ksoloti Gills. I had my eye on a few semi-modulars and granular synths for some time. But eventually decided to go even wilderā¦we will see how it turns out. There are very few videos on this thing. I was mainly inspired by the uniqueness of the core and what you can do with it using the software. It can even work as a multiFX box!!!
Totally uncharted territory for me. I was going to make a purchase at the end of the year, but the fact that this thing will require a learning curve pushed meā¦
By the way, if anyone thinks they are capable of building it for me (with pay), just DM me and we can discuss. I am planning to do it on my own but never had soldering experience. So. I am a little bit hesitant.
Looking forward to these kind of crazy sequencesā¦
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Sounds actually very good.
I couldnāt find a list of modules for the patcher or any documentation. Do you know where to find it?
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There is a Ksoloti discourse group and github. And i believe the old Axolotl website archived there.
I am totally new to this and have been reading since last night. I hope you can find enough information somewhere here:
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If this kit contains a bunch of through hole components, Iām sure that you can do the soldering yourself. If it has surface mount components, Iād probably let someone else build it for you as you were considering.
If youāre concerned at all about getting over the hesitation of when you donāt really know how long to hold the iron in place or the best place to hold the solder reel etc, you might want to order something like a soldering practice board. It will have simple circuits that can complete and see that they work and gain a little confidence over a weekend or whatever.
If itās your first time soldering anything, Iād probably make sure that you buy solder which already has a rosin core, and then a desoldering wick and a cheap (like sub $10) desoldering pump (solder sucker). It will just put you in a little better position to succeed or to back out of any mistakes.
Something like this is really helpful too, I usually put some heat shrink tubing on the alligator claws to make them less sharp (they donāt bite the boards or wires as much then). Sometimes itās called a āhelping handsā tool, or a soldering station depending on how well outfitted it is.
There are varying degrees of cheaper to higher quality ones, but any of them is a good inexpensive start to your project. Another super basic but easy to overlook thing, is that using more flux is always better than less and it isnāt going to hurt anything.
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