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How would you spend $1000 (US) on hardware?
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| David Adams |
As the title suggests, how would you spend $1000 USD on hardware?
Please no software - I have quite a bit of that. I'm really wanting some hardware to mess with. I thought about spending a little more on the Virus TI, but I'm sure it will come down in price in a year or so. I was thinking of something like a Virus C, Supernova II, or JP-8080. I might even be able to get two of them. Would a Lexicon MX200 be worth my while with one of these?
Or, should I just save the money up and get the Virus TI for about $800 money...
I just want opinions...
Thanks! |
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| mysticalninja |
| waldorf something + jp8000 |
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| camsr |
| I would buy the best hardware reverb unit I could and use all softsynths. |
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| ASFSE |
| EQ unit or compressor |
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| michaelconway |
| hate to be a turd in a pickle jar, but honestly man. Look at what type of hardware you feel you need to take your production level to the next level. Don't go out and buy 2-3 new hardware kits you probably will rarely use or that the learning curve is steep. With the virus, they are great synths. It took me about a year to learn everything with it to make sounds I need. Now I have a nordlead3 rack with my Ti. the nord is extreamly easy to opperate. If you want outboard FX get a lexicon mx200 costs almost nothing but its a great tool to have. I have one. but dont just spend money to spend money. |
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| David Adams |
| quote: | Originally posted by michaelconway
hate to be a turd in a pickle jar, but honestly man. Look at what type of hardware you feel you need to take your production level to the next level. Don't go out and buy 2-3 new hardware kits you probably will rarely use or that the learning curve is steep. With the virus, they are great synths. It took me about a year to learn everything with it to make sounds I need. Now I have a nordlead3 rack with my Ti. the nord is extreamly easy to opperate. If you want outboard FX get a lexicon mx200 costs almost nothing but its a great tool to have. I have one. but dont just spend money to spend money. |
Your words are very wise; however, I'm not just spending money to spend money. I've been looking at many different hardware options in the last few days. I just can't make my mind up what I want. The Virus TI would be my first choice, but I feel it is a bit steep right now, but I'm extremely tempted. I simply threw out an arbitrary number of $1000 so people knew I didn't want to go totally insane with my choice(s). Maybe I should just get one and learn it first...then get another as you suggest. There's quite a few choices out there.
I have many software VSTs right now (yes, all purchased :) ). I know this can be argued, but just hearing samples of hardware synths like the Virus TI make the software synths cower in fear - just my opinion. They sound so clean and of much higher quality. Besides, I would like to fiddle with the knobs. I do have some of my controls in software controlled by my MIDI controller, but I imagine it is a bit different.
Speaking of the Lexicon MX200, I've read great things about it, but I cannot find ANY sample of audio using it. Does anyone know where I can find a sample?
Take care... |
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| michaelconway |
| quote: | Originally posted by David Adams
Your words are very wise; however, I'm not just spending money to spend money. I've been looking at many different hardware options in the last few days. I just can't make my mind up what I want. The Virus TI would be my first choice, but I feel it is a bit steep right now, but I'm extremely tempted. I simply threw out an arbitrary number of $1000 so people knew I didn't want to go totally insane with my choice(s). Maybe I should just get one and learn it first...then get another as you suggest. There's quite a few choices out there.
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My bad dude, I didn't mean to sound like a dick. Im just having a bad day at work. well, here is the thing with the TI. Its a great all around synth, The bass on it is supurb! If you are looking to add a synth Save up and go for the TI, or if you have a 1,000 put it as a down and finance the rest if you have that option available.
Let me see if i can get you some samples of the lexicon in action, and ill post them up. Like I made the mistake of buying a bunch of gear at once and then being frustrated when trying to do one little thing with a track. I was kind of aggitated that I didn't take peoples advice. |
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| David Adams |
| quote: | Originally posted by michaelconway
My bad dude, I didn't mean to sound like a dick. Im just having a bad day at work. well, here is the thing with the TI. Its a great all around synth, The bass on it is supurb! If you are looking to add a synth Save up and go for the TI, or if you have a 1,000 put it as a down and finance the rest if you have that option available.
Let me see if i can get you some samples of the lexicon in action, and ill post them up. Like I made the mistake of buying a bunch of gear at once and then being frustrated when trying to do one little thing with a track. I was kind of aggitated that I didn't take peoples advice. |
No man! I didn't take it that way. I appreciate the advice. I might do as you suggest and just get the TI. One thing holding me back a little is that I use Cakewalk Sonar 6, and I know there have been issues with it and the Virus TI when used as a VST plugin. I don't want to spend any more money on a sequencer like Cubase. Besides, I'm very comfortable with Sonar at the moment. I suppose I could just hook it up like any of the older viruses with MIDI and audio out until it gets worked out with Sonar.
Mystic mentioned Waldorf. I went to their site and found something new that is coming out. Check it out:
CLICK---==> biofeld
I'm sure most of you already know about that though. I wonder how it sounds. I have time to wait because I probably won't buy anything for a couple months anyway.
I look forward to those MX200 samples. You can email me at [email protected]. If you need me to host the samples, let me know... |
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| Eric J |
| You will not be disappointed with the sounds run through the Lexicon MX200. It sounds amazing! |
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| DigiNut |
| I'd get a DSP (UAD or Powercore). Much more versatile than a single-purpose box! |
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| jobro |
| I'd pick up a Korg 01W workstation or a Yamaha RM1X workstation, but that's just me. |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
You will not be disappointed with the sounds run through the Lexicon MX200. It sounds amazing! |
I'm hearing this a lot, hardware reverb is being considered a pretty good thing...
your main options are things like
waldorf
virus
nord
jp 8080 or v synth (vsynth has a bad rep tho so...)
if you wanted effects go either the
lexicon
!!!focusrite liquidmix!!! (no one mentioned this yet???!!!)
you could get a triton or a phantom to cover you for the workstation side of things too.. |
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