Music is one of those hobbies that can consume all your time and money and leave you smiling happily about it. The thing is that there’s just so much to be done with it. Any direction you look there is more that you can learn and accomplish. I like that because I never feel backed into a corner and always have new things to try. That’s one of the reasons I like cooking so much as well (and the software field, now that I think about it).

I took care of my pesky subwoofer issue a couple weeks ago by buying a new KRK Rokit 10s. It’s considerably better than my M-Audio BX-10s, which is now just sitting in my basement. Maybe I can sell it for a few bucks on craigslist or something… Anyway it’s nice to have that taken care of. I’ve also started refining my studio a bit more, getting all the pieces setup properly. I finally fully integrated my RD-500 and JV-1080 into the setup as well. Oh and while buying my new sub I found a brand new Evolution X-Session for (I kid you not) $20 bucks. I guess they’re clearing them out or something, but it’s a perfect companion to my setup. (Finally! A real crossfader.)

After I got the Firebox audio interface (which has a couple quirks but in general I love) I toyed around with the idea of selling my Ozonic (which is sort of an all-in-one 4×4 audio interface and 37-key synth action keyboard with a good assortment of knobs, sliders and buttons). But I’m glad I held off. I may not be able to use it as an audio interface right now, but I can still plug it in with the power adapter and MIDI cable and use all the great functionality the board provides, plus, I have a second audio interface that is wrapped up with all that other goodness. Convenient for traveling. (A pain to manage all those MIDI mappings though.)

As I mentioned I am now using my keyboard and JV-1080 more (which is a great piece of gear, despite being a bit old). I actually managed to snag the House expansion board for it for real cheap (for comparison this place wants $140 for it) just a couple days ago and I’m currently winning another auction for the Techno board which is quite rare and hard to find for a good price.

It’ll probably never end. You hear of it from other producers. The gear just keeps coming and coming…

(P.S. Someone buy me a Korg OASYS. Or a Korg Zero8.)

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