2019 a year in gear (what have you/are you bought/buying?)

[AlesisVi61]

I was supposed to have the presonus eris e8 for my new monitors, I had picked them up before christmas, on what seemed like a lucky deal. they were very promising, but sadly it turned out I only got a good price on them because one had been used as a demo unit and shot to death.
instead of waiting for a new pair from the distributor, I switched to the ADAM T7V, which so far I am not regretting at all.

I am really curious as to where you had got your former Presonus Eris E8's?Were you a victim of false advertising,or did you simply not pay attention to to the details of the webpage...perhaps you bought them from a shady retailer?
Reason I ask,is that Presonus had a sale of their Eris line(I had bought a pair of E44's for just $167 each and they were not used.)

Here is my gear for the new years(some of which,was purchased in the 4th quarter of 2018.)....

[acYm]

oh, unfortunately I'm currently stuck in Canada. good sales, non-shady retailers, online deals - none of that ever applies here.

(sorry canadians but your consumer market truly sucks ass)

[sin night]

While I'm still measuring the power consumption of every piece of gear in order to be ready for the power supply upgrade which I plan to do this weekend, I took the time to order a ram upgrade for my old Mac Mini, so it will go from 8GB to 16GB. It's a bit expensive for the rather small performance gain which I'm going to get (I just need a new computer, that's it), but it will still be useful to work more confidently with samplers.


I also ordered a Reason Ignition Key, because currently my Reason license is authorized to the hard drive. A few weeks ago, following a bad automatic update of the operating system, I had to get a new authorization by marking the previous installation as "lost". I really hate when something like that happens.
Getting an Ignition Key was something that I planned for a long time, but it was always at the bottom of my list (because I rarely use Reason); so I took the plunge in order to have a safer solution for my licenses, so from now on I won't deal with c/r for this software if, in a few years, my current Mac breaks.
I prefer using a dongle when it's possible; I already have an eLicenser, an iLok and also a pen drive for Waves and Plugin Alliance licenses, so I don't mind adding another one, except for the port on the hub... of course I don't like paying for a dongle, but I try to look at it as a tax for a safer/easier future (less troubles if something breaks or if I want to make changes to my computer setup).


My setup feels quite complete, so sanding edges off (like cleaning the power supplies or adopting a safer license solution) makes sense now... the less I'm bothered by things like these, the more I can concentrate on music (which is the real goal, after all).

[pekbro]

Just bought a Tascam DR100 mk III, on clearance at my local music store. $70 cheaper than on line.

https://tascam.com/us/product/dr-100mkiii/top

[justin3am]

So I actually bought this in 2018 but it just arrived:


Oh man is this something special. It's very similar to 8 stacks (called Parts on the Vector) of MonoNote sequencers in the form of a Eurorack module, for anyone who is familiar with Numerology. It has a lot of other neat tricks up it's sleaves. I can sequence 6 voices of CV/Gate/Velocity for my modular but it's also a MIDI sequencer, so I can control other outboard synths.

The SquarP Hermod, next to the Vector seuencer, is also an 8 track sequencer but I don't use it for that. I have routed each Part from the Vector to a track on the Hermod and through it's MIDI Effects (similar to the Note effects in Bitwig or the MIDI effects in Live/Cubase or other DAWS) to process data coming from the Vector. This makes for an incredibly powerful generative MIDI/CV sequencing system! I've only had this setup for one day and I'm completely overwhelmed with the possibilities. Both can operate as USB MIDI hosts, so I can connect my Nektar MIDI controllers and record sequences in real-time or via step editing.

[vurt]

nice!
look forward to hearing it in action

[jacqueslacouth]

Well, last year I finished selling off all my hardware and went totally ITB. This year, I have come to grips with what a giant frickin' buzz kill that was and I am going to start again...not exactly sure with what, but I anticipate spending a shitload of cash this year.

On top of that I am going to finally ditch Apple and build myself a decent PC.

[pekbro]

Very cool @justin3am, exicted to hear it as well.

[K-Bee]

so although wed rather buy something fun, it's a good idea sometimes to act like an adult

And I think I did....now that's a first!
But then again. In the synth world you have to buy boring stuff in order to make the funny stuff funny stuff!

[Tj Shredder]

I added this to my collection of controllers - a Boppad.
Still want to get a framedrum as well...

[vurt]

ooh simon says...

[foosnark]

How is the BopPad? I had so much trouble with my K-Board I kind of swore off McMillen but that one was kind of tempting.

...of course I don't even use drums that much in the music I'm making now so it's probably not a great idea.

[SteveWZ]

Just bought a Tascam DR100 mk III, on clearance at my local music store. $70 cheaper than on line.

https://tascam.com/us/product/dr-100mkiii/top

Nice, always liked Tascams converters.

[foosnark]

A not very exciting purchase, but a basic 2U studio rack cabinet.

Right now I'm using a desktop rack stand with 9U of Eurorack, a 1U PDU and 1U Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, plus a TipTop Mantis. My plan is to downsize my Euro gear to a synthracks.com 378HP portable case, unify and tidy things up.

Also depending on a seller's response, I'm either trading for or buying a Maths, which will replace Function, MIni Slew and 321. Might as well join the cult.

[vurt]

its one of the better cults ive been part of.
no early morning prayers, no group sex and no cyanide smoothies.