Didn’t sell it but I let a friend borrow my Digitone a few days ago, in exchange for a small modular skiff of his, and I’m missing it so hard. It’s going to be a long 10 or so days before we meet up again.
I figured, I have plenty of synths to keep me busy, especially while enjoying my new 0-coast/0-ctrl combo, but no, I’ve come to realize Digitone is actually my favorite synth and is the perfect tool, along with Digitakt, for starting tracks without a daw.
So I think I learned something… If you’re thinking of getting rid of gear, try letting a friend borrow it for a while, if possible. I sometimes put my gear on a shelf for weeks, but things feel a lot different when they’re no longer in reach.
Update: he bought a Model:Cycles today and we’re swapping back this weekend
I sold my eVolver. That was a big regret. I got another one a couple years later that was a friend’s who had passed away. Not that I’d ever part with it again but now I feel like I can’t, so that’s good.
I sold a Korg Electribe EMX-1 because I didn’t like the sound. But I miss the hell out of it because it was fun and inspiring to use. It had a great layout and an immediacy to everything that made it more fun to jam with than the Elektron boxes. I love the Elektrons but the digitakt, for instance, is a little fussy to find, load and manage sounds. The electribe had none of the depth of the Elektron but I could bust out ideas instantly. Would be nice to have when I am feeling lazy and just want to play around. Plus, it was beautiful…
So many things went for low prices in the 90s. I had a Linn 9000 back in 1999. Sold it for $400. It was big old beast, but I never really gave it a chance. I realized later I had something special that took time to fully learn.
Crazy people are paying that kind of money for the Biscuit. The Softube OTO Biscuit sounds pretty good, and to my ear is real close. It’s also a lot easier to program.
Roland TR-808. Bought it for $100, sold it for $750 before moving to Alaska. Total regret, but I needed gas money and a ferry ticket.
Roland VK-09 organ. Bought it for $8, sold it for $125 before AK move. Also total regret.
Yamaha E1010 delay. Ugh, this one hurts.
Yamaha NS-10s. $3 yardsale score. Sold them for a reasonable price to my friend’s father because he wanted a set for his studio. Kinda don’t regret it, they are overrated for the price they command. But damn, they looked cool!
Casio DM-100. I had two of them. Can’t really remember where they flew off to.
Oberheim Matrix 6. I comfort myself with the thought that it was too tough to program.
Other audio gear…
JBL L150A. My friend I sold them to still has them, and he won’t sell them back. Sigh.
Kenwood KA-907 amplifier, along with my first set of NS-1000m speakers. Miss those, bought more Yamahas.
All of these above are heavier in my heart than losing my bitcoin wallet, which I am chosing not to think about again.
What does it mean when you have been on the fence about selling something for a whole year? Does it mean you want to keep it, or that you should have gotten rid of it long ago?
