What's your latest purchase & what are your intentions with it? [pics ftw] (Part 1)

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#152

Just got a second hand Blofeld Shadow Desktop at a fairly good price on eBay. Bought one a few years ago but it had dodgy encoders so I sent it back without really using it.

Really love those wavetable pads, especially in dub techno, and love the sound of Nave so hoping I’ll get on well with it. Not too worried about the interface as most of the rest of my kit is Elektron so I’m quite happy with UIs without too many knobs (though maybe I do need something knobby… :thinking:). Fingers crossed this one works okay!

#153

Warm audio 73 eq. I’ll pair it with 1176 for mixing/tracking of DT and Ableton channels.

#154

I recently got an OP-Z, I intend to use it for ironing my shirts, but I don’t think it gets hot enough… so I might need to wait for one of those expansion modules Teenage Engineering have planned for it.

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#155

A steam cleaner for the carpet. My six month old puppy peed in my studio and it stinks. My intentions are to get the smell out of my studio. :slight_smile:

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#156

Doepfer Dark Energy II as kind of an entry point into modular synth (I know it’s not a modular per se, but it does have a MIDI->CV Converter so I think it might be a good starting point). Also as a synth companion to my digitakt :slight_smile:

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#157

Latest…
Intension: cleaning up messy space.
[remaining gear gets to in here. Paid for with some of the money i got from selling most of my gear. I figure it doesnt ALL have to go to rent]

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Example setup. Not mine, its being built.

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#158

Nice… I just picked up a DE MkI. I’ll probably be getting a MkII or III as a companion for it soon.

#159

SP404A, arriving tomorrow! to pair with Digitakt, planning on the two of them being working together as a sampling/sequencing/jamming/trackbuilding workstation. Other gear that I’ll be incorporating in this will be a Volca FM, Audiothingies Micromonsta, probably some random iPad stuff, and possibly some guitar stuff.

I’m pretty hyped, it’s going to be the best setup I’ve ever had. I have a cheapo Yamaha analog mixer but will likely look to bump up to something more capable down the road (that Roland MX1 looks pretty sweet… or an Octatrack…)

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#160

For my birthday I got myself an OB-6 desktop.
At first I intend to fill a good part of the patch memory.
Or just have fun with a loop and keep tweaking :smile:

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#161

yepp. when i tried it out in the music store, after 15 seconds I knew this was gonna get me towards dark berlin techno…
still not really there tho

#162

happy birthday then : )

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#163

latest purchase: the cleanest Korg Mono/Poly you can imagine.

intention: to teach my Perfourmer about his ancestors.

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#164

Behringer PX3000 patchbay. The most boring piece of gear I’ve ever bought is also the most practical. A real timesaver and headache minimizer. Superfast insert patching of my stomp and modular FX into synths before hitting my MOTU 828s. Easy patching of ITB sound sources (samples, soft synths) with my outboard FX. No more faffing with cables flying everywhere. Happy days.

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#165

I sometimes wonder if I should get a patchbay and figure out how to use one… In my current state, it’s not required, but perhaps in the future.

#166

That’s a funny lookin iPad, I didn’t know they made them with handles now!

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#167

It’s actually pretty straightforward once you wrap your head around where the patchbay sits in your signal path. In my case it sits between all my outboard gear and my audio interfaces. So immediately I needed twice as many cables e.g. synth > cable > patchbay > cable > audio interface input. These cables plug into the back of the patchbay.

Once its all plugged in at the back, I can use the front of the patchbay to re-route all the ‘default’ routings at the back. For example, I have my Sub 37 plugged into the patchbay which then goes into an input on my interface. I also have the in and out of a distortion pedal plugged into patchbay. These are the ‘default’ routings. But using a couple of patch cables and the front panel of the patchbay I can easily insert the distortion pedal between the Sub 37 and the audio interface. Superfast, super simple and I can see exactly what’s going where.

Here’s the guide I used to set mine up:

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#168

Latest purchase an OB6. Intention… To get lost in dreamy pads, for quite some time !

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#169

I have always wanted a mono/poly. Enjoy…i am super jealous.

#170

My last buy was the Behringer Model D. This little Synth is a powerfull beast! Think about to get an endorphines Shuttle to enter the modular world ^^ Gas calm down :smiley:

#171

I just bought a Mellotron m4000d rack…
My intention is to feed my soul with it!

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