Just curious for discussion sake - you don’t even have to make songs with it.
I really enjoy the TR-8 because it’s so simple to use and everything’s at your finger tips.
I also like my Volca Sample which I rarely ever use but when I do, it’s so much fun.
I also get a kick out of playing with my OT. Again, super simple and hands-on. Especially with the crossfader.
Lately I’ve been jamming on Maschine and midi’ing up the AR and A4. The Maschine is a surprisingly good midi sequencer and plays in time with my Elektron gear.
After 23 years of using synths, samplers and drum machines, I’ve ended up with 2 Wavedrums and an Udu. It’s definitely the most fun I’ve ever had, and the freedom to just play and not create tracks is a revelation. The best music I ever made was when I owned a Korg Oasys, but nothing beats the enjoyment I get now.
It might have to be the dynamic duo of the Bastl Microgranny and Trinity Drum. They seem to make it into just about every setup I put together, whether it’s for ambient, glitch, big beat, to harsh noise. Easy to add in dynamically cut/sliced samples in time with the midi clock and to add in some glitchy drums as well to about any situation.
I absolutely love my Electribe MX. It was the first piece of gear I’ve laid my hands on (bought by my parents!) and to this day I still use it as my primary device for sketches. Unbelievably versatile and easy to use live; and although the effects aren’t even close to what A4 offers, filtering one through another has resulted in many happy accidents
I am digging my new Analog Keys but I have to say my ‘most fun’ lifetime piece of gear is both my Radikal Technologies Spectralis 1 & 2, which when proficient with the AK, plan to fully integrate. I must also mention my Quasimidi Polymorph, because it can effectively midi sequence crazy Berlin Style or Ambient Heaven, so life is good right now.
The Analog Keys also as a midi control keyboard for my Waldorf Microwave XT while learning to use the cv track to drive my Waldorf Pulse+, which has various cv/gate in/outs, and a midi/cv converter, is loads of fun. I originally did not gel with the A4 box, but the Analog Keys’ slight UI changes are perfect for me. Losing a lot of sleep. The cat’s confused.
My Pyramid sequencer, I never have so many fun and simplicity to produce notes that feet well together, like in a real song, haha.
Lot of fun cause all my gear is under command, and I play the music flavor I always like (Eric Satie or Maurice Ravel, Debussy and Richter) like an old pianist from conservatoire :))
My Fender Strat plugged in to a old Carvin Tube amp. I can just noodle around for hours with that thing. It gets me into almost like a meditative state.
