ewistrand wrote:As far as the price goes, you're also paying for future developmental costs. I want to see Circle grow up, so I think the price while in the high side isn't that far out of line.
I can understand that. But I am sure I can find plenty of people who agree, the synth is slightly overpriced. Any company run well, will factor in profit, marketing, development and research costs past, present, and future, that is not so odd. What seems odd, is that many of todays companies, be them financial, entertainment, medical, auto, and others, want to pass on extraneous costs to the consumer.
I'm not sure what about Circle needs to warrant this cost, when compared to comparably priced software synths. Maybe I'll demo it again and change my mind.
If I had a 50,000 dollar music budget, I'd probably be just as much as a tight ass with my dollar as I am today. I grew up, extremely middle of the road, for Midtown Manhattan. In my early 20s, just out of college, I was really flush with cash, job prospects, and what looked to be a nice promising future.
I can not remember a time in my life, where I have had to juggle cash, and budget my money as I have had to do over the last two - three years. The economy, company contracts, work, real estate, ( of which I was left a bit when my Mom passed ), have really been hard on me.
When the economy returns, if the economy returns, or my own personal economy starts to look better; and thankfully it has perked up a little, I will be a very changed guy. I will never spend money the way I learned to spend it growing up in NYC. I will never spend money the way I did a year or two out of college in my early 20s. I wont be a miser, but for me, my own personal ideas about consumerism have changed greatly over the last two years. I have a very strict way about me now. I have a very high threshold, before I spend my cash on something.
ewistrand wrote:
I also have Alchemy- as people here have said, it's a wonderful synth/sample mangler/what have you.
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Ok.
I had some questions, I had some thoughts, I had some objections. And I got my head bitten off, because I dared to voice them. Whatever I said, whatever I thought, I'm still interested in doing a demo, and maybe purchasing the synth.
Now, I haven't gone back to read the thread, cause I don't want the headache, but take a look at this locked thread.
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http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=236908
^--- This is an example. I am not the guy who got banned, and I am using this thread as an example, to show that what I have said about alchemy was not that crazy.
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Whatever it was I said on Alchemy, I didn't get banned for, I didn't try to hide it. I guess I must have made comments, that were pretty in line with, "questions, concerns somebody might have before buying something." Despite the communities intolerance for those who may think differently.
On software in general:
I bought
1) Tracktion 3, which was so buggy on my system I couldn't even use it. I remember those months, where I saved up to buy Ableton live.
2) Nexus, a product that is completely missrepresented, one that I uninstalled within two weeks of owning, from a company that has accused me of fraud. ( REFX, gimme a fucking break. If I lived in Germany I would file a complaint with the consumer organizations. )
3) CronoX, RM4, Recycle, Traktor DJ, and I hardly use these things. I could so easily do without them.
4) Predator, I decided it was too digitally harsh for me, Numerology decided it was too confusing. I've traded them both for other softwares.
Why do I need to rush out and by a synthesizer? Furthermore, how do you expect me to buy a synthesizer without asking several questions?
Recently I bought Sugar Bytes Unique, and the Consequence. Unique I downloaded and reinstalled that demo 3 or 4 times over the last 3 months, and Consequence, I've wanted something like that for years. You may remember when I posted on the Virsyn forums about a step sequencer.
Maybe I am just a weird guy, but I don't need, nor want, a lot of technology for my music. If I had $2,000 dollars to blow right now. I'd buy an awesome pair of monitors.
I have no plans to rush to buy any more software. If I see something I like, and I am interested, you can make a safe bet, I will have questions, objections, and will think long and hard about a purchase.
Cheers Mate
too many lasers...
and very deep 
