The Regretful Purchase List!

Bought this piece of sh*t for 200 dollars back in 1999, Sadly enough I didnt understand the basics of sequencing or sampling at the time, and was dealt a rude awakening when I found out that this machine couldnt do either efficiently.


Bought this Piece of sh*t next (no offense to the people who prize these things )....Got a refund 1 week later!

djray182 wrote:a red korg electribe, to sample with. it was just to much so i got a dr sample 303. much better, it was kinda my first beat machine now that i think about it..

I hope you didnt trade an ESX for a 303. Maybe you're talking about the ER-1

....And yes, that one doesnt sample

yamaha mo6

WHY: HORRIBLE..SOUNDS REAL DIGITAL AND UN-REAL..

mbox 1

WHY: JUST WACK IN GENERAL..NO MIDI..AND THE WHOLE INPUT OUTPUT ON THE SAME KNOB GETS REAL ANNOYING..

asr-10

WHY: HARD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO LEARN..SPECIALLY AFTER USING A MPC MY WHOLE LIFE AND NOTHING ELSE..I BOUGHT IT AS A FALL BACK PIECE SINCE MY 2000 HAD BROKE..AND USING THE ASR-10 ALONE I CAN HONESTLY SAY IS NOT A GOOD IDEA..FOR ME ATLEAST..MAYBE THE SAMPLER/EFFECTS? BUT I NEVER KEPT IT LONG ENOUGH TO FIND OUT..I SOLD IT WITHIN THE SAME MONTH..PROBABLY 2WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT..

mo phatt

WHY: DECENT SYNTHS AND DECENT STRINGS,EVERYTHING ELSE IS WACK

eps-16

WHY: GOT IT AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT..HAD TO GO THRU HELL FOR THE BOOT DISK..THEN I JUST COULDNT FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK PROPERLY..SHIT WAS A LEARNING CURVE AND A HALF..HATED IT IN GENERAL..NOT FOR ME..

numark dj monitors

WHY: NOT LOUD AND CLEAR ENOUGH..NOW I USE EM AS A FOOT REST..

and probably a couple other things i cant think of at tha moment..

I've been pretty lucky as my gear list grows- the only two things I somewhat regret was:



The Juno G I bought: not because it's a bad keyboard, but because I don't use it as much as I thought I would

and

my mbox 2 "pro". Ugh. I have gotten TONS of use out of this thing, but I do kick myself for not getting a BLA modded 002r instead. Oh well. live and learn.

asr-x hands down

jbraudio wrote:I've been pretty lucky as my gear list grows- the only two things I somewhat regret was:



The Juno G I bought: not because it's a bad keyboard, but because I don't use it as much as I thought I would

and

my mbox 2 "pro". Ugh. I have gotten TONS of use out of this thing, but I do kick myself for not getting a BLA modded 002r instead. Oh well. live and learn.

sh!t.. I think some of us are reaching here..
I have junoG.. for the price, sounds and features? show me something better. Ill go buy one.

espeically for cats without mpc's. Im not really fond of the sequencer in it, but the version 2.0 update and the new sample features, plus the sample time, the build in sounds.. its a dope ass synth for the money.
I know what you mean though about not using it as much as you thought you would tho..
I feel the same about my junoG, my MM6, my TR rack and my MoPhatt. LOL

mpc 3000
akai s-950


I know, How can I say this?

mpc 3000 was hype sucked to chop and the lack of features i guess.

akai s-950 sub menu after page and menus to sample one damn thing, my emax is twice as fast and sounds twice as fat.

No reaching here, Triple X- I wish I didn't buy it. While it does have nice features, that $900 would look better in my bank account rather than in the corner

Regretful Purchase??

My MPK-49. For a lttle bit more $$$, I should have gotten one of the CME VX series midi keyboards.

jbraudio wrote:No reaching here, Triple X- I wish I didn't buy it. While it does have nice features, that $900 would look better in my bank account rather than in the corner

true.. I paid 8 for mine. got it when the gig bag and srx card rebate was going on..
sell it.. you could get everybit of 700 bucks for if its in good condition. which from the sound of how often you use it, it must be immaculate. lol

Yeah, I got the gigbag, SRX expansion deal as well, and my guy at GC threw in some Beyer headphones, which bumped it up to $900. And you're right- it is PRISTINE.
I've maybe used it on a whopping 1.3% of all beats I've done.

Shitty plastic build. Shitty needle, broke on me.

Korg ER-1 which I ended up trading for what I wanted in the first place..a Novation Drum Station which was great but realy noisy..
Numark TT-100
Ortofon Nightclub S, Ortofon Night Club E
Korg M1 (I kinda miss it now LOL at the time I hated it)
Soundcraft Spirit Absolute Zero monitors (SHITTTTTTT)
Tannoy Reveals
M-Audio 24/96 Audiophile

roland mc-505, never got into it, dont works the way i wanted it to..
s5000, nice sampler if you have the usb board like i had...but i didnt need it, mpc suits better..

Dj Pound wrote:
Bought this piece of sh*t for 200 dollars back in 1999, Sadly enough I didnt understand the basics of sequencing or sampling at the time, and was dealt a rude awakening when I found out that this machine couldnt do either efficiently.

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