mine was the Waldorf M. it was almost perfect. perfect sound though, for sure. i will get another one day
more recently, not for financial reasons it was the Peak, to add alongside my P12. more like “fuck it, i know i hated it the first time but im coming around to hybrid synths and im a little better at mixing hardware levels now” and im very glad i did. what an incredible synth. really fits well beside the P12 also
I stumbled on a YouTube video about the Digitakt. WTH, after a bunch of videos, Fck it!, I bought one. After being confuse about work flows, I started looking into the whole Elektron thing. Discovered the Octatrack. If I have to learn this stuff, might as well jump in the deep end. Fck it!, I bought a MKII. I also did the same when I first saw an Emax so it’s not a new thing for me…
The LZX Chromagnon counts as a synth, right?
The Sequential Prophet X - had to get rid of a few mono synths to finance it but definitely worth it
Got a whole lot of travel coming up for work and I was in the market for a compact midi controller to throw in my backpack.
So I bought an OP1.
My biggest f**ck it moment was probably last year, when I spontaneously bought a MNM again. I used to own one back when prices wasn’t ridiculous (bought it used for 6000 DKK (=806 euro)) and stupidly sold it for the same price again to found a Prophet 12.
But something kept nagging me, as I was searching for a certain raw/rough digital tone. Neither the P12 or a Digitone (nor the M:C) did provide it, and when one came up here in Copenhagen for a somewhat bigger price, I thought “f*ck it” and made an offer a bit below the price, which was surprisingly accepted. (Still a silly price, though, but lesson learned!)
So now I have the MNM again, and it turned out, it was exactly the sound I was missing! 
Was budget the primary cause of that angsty feeling? If yes, then perhaps it is better to exercise prudence given the world climate conditions (figuratively and literally). I strive to buy when I can comfortably splurge for something that’s not an essential item to me. YMMV.
It was the Syntakt
I thought my td-27kv was a splurge
10 years ago, after several years of zero music output, and after a period of self reflection (I’ve covered this in the past so will avoid here), I turned 30 and thought “fuck it” and bought Maschine. By most synth standards, not an expensive outlay, but at the time, it was a bit of a jumping feet first back into music as a hobby. From there things took wild twists and turns with massive £££s spent/recieved as I bought and sold things.
Fast forward to the here and now and I turn 40 in 2 months and kind of want to treat myself to something significant. Some concerns I’m chasing rainbows a bit here and trying to recreate the 30th vibes but I’d rather get something with longevity than, say, a new MacBook or iPad. It feels like I’m on the cusp of a “fuck it” moment but not sure how it will land. The OP-1 Field has been calling though…
Totally!
I agree and understand most of what you’re saying here… but, if a new MacBook or iPad helps you to make and finish music, that will hold its own value to you going forward (as in the music lives forever).
I switched to Ableton a year ago after being a long term ProTools/Logic user who was trying out Dawless… and that’s probably given me the most back of any investment I’ve made in gear in the last 15-20 years. It might not be the most satisfying (that’s currently the Prophet 6 I just received :-)), but it keeps on impressing me and surprising me with how fkn powerful it is.
I understand why people like the OP-1 Field, I just don’t understand the price of it… if it was £500-£700, which is where my personal valuation of it is, I might get one… but it’s new, it’s unproven and the current flavour of the month… if I was going to blow ‘fuck it, it’s my 40th’ money, I’d look at something proven and a classic if possible.
Fwiw, I bought a Gibson ES-330 for my 40th, one that I knew was a keeper.
I got lucky at the time with pricing at a drum shop before inflation was mad. The owner knew I wanted the TD27KV with a VH14D and he broke my arm with the pricing for the TD50K2. I’m glad I bought from a small shop where he worked out a deal with the kit and drum hardware. Don’t you love the digital snare on your kit mate? My MPC skills have improved 10 fold because of it
Oh I get you there. I probably should have mentioned I have a 2018 MBP and a 2020 iPad Pro already. Neither are running out of puff and can handle what I throw at it though I do like the post Intel stuff that Apple are doing. This also highlights I’m likely in the “more money than sense” camp 
So I’m very much ITB with a couple of things kicking about (ST and AK). I’d love to jump on something like the Polybrute which I love the look and sound of but space is an issue plus, I’m a lazy bastard and much prefer audio over USB which it doesn’t have. Having said that, I do think it would fall into keeper territory which is sort of what I’m after. Something I can be happy with and comfortable will be around for the long haul which, admittedly. Is never a certainty in my case anyway!
Any difference from the younger generation saying just YOLO.
Try fast forwarding to 58. Ive been fast forwarding all my adult life it seems. 
And each decade i promise myself a new life changing gadget. Ive given up on fuck its. Now its more yes/no.
To date, Moog Matriarch and Subharmonicon. Typical story behind those - didn’t really need either to make the music I want to make, but saw them on sale and couldn’t resist.
Next Eff-it buy will probably be OB-X8 or Prophet 5 (desktop), almost purely for nostalgia reasons.
Vermona PerFOURmer and Prophet REV 2, and off topic, a Leica M9 (which is now a £2500 paper weight as the sensor is gone and can’t be replaced for less than 2k)
Absolutely love the Prophet REV 2 so far thou. Amazing bit of kit.
When I realized that my GAS was a little out of control, I sold all of my hardware and bought another Maschine Mk3.
Time to stop gear lusting/learning and actually write some beats. 
