A year of hesitation, obsession, and quiet longing… and now it’s finally here.For almost twelve months this was the question.Buy it or don’t.Want it or really want it.Justify it or keep pretending it’s a bad idea.Because let’s be honest… Vhikk X is expensive. Not “eh, I’ll flip it later” expensive, but commitment expensive. The kind of purchase that makes you stare at the ceiling at night, mentally repatching your finances while imagining sounds that don’t exist yet.So I waited. Watched. Read. Listened. Doubt crept in, left again, came back stronger. Eventually I gave in, put my name on the waiting list, and accepted that this would be a long game.And then… plot twist.Someone dropped out of the last batch.I moved up.And suddenly it was no longer a distant future thing but a tracking number.Way faster than expected.Zero time to overthink.Perfect.First contactUnboxing already set the tone. This didn’t feel like opening gear… it felt like uncovering something intentional. Dense. Focused. Almost ritualistic. No flashy nonsense. No “look at me” design. Just quiet confidence.And once powered on, it was immediately clear:Vhikk X doesn’t ask to be played. It invites you to stay.This is not a module for quick wins or obvious sweet spots. It’s built for pressure, patience, and curiosity. The controls feel less like parameters and more like forces. Warp, Span, Morph, Form… they don’t decorate the sound, they reshape it. FIELD and FEED are the heart of it all… slow gravity wells where things either stabilize or gently collapse.It rewards small movements.It punishes impatience.And it absolutely shines when you let go of the idea of “control”.Drone Heaven? Oh yes.Ambient Power? Without question.The setup… minimal by choiceI deliberately went small and focused. No big studio rack, no “just in case” modules. This setup is meant to be bed-ready, chest-mounted, hands-on. Something you can hold, breathe with, and disappear into.The modules:Vhikk X at the center. The instrument. The reason.Black Joystick 2 for physical, intuitive movement. No menus, no abstraction. Just hand, motion, drift.Pico Trigg for sparse impulses and subtle structure when needed.FX Aid XL on the side… mostly waiting. A bit of space, a touch of diffusion, nothing more.That’s it.Four TE are intentionally left empty, marked by a blank panel. Not “unused space”… negative space. Room for air. Room for focus. Room for not wanting more.This isn’t minimal because I lack options.It’s minimal because Vhikk X doesn’t need much around it for what I want to do.Learning, not collectingRight now, the goal is simple:Learn the module. Properly.Not rushing to record.Not stacking effects.Not filling gaps.Just long sessions. Late nights. Small movements. Listening closely. Letting the module show its moods instead of forcing mine onto it.I honestly feel like I won’t need anything else for a long time. And that’s a rare, satisfying feeling in modular. No urge to expand. No itch to “complete” something. Just exploration.This already feels less like gear ownership and more like the beginning of a relationship.One that’s quiet, deep, and occasionally a little dangerous.Worth the wait.Worth the struggle.Absolutely worth the commitment #ModularSynthesizer #Drone #Ambient #minimalistic #ElectronicMusic #Eurorack #VhikkX
