Ever buy something you wanted forever then you didn't like it so much? (Page 3 of 5)

I was thinking that last night too. And not just this thread but a lot of gear threads. I've learned a lot at r4r.

And I'd also throw in that it's like VSE for musical people. A lot of people here are using their stuff to actually make music and make a living. They're not just putting it on a shelf and saying "Look at me."

I've been collecting records for 25 years but I'm a complete noob when it comes to synths and production so it is always nice to see actual helpful information here. I have ideas in my head that I want to get out and this forum will help me eventually do that more than others.

Would you see the Kawai K1 celebrated on VSE as much as you see here? No way. That's what this forum is about.

Yes! This place is easily one of, if not THE best synth-related forums I've come across.  Great thread too.

I gotta show some love too, we are a small bunch of people with no rotten apples, plus as P was saying music-making is always the ultimate goal, even though we are obviously synth geeks too.
I also really like the fact that members are from all over the galaxy, while most other gear forums always seem a little US-centric, no offense to fellow american members of course!  In fact I really like the dutch-centricity of this place!

Im surprised none of you have said rollerblades

lucrative business there

i liked switchblading more...

but why are we gonna get offtopic for 1 lousy addition about rollerblades (???) here hehe.

Siel EX80, DK80 very cheap italian synths, sold em because I dont want to much synths around here, but those things are really great, talking about character...6 voice DCO 1 VCF shared over the 6voices, cheap , lame, lowbudget, grainy, and laggy envelopes...Still a verynice thing...this is regret that they are gone...It s got that Legowelt sound over it a bit somehow...Did you have one Smack?

And you can make genuine italo with it hehe

I've had a juno 106 which I loved but after a while got bored with the sound character.

Also had a korg dw 8000, which bored me after a couple of months..

I bought another hybrid synth the ensoniq sq80, this one sounds superb and can do "everything" tons of lfo's asignable to everywhere 4 env, sync, AM modulation

Wow thats a major not my thing.. Having never had one under my paws, I cant say. But it was totally one of the synths I wanted but never came my way.

focusrite red 7 ( still have it but aaaaaahhh)

SSL alpha link * still have it soon on sale

EMT delay

logic 8 ...back to logic 6

akai s3000 xl

jv 2080

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mc303. although i still have it.

back in the mid 90s i worked all summer to save and get it.   to think i passed up on a juno-60 and small cheetah sampler for the 303!
I think it was good for about 2 weeks before i started to realise it was going to get limited quickly.  however I really liked it for its sequencer and once i got a sampler it was a great combo.
can't seem to get rid of it. it sits in the corner but it's come in handy for running a 2nd sequencer and it's pretty well built so i used it live a few times before i got an mpc. I guess i could sell it but would'nt get much these days
some of the sounds are horrendous though and its funny to hear it crop up in records.

yeah those simmons are very plastic sounding....IMO

only the discrete ones are really good like the sds3 and so.

I had a SDS800 and I didnt like it, a vermona drm has more edge it, and more soundspectre aswell
And next to my DSM200 it was a laugh hehe. Not to mention the Syncussion.

Sure with some baddass compressor/limiter eq over it it will work, but then your better off (and cheaper) with other stuff

DSI evolver desktop, too difficult to edit - just in the process of selling it.

Sequential Circuits Pro-one.  Very poor build quality, the switches and the pots felt cheap and the keyboard was terrible.

Jomox XBase 999.  Very glitchy O/S.  Good kicks but the other sounds never seemed to sit in the mix properly.  Sold it and bought the Vermona DRM MK2 which lacks the sequencer but sounds a lot better.

Focusrite Platinum Compounder.  I reallty don't know how to use compressors and I've spent ages reading articles on the web and in magazines but I still can't seem to make them do anything other than muddy the sound.  I spend ages trying to get it sounding it good on kicks and then when I do an A/B I prefer the un-compressed sound.  I'm keeping it until I make the evloutionary jump required to understand compression.