There is a saying that the next bit of purchased gear is the one that is going to take you to the next level!
I've been there and got the t-shirt! Sure you need some basic gear but the quality of modern recording equipment is stunning compared to when I first dabbled in this hobby in 1981 - yes I'm that old!
However as some would be interested to see what I used to produce my music - here goes:
Room Acoustics - DIY broadband panels made from RW3 rockwool and bass traps made from rolled up duvets
Monitors - B&W DM 601 S2 on adjustable desktop speaker isolation stand
Headphones - Sennheiser HD600
Self Built quiet PC based on Intel i7 octocore processor, 64 Gb RAM, Solid State drives (M2 and SATA), near silent PC for recording - Windows 10 - compared to PCs from the 1990's - UNBELIEVABLE! Powered through Uniteruptable Power Supply.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for recording/mixing - Cubase Pro - first used Cubase (Pro24) in 1989 on an Atari ST with 1024 Mb RAM!
DAW for Mastering - Studio One Pro - prefer the work flow in the Project page for mastering and I find using a different DAW part of the change of mindset for mastering rather than mixing.
Gaming Seat. One of my best buys - SO SO COMFORTABLE
Stream Deck. Another great purchase as it improves workflow to another level using screen "buttons" to trigger shortcuts or macros set up in your DAW/PC etc
Steinberg UR28M Analogue to Digital Audio Interface
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 Mk2 keyboard/controller
Mics - Rode NT1A (vocals) and Audio Technica 2020 (guitar) and SM58 (a 57 with a pop shield really)
EditorKeys Vocal Booth
Tegeler Creme RC - Hardware Bus EQ/Compressor
USB MIDI Breath Controller (BBC2) - great for wind instruments as you know when to stop playing
Leap Motion - with Geco software
Sledge Black Synthesisier - Fed up a bit with using a mouse on soft synths all the time plus it also is supported in Omnisphere
Korg NanoKontrol 2 - MIDI Controller for soft synths
Native VS Fader Box - 4 x 100mm MIDI Controller for orchestral work
Synth Plugins:
Drum Samples/Machine:
Effects plugins: