New gear!

Antimon · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:23 am Post subject:

Are we allowed to talk about hard to resist urges that haven't resulted in actual purchases yet? I say a second hand Poly Evolver at a local music store going for something like a bit less than 1200 Euro. I forced my hands down my pockets and my feet out the door...

/Stefan

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

seraph · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

Maybe, since we are having a crisis, it would be a good idea to have the craving stories here Rolling Eyes

mtvic

With the US and Worlds economic woes as they are,and with my economic woes as they are.;I am craving the vintage gear I had to sell to pay for the newer gear I am in debt for to just keep up with my gear addiction.
Not to mention the price of keeping up with regular tech lust like cable tv, internet and telephone( land and mobile) fees )

No More Gear This Year Exclamation

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except for the Denon DJ DN-S1200 I cant open til Christmas
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seraph

Antimon · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

I'll resist further mentions of cravings here... but ooh that poly evolver...

/Stefan

Acoustic Interloper

mtvic · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

I forgot about the oud I won on the e-bay auction that I didn't plan on winning.
birthday surprises are fun are they not?
not till 01 /11/09
No More Gear til 2010 I guess. yeah right. Rolling Eyes

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Antimon · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

As a justification for my earlier rambling about cravings, I've gone ahead and bought that Poly Evolver! It's been sitting on a shelf at the store at an incredible price (my estimation) for two weeks now, and I could no longer resist. Sure it's second hand, and when I got it home the knobs responded a bit oddly when I tweaked them, but an OS update seems to have taken care of those quirks. And it sounds lovely! Very Happy

An early christmas present for myself.

Part of my thoughts go to the person who sold it - one scenario that pops into my ever guilt-ridden brain is a tearful parting due to lack of money in these difficult times. I promise I'll take good care of it!

/Stefan

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seraph · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

EdisonRex · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

modulator_esp · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

the PEK is a lovely synth, I was looking to get one recently, but got side-tracked by an Andromeda Very Happy

Antimon · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:41 am Post subject:

Yep! I've had the the mono desktop version for a while, so I already knew that I love the sound. And now there's loads of knobs (first synth I have with complete access like this!) and four times the joy. And the polyphony works pretty well too - plus I can even hook up the mono for fifth voice!

/Stefan

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Not really a tangible thing, but I'll chuck it in here anyways: I've gone and bought an upgrade to Logic Studio. Guess I know what I'll be doing over Christmas! Cool

seraph · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

God, I'm reaaly having to talk to someone professional about my Gear Aqcuisition Syndrome (what a nice acronym that makes!), I've got a Korg NanoKontrol, I'll let you know how it works anon.

Inventor · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

I don't have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrom), I have FART (Frikkin Awful Retrofit Tendency). Remember how I cut a hole in my guitar for a handle and sticky-taped a motion sensor on it? Well, now I've got tape on the frets, resistors in the tuning pins, and wire running down the neck! It looks like a Franken guitar! GAS or FART, either way you're full of it!

seraph · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

I think many here are affected by GAS and a few by FART but anyway the NanoKontrol is way cool. Download the editor from the Korg website if you have not already done so.
Wink

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Carlo, thanks for the tip! And Inventor, thanks for the other acronym - a very good one! Wink

Antimon · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject:

Do you get parameter feedback anywhere on the nanokontrol, or does it behave like the corresponding parts of a microkontrol? It sure looks small and nice, but I don't know if I could live without the feedback...

/Stefan

Oskar · Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway

Stefan, jag har inte hunnit finna ut sådana detaljer, or to put it in the Lingua Franca, I haven't had time to check the finer details, I've just about managed to set it up as a B4 controller. Y'see I'm still learning Logic Pro anyways.

Antimon · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

OK, den är sikkert grei uansett. Smile

/Stefan