What if you could do it all over again?

Techrival · Post by **Techrival** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:28 am

If you could go back in time to just before you purchased stuff for your first home studio and you had about $1500-$2000 to spend AND your current knowledge level about equipment, what music related hardware/software etc would you buy and why?

- I think we all make choices early on that have us saying stuff like, 'If I only knew.. I would've bought <insert> instead of <insert> and been so much better off..'

Gargamel314 · Post by **Gargamel314** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:27 am

in '97 i would have bought a Trinity (or an 01/Wfd considering i was a poor college student) instead of an N364

and in '03 i would have held off before buying the Karma workstation ... and gotten a Triton Extreme when that came out in '04.

Other than that... i think i've made some good decisions.

Techrival · Post by **Techrival** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:28 am

Gargamel314 wrote:in '97 i would have bought a Trinity (or an 01/Wfd considering i was a poor college student) instead of an N364

and in '03 i would have held off before buying the Karma workstation ... and gotten a Triton Extreme when that came out in '04.

Other than that... i think i've made some good decisions.

Ah.. what if it was 2009 and not 1997? How would you do it now instead of back then.. just wondering. Cool response though.

Post by **Sharp** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:42 am

If I could go back, I'd never buy anything that carries the name TASCAM on it purely from the the point of view that they do not care about you as a customer, or what their customers think about them. Their attitude to their own products is very different from other companies.

TASCAM seem to have the view that they don't produce musical equipment for fellow musicians. It's only a product to them and they will drop it even if it's an unfinished product without any care for you or their own image. It's all about the $$$$$ to TASCAM.

Which is a shame because the actual engineers they have working for them have a huge love for what they do. I have tons of respect for them, but none whatsoever for the Company and the guys who make the decisions on what happens.

Cheers
James

krazy78 · Post by **krazy78** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:13 pm

I wish i could go back & get the Trinity V3 instead of the Triton classic.

Techrival · Post by **Techrival** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:02 pm

Sharp wrote:If I could go back, I'd never buy anything that carries the name TASCAM on it purely from the the point of view that they do not care about you as a customer, or what their customers think about them. Their attitude to their own products is very different from other companies.

TASCAM seem to have the view that they don't produce musical equipment for fellow musicians. It's only a product to them and they will drop it even if it's an unfinished product without any care for you or their own image. It's all about the $$$$$ to TASCAM.

Which is a shame because the actual engineers they have working for them have a huge love for what they do. I have tons of respect for them, but none whatsoever for the Company and the guys who make the decisions on what happens.

Cheers
James

TASCAM eh? Definitely noted.. will avoid them like the plague. I guess having the word 'SCAM' in the company name is a possible sign, no? Word.

Kontrol49 · Post by **Kontrol49** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:15 am

I'd say most of the choices of people buying something and learning a lesson later regretting it,were based simply on Impulse purchases or hypnotized by glossy advertisments.

I always try to stay at least a year behind technology,when all the dust has settled and the problems/pros/cons have been highlighted by those users duped into buying things so blindly,a valuable lesson IMO,plus I tend to really research things before jumping in,never really bought anything that made think "What a waste of money/should have bought something else"

If I could go back in time,then I would have still done and bought everything I did anyway,part of making music is about evolving and moving on,Technology advances all the time so no matter how much knowledge you have now about what to and what not to buy its all a matter of change and tastes which change with your needs, and every person has different methods,its difficult with Musical instruments to find the one thing that would cater for every aspect of your music,even now my setup is built around a few choice devices rather than simply one do it all machine and the majority of newer technology devices are conceived by user feedback of older models

I would have never found my perfect setup today,without using the different devices over the years,buying as I went along and changing my devices as my needs grew differentl,dare say this will forever change over the coming years also,but with a lot more Questions before buying and certainly more wiser as to what I need,I tend to prefer to buy secondhand hardware wise,because that way your taking less of a financial risk or loss.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:32 am

No change for me at all, I've been lucky!
Regards, Lorenzo

Techrival · Post by **Techrival** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:34 pm

Lorenzo wrote:No change for me at all, I've been lucky!
Regards, Lorenzo

Very cool, what kind of setup do you have and what were the.. uh.. lets say the first 3 pieces of hardware or software you've purchased/procured if you don't mind?

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:37 pm

Techrival wrote:
Lorenzo wrote:No change for me at all, I've been lucky!
Regards, Lorenzo
Very cool, what kind of setup do you have and what were the.. uh.. lets say the first 3 pieces of hardware or software you've purchased/procured if you don't mind?

you can see my setup here: http://www.synthaddicted.com/synthaddicted/Studio.html

the first one was a Triton proX followed by a k2500r rack, than the motif es rack that is going to be replaced in this days. The k2500r was replaced by a k2661, all the other gear will never go out from my studio except for live

candlewick · Post by **candlewick** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:01 pm

I would have kept the Minimoog.

dayuri · Post by **dayuri** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:20 am

My first purchase was monumentally stupid. I bought a MIDI controller thinking it was synth, fortunately it was dirt cheap. I also regret buying my kaossilator (I haven't used it since I got my DS-10) and bass guitar (fun but not in love).

If I could do it all again I'd buy an MPC1000, a Roland SH-101 (or a MS20 if I were lucky) and a DS-10.

Gear regret is usually inversely proportional to how much money you have.

How about you Techrival?

Techrival · Post by **Techrival** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:34 pm

dayuri wrote:My first purchase was monumentally stupid. I bought a MIDI controller thinking it was synth, fortunately it was dirt cheap. I also regret buying my kaossilator (I haven't used it since I got my DS-10) and bass guitar (fun but not in love).

If I could do it all again I'd buy an MPC1000, a Roland SH-101 (or a MS20 if I were lucky) and a DS-10.

Gear regret is usually inversely proportional to how much money you have.

How about you Techrival?

I'm trying to setup a playbook off of the bad beats of others.. that's why I started this thread. I really don't have a single piece of equipment yet except the ds-10 (can't wait for ds-10 plus to hit stateside!) which may or may not count depending on who you talk to. I've always been big into gaming and just recently (past 6 months) have I been really interested in music so I currently have no regrets on equipment heh. Thinking about jumping in right off the bat with an x50 and emx-1 but I dunno.. still researching. No idea what DAW I want to go with. Anyhow.. awesome posts everyone! This is all good stuff.