I think I’m going to hold off on a new synth. I got myself an bare bones, inexpensive Numark DJ mixer, 4 channels. That gives a channel each for the Digitakt, Samples, Monostation and… I think I’ll like this better for live recording. For me the only draw back is no panning on the mixer but at least both samplers have it.
Don’t know anything about mics and don’t recognize those spirits but looks like a merry Christmas indeed.
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No not over here, the pandemic has cut my income by ~60%.
Mine is mostly going to start my IRA on the right foot for 2021. I just got a Super 6, so that will keep me busy for a while.
Yes, yes I am
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If I’d get a covid bonus I’d put it in savings too, I haven’t been affected but my wife has…
I was going spend some of it if I got it. But I already clicked buy on that DJ mixer for my samplers etc and have the TD-3 coming beginning of Feb and a criminally underused collection of iPad apps. I want a few pieces but Im going to hold off. Ive honestly hardly explored the Digitakt.
unrelated to stimulus check, which i wont receive even if approved for… reasons, i was paid for a handful of mastering jobs that I had done for friends on a “pay me when you can, i know where you live” sort of terms.
so…used OctatrackMK1 is heading this way. Also, re: Korg NTS1, I was really wanting to use that thing as a tiny drumsynth, but alas, the Volca Drum (the drumsynth one) is 6 voices of nearly exactly what I’m looking for. I’ll pay the difference!
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No stimulus money for me, so no.
I do have an NTS1 on the way, and am maybe sort of considering a Model D or SE-02 as a desktop sound source. But I’ve got a metric fuckton of in box synths and homemade toys and the routing to use them as sound sources in and out of the box, and the desktop is pretty cluttered, so it’s a hard sell. But #moarknobs, so yeah…you know. 
SE-02 is a bit cramped compared to the Boog D.
One of those mastering jobs i was discussing featured a SE-02 and during a session here at the house we did a comparison between the SE-02, Boog D, and a Moog Voyager (for shits and giggles).
Post comparison, the Voyager is a thing of beauty, but I’m happy I spent only the coin to get the Boog.
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Yeah, everything I read about the SE-02 is “omfg TINY KNOBS” and how packed it is. Also don’t really care about the sequencer since I’ll likely just feed it MIDI if I need. Patch saving is cool, but I’m figuring the Boog would be a nostalgic return to my youth of knob twiddling on pure analog without the safety net of instant recall. This is mostly to have something to twiddle on the desktop and put into other things (DAW/effects/tape loops/etc), so I doubt the cramped space would be a huge issue as I’m not really looking to ‘play’ it. At the same time, I’m not sure the extra features I’d get over the Boog would really be anything I’d have to have.
The Boog seems like a (really damn nice) ADSR synth, which I can get from just about anywhere. I think it’d be a fun piece of kit, but I’m not sure I’d provide the breadth of sounds I’m looking for. I dunno. Also checking out the Neutron for expanded pallet options. It looks fun.
Honestly, an OP-1 would be the gold standard of what I’m looking for, but I’m not willing to pay the insane prices they fetch these days.
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We’re talking about those wraps, right? Just holding them for a friend? 
I just did a forum search and realized I’d asked about the Boog vs the SE-02 almost two years ago. I knew I’d been thinking about it for awhile but didn’t realize it’d been that long. The GAS comes as goes…
Think I’m going to try out a Neutron if I can pick one up for a decent price - the CV will play nice with my other 1V/oct gear and it seems to have a lot of room for sound tinkering. If that doesn’t do me I guess I’ll just get a Boog D and see how it does.
Yeah I like these but woo! That price
those wraps arent borrowed!
Neutron is tight. I’ve got a homie who has one and a 0-Coast, they play well together.
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One of my buddies from college/rave days paid full price for a new OP-1 and claims to love it. I am skeptical if it is worth the price of admission.
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interface is cute but super divey. this old man is like…
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Right? That’s me looking at all this shit. Exactly why I want an analog something - twist a knob, hear a noise, stick a cable in a hole, hear a different noise. Like the OP-1 checks all my boxes (because it’s all the boxes, pretty much), but at the same time I’m going to guess it doesn’t do anything that I can’t do on a computer with a full blown interface on big-ass monitors. I’m sure it’s the shit if you’re looking for an inventive hardware only thingy.
Whole point of this is for me to have something on the desk to twiddle, and your point about interface diving makes it seem really not what I’m after (which is cool since I’m not going to spend that much anyway). Still on the Neutron for now…
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