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Cre8audio NiftyKEYZ [2023 – ]

Thought this might earn a special mention, although I don’t list Eurorack related items here.

It’s a really nice Eurorack enclosure with a keyboard with support for quadrophonic sound (depending on how you patch, of course) as a bonus. It features an arpeggiator, LFO, keyboard transpose and keyboard split, and is as such a compact and nice way to host a set of playable modules. Brilliant when used as a “focus rack” to learn a small set of modules. One irritating feature is that when loaded with modules, it may not be able to provide enough power, so a lot of modules just don’t wake up. This happens too often.

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Behringer Euro Modules

Behringer came out with a number of cheap modules, so here we go. “Roland” and “ARP 2500” in nice TipTop enclosures. The semi-portability makes this perfect for, say, patching in bed.

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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 [2021 – ]

Oh no I didn’t…? Yep, I did…

Rev 4, to be exact.

There it is, with its pal. I didn’t actually get two; the first one had a broken USB chip, or something, so I returned it and got another one, but not in that order.

Here it is with its other pal.

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Vox Valvetronix AD15VT

This literally showed up at my doorstep. Thanx, you-know-who-you-are! Now I understand why my guitars have been so quiet. This is also a nice way to meet new neighbours.

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Ibanez GSRM20B-WK [2021 – ]

I’ve been meaning to get a bass guitar for ages, just to get that wonderful *twannnnnng* sound. Let’s see where this ends up.

And what is it with these guitar / bass naming conventions? I get it that if you have loads of similar products there has to be something that distinguishes them from each other, but how am I supposed to ever remember exactly what kind of bass or guitar I have?

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Moog Mother-32 [2021 – ]

A solid semimodular monosynth + sequencer. Part of my 3-piece random sound & song generator thingy consisting of this one, the DFAM and the Subharmonicon, which I plan to use as more or less one instrument. Let’s see how that goes.

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Moog DFAM [2021 – ]

This is really far from a normal drum machine, as I’ve become to know them. Drum synth with sequencer is closer to the truth. Got to give it to the Moog guys, it’s fun to come across something that really surprises you and leaves you wondering what the hell it is all about. I’m looking forward to a huge amount of happy accidents with this one. Oh, semimodular as well. Everything should be semimodular, come to think of it.

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Moog Subharmonicon [2021 – ]

This is something that is so different from anything else ever. It will most definitely require a lot of experimentation and me wrapping my head around subharmonics instead of just the usual stuff that’s present in every other synth ever made but this one. Even if it definitely is a machine that goes “Pinnnnnngg”, it also definitely does it its own way. I think the happy accident-route is something I’m going for with this one as well.

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Behringer Model D [2021 – ]

Behringer’s version of the classic-est of all classics, the Moog Minimoog Model D. With these prices, I just could not resist getting one. Seems solid so far.

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Behringer MonoPoly [2021 – ]

Behringer’s version of the classic Korg synth. The original was the only one of the Older Monos that has been on my to-get list since I got into analog synths. At the time, 2004-ish, you could get a decent “antique” mono from 500€ upwards, and I remember seeing the original Mono/Polys going for somewhere between maybe 1000€ and 1200€. But when it came time for me to get one, the prices had gone insane, so I never got one. Imagine my joy when this one came out. And it’s a really fun synth to waste time with. Turn on the arpeggiator or sequencer, and let it do its thing. That stepping-through-oscillators thingy is quite nice.

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