Wave sale

ark

http://www.novamusik.com/search.aspx?type=Model&keyword=5509&mid=27

Wout Blommers · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:40 pm Post subject:

Surely they know things you don't know, only what is it they know what you don't know?
Maybe they think the Wave doesn't sell that quick as it is supposed to do and after all make a buck before the market is stopping completely... There is a crises going on, specially in the States Confused

Wout

ark · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject:

Perhaps Clavia have finally come to their senses and have realised how bleedin' expensive their gear is? Idea

It's boom or bust in an impending global recession... muhahahaha! Twisted Evil

Virtually everything that is made in Sweden seems to cost a bloody fortune! (Cars, synths, SIDstations, furniture, wood..... Exclamation

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elektro80 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject:

Latest rumour: Clavia is selling out to Ikea. Shocked

ark · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject:

Could be -- but so far, the sale appears to be limited to this one dealer; the others I've seen are still selling it for a full grand more. Weird...

boxcolony · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

Wow, that's half the srp price???!!! is clavia killing the wave softly?

**or is it because of the waldorf blofeld?

ark · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:38 am Post subject:

GovernorSilver · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:59 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:32 pm Post subject:

Wout Blommers · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject:

Why do I read the title of this thread: Save (the) Whale?

Wout

seraph · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

Why do I read the title of this thread: Salted Whale?

Echopark · Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 2 Location: United States

I have a feeling the pricing has something to do with the US distributer. Armadillo is no longer the official distributer for Clavias product. I just placed an order through Instrument Pro, an online dealer from California, and got the same price that Nova Musik was offering. There drop-shipping my order direct from Armadillo. Me thinks when Clavia have there new distributer in place the prices offered by Nova will return to normal. Grab one while you can! Or two, and sell one for a profit.

ark · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:07 am Post subject:

I have no doubt that the price drop is somehow connected to the change in distributor.

The question is what will happen when the new distributor takes over.

A year ago, one dollar would buy a little more than 6 Swedish kronor. Today, one dollar will buy approximately 9 kronor. That means that if the price for Nord products stays the same in Sweden, either they must drop substantially in the USA or someone will make enormous profits.

In today's economy, I would expect the USA distributor to accept lower profit margins in return for higher sales (or maybe any sales at all).

peterkadar · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:13 am Post subject:

A while back, we got a new Nord distributor in Canada, and as a result, the prices went down a bit.

vortx21 · Joined: Mar 17, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Burlington, VT

Anyone tried this yet? Seems too low, but I think NovaMusik is supposed to be legit, right?
I tried a price match at ZZounds and they said:
"Unfortunately, we cannot compete with a price that is below dealer cost for this item."

kslight · Joined: Feb 23, 2009 Posts: 41 Location: KC

My bandmate actually just purchased and received his Nord Wave last week from Novamusik at said price, so it is very legit. It arrived brand new and was obviously not a refurb or return. So I would say take advantage of the price while you still can.

peterkadar · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:57 am Post subject:

Wow! I finally just clicked on the above link. That price is amazing!!!

Somebody should jump on that. If I could get one in Canada that cheaply, my visa would be in a lot of pain....

vortx21 · Joined: Mar 17, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Burlington, VT

Jumped on it! Got free stuff thrown in too.
I'm so excited, I've wanted one of these since they came out. Would have loved those LED knobs like the NL3 but it sounds worth it for the samples.

peterkadar · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:00 am Post subject:

Congrats vortx21! I think the Wave is an awesome instrument. They have so much memory and they're so lightweight too. You could probably midi up a pad and trigger samples on one slot and play synth parts or other samples on the keyboard with the other slot... that's pretty cool...

I wonder if you can set the slots to transmit on separate midi channels... Hmmm.... must investigate....

ark · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:27 am Post subject:

peterkadar · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:16 am Post subject:

that's a good question. It seems unlikely to me that everyone would want all of the samples from the website. Withe the Nord Stage, for example, there are a lot of piano and harpsichord sounds that I'm not likely to use. I personally would want to put my own stuff in the Wave to have a simple and reliable way of triggering samples for live use.... AND play multisampled instruments too. And bitchin' analog like tones Smile

Of course, if you were bumping your head against the ceiling, you could load and save samples on a project by project basis. When you consider the total waveform ROM of a Motif ES is 175MB, you can begin to appreciate how much the Wave's 180 can accomodate.

And unlike my V-synth XT, the Nord will support traditional multisamples with looping...

ark · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:26 am Post subject: