jwyles90
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Been on a bit of a hiatus from building building these days (just realized the last thing I actually finished up build-wise was in December of 2025 
) but have still been tinkering in one way or another. I've found myself getting really into synths and drum machines and sequencers and the like, which feels like an inevitability after deep diving into pedals and effects for the last few years. After getting fed up with having to plug and unplug synths one at a time if I wanted to play them, I decided to clear off my building desk and turn it into a little synth playground/workstation.
It's not much, but it's a fun little corner to get lost in for a while. The mixer has been cool to mess around with too, especially since I can use the aux ins/outs to get some pedals going with different pieces of gear. There's also a Synth Library out here in Portland that lets members check out gear for three weeks at a time, so I've been having a lot of fun messing around with different devices and skiffs and them recording those and sampling them with the Digitakt. I'm tempted by modular stuff as well, but haven't quite decided if I want to go all out on that route or not, so time will tell.
Anyways, I just thought it would be cool to share my setup and see what other people are working with! I'd also love to hear what other people are doing, open up discussion about different synths that we're excited about, etc etc.
) but have still been tinkering in one way or another. I've found myself getting really into synths and drum machines and sequencers and the like, which feels like an inevitability after deep diving into pedals and effects for the last few years. After getting fed up with having to plug and unplug synths one at a time if I wanted to play them, I decided to clear off my building desk and turn it into a little synth playground/workstation.
It's not much, but it's a fun little corner to get lost in for a while. The mixer has been cool to mess around with too, especially since I can use the aux ins/outs to get some pedals going with different pieces of gear. There's also a Synth Library out here in Portland that lets members check out gear for three weeks at a time, so I've been having a lot of fun messing around with different devices and skiffs and them recording those and sampling them with the Digitakt. I'm tempted by modular stuff as well, but haven't quite decided if I want to go all out on that route or not, so time will tell.
Anyways, I just thought it would be cool to share my setup and see what other people are working with! I'd also love to hear what other people are doing, open up discussion about different synths that we're excited about, etc etc.
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Mine's a plastic folding craft table. I've been eyeing more synths, but some priorities have changed. I did get a Behringer MS-5 not long ago, which is quite a cool synth, and zero chance I'd ever get an SH-5 without a time machine. Was reeeeally looking at a Korg Opsix, because I never dug into the DX7 IIFD I had back in college like I could have, and the controls are very well done it seems. There's a Prologue 16 not too far from me on classifieds, but I don't think I'll ever make use of it to its potential …or have room.
