what was your worst hardware purchase of all time?

v00d00ppl · Post by **v00d00ppl** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:47 pm

alesis micron..........programming that was a bitch and learning sound design with it took so long to tweak one preset.

R.J.Dubya · Post by **R.J.Dubya** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:57 pm

Roland MC-505. Had it for half a year, about 6 years ago and pretty much never used it. Reason and my Yamaha RS-7000 were so much more fun.

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:58 pm

lukas412 wrote:white ibook. what a joke.

Luke

Had one for three years whose motherboard consistently every eight months or so (which is good, cos Danish laws dictate that all repairs are covered by a one year warranty). I loved it, though, great little machine. It broke at a particularly inconvenient time once, though, so I got a G4 iBook in november 2005, the last 12" model they ever made. I still use that for everything, it's a fantastic machine.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:00 pm

noisetonepause wrote:
lukas412 wrote:white ibook. what a joke.

Luke
Had one for three years whose motherboard consistently every eight months or so (which is good, cos Danish laws dictate that all repairs are covered by a one year warranty). I loved it, though, great little machine. It broke at a particularly inconvenient time once, though, so I got a G4 iBook in november 2005, the last 12" model they ever made. I still use that for everything, it's a fantastic machine.

Consistently...what??? The suspense!

rozling · Post by **rozling** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:10 pm

sparklepuff wrote:

I know how you feel. I am stubbornly sticking with it though because a) I won't be able to afford new MIDI controllers for a long time, b) I want one with dynamic displays anyway and can't afford an SL and c) I'm kind of addicted to the custom user page functon. When you have user pages set up the way you want them it's actually very sweet.

Oh yeah and d) I would get sweet f-all for this if I sold it

Position for my worst hardware purchases are tied between MOTU Traveler (great piece of kit, it was simply MASSIVE overkill for me) and my Hammond L100 which now trips the mains every time I flip the power switch. I was convinced I could fix it up but 6ish years later...

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:53 pm

sparklepuff wrote:
noisetonepause wrote:
lukas412 wrote:white ibook. what a joke.

Luke
Had one for three years whose motherboard consistently every eight months or so (which is good, cos Danish laws dictate that all repairs are covered by a one year warranty). I loved it, though, great little machine. It broke at a particularly inconvenient time once, though, so I got a G4 iBook in november 2005, the last 12" model they ever made. I still use that for everything, it's a fantastic machine.
Consistently...what??? The suspense!

Consistently died...

There was a problem with that particular model (iBook G3 dual USB. All in all I think I got 6 new motherboards over the course of three and a half years - and seeing as the logic board in a Mac is basically the computer minus the HD, the optical drive the screen and the plastic parts, the could of just given me a newer one (although the later ones actually turned out to have a different problem with much the same consequences) and never seen the sight of me again - but nae. Ah well. This one seems solid..

jamief · Post by **jamief** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:02 pm

Atari falcon with cubase audio.
£2600 in 1996. or maybe 94 . Didnt - wouldnt - work.
Took it back and got all my money back.

LJN · Post by **LJN** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:35 pm

Powermac G4 400 Mhz. Piece of crap. Cost me a fortune and a few months later it was totally outdated.

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:42 pm

i'd have to say M-Audio Oxygen 8 back when i first got into production. Bought it as a combo set with Reason 2.5

Never could get the damn keyboard to work. Sent it back and kept Reason.

also, this one Sony MP3 player a couple years ago, i forget the model name. This was back when i was a hardcore anti-Mac guy so I was trying to be "cool" by refusing to fall into the iPod sheep herd so i bought this thing (which by the way cost me more than an iPod while it had a smaller drive and a black and white lcd screen) and oh boy did i regret it

now i'm a happy OSX/ipod sheep... errrrmm... i mean, owner.

baaaaaaaaa

jamief · Post by **jamief** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:46 pm

aqua_tek wrote:i'd have to say M-Audio Oxygen 8 back when i first got into production. Bought it as a combo set with Reason 2.5

Never could get the damn keyboard to work. Sent it back and kept Reason.

also, this one Sony MP3 player a couple years ago, i forget the model name. This was back when i was a hardcore anti-Mac guy so I was trying to be "cool" by refusing to fall into the iPod sheep herd so i bought this thing (which by the way cost me more than an iPod while it had a smaller drive and a black and white lcd screen) and oh boy did i regret it

now i'm a happy OSX/ipod sheep... errrrmm... i mean, owner.

baaaaaaaaa

i aslo had an m-audio oxygen 8 and sent it back.

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:14 pm

i have a midi-man oxygen 8, and it still works

Kodama · Post by **Kodama** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:16 pm

It's funny how many coveted pieces of gear (Sp-808, Micron, EMU Samplers, Kyma, Waldorf Q, etc...) get mentioned!

Goes to show that you really have to get some hands on time with stuff, no matter how good the reviews, everyone has their own taste.

I think Live is my best software purchase ever, X-Station is prolly my best hardware purchase ever, although getting a decent desk, 22" monitor & nice kensington trackball have helped tons!

As far as worst purchases, it's a toss up, there are lots of things that were great and I should have used (EMU Emax, Yamaha AN1x, first Electribes, Boss SE-50, Dr. 660, Atari ST).

Then there were things I used too much cause it was all I had (Kawai K4R, a crap Roland controller).

Then there are things that sucked but you could flip at a good price, so no hard feelings...

Then there were the things that just suck outright:

Samson USB mic
Marshall Condensor mic
EV C04 mic
Tascam 4 track (noisey, expensive)
Some patch banks that were just lackluster

john gordon · Post by **john gordon** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:51 pm

the new probook with the santa rosa chip.fuck you apple.cocksucking fucking cunt whore shiteating piss slurping gangbanging corn in your back door anal licking cumswallowing ,so called master of computers......phew.i feel better now ...

overdub · Post by **overdub** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:55 pm

Kawai K4r.....yeah I know (some) House freaks love it - but maaaaaan it's boring, lame, tame, dull, tedious and uninspiring.......sold it recently after it collected dust for years