The Regretful Purchase List!

Stanton SA-12. Paid over 1,000$ to get it on the first month of release, only to find out that the effects were only pre-fader, the cf cut-in was horrible with a huge fade in, and after two months, the price dropped 1/3. Nice. Sold it for less than 300$. Really nice.

the mpd16. i was so excited to have pads for my reason rig when it came out...i could never afford a mpc back then.


a regular mbox2...usb 1.1....that's really all i have to say. i've been spoiled by real nice firewire devices.



m-audio sputnik, lotta hype...but it just didn't sound good against my voice.

I'd say my whole first setup-Behringer mixer, m-audio 24/96, mxl 990, cheap m-audio controller. But, at the time it actually worked out great, I couldn't afford better and all were critical peices. So, i just take that as growing with music.


My real regrets that were "aviodable" when i knew what i wanted/needed/and could afford better.


KRK RP5's. I actually loved these at first and they were some of the only budget new monitors when i bought them. I still think they are great for listening speakers but i couldn't get my mixes to translate EVER. People have luck with them, not for me at all. I sold them and bought some used Tannoys for the same price so not that bad of a deal. I love my Tannoys for what i paid for them.

ProtoolsI have a love/hate relationship with this. I really wanted a program that could do everything. I absolutely hate it for half of what it does, love it for things as well. If I started with another program, i wouldn't have to stick with M-Audio soundcards and probably would be just as happy. Since i have it, i don't want to just buy something else right now. It's not bad but i do regret it. I already feel "locked in" to PT and i really didn't spend much on it at all.

Sony Best Buy sub I thought this would be great to get my lowend on point. I don't mix with a sub but just try to reference it. I don't know what it's like to have a quality sub but this thing can't put out the volume to make it worth using. Clips at anything past "normal listening levels". That will probably end up in the living room if i ever get a home system.



Everything else i've bought, i either knew it's limitations, or i wasn't happy at first and figured out a way to use it in a way that worked for me. And really, most everything i own now was bought for what it was for and works as supposed to.

i still use my audiophile 24/96!!! its a great little interface.

probably the yamaha mm6. it's not even being used since i bought it a few months ago. guess i'm not much of a synth guy.

narkotiq wrote:i still use my audiophile 24/96!!! its a great little interface.

I think it's great if that is all you need. I actually still have mine. If i had another desktop i would through it in. It's not bad at all but stereo I/O is not even close to enough. I use a delta 1010lt now which has the same sound quality which is OK but i love it for the price (again) and don't need to upgrade, though i want to.

crossings wrote:i also regret getting the m-audio Keyrig 25 midi controller instead of just getting the Oxygen-8... the Keyrig 25 used to be known as the O2... it's like a flatter version of the oxygen8... from the pics, i liked how the knobs were laid out better than on the oxy8, but i didn't know how flat the keys we're going to be... they're so flat that it's real easy to hit another key by accident.. kinda sucks, but it'll do the trick until i decide to upgrade.

yeah i got the keyrig 25 too. pretty cheap of m-audio just to mark it was a different name even though its just the original oxygen keyboard. and yeah the keys are really flat, but its not bad i guess for just doin simple things

I could go all Angry Video Game Nerd on the MPC500.

Roland CDX1 Disc Lab, bought it when it first came out, seemed like it would solve a bunch of needs in one, but they discontinued real quick and never fixed the flaws. It was my first sampler and I was excited as shit, but big let down. I still use it for some things though so eventually over time I will at least get my money out of it.

Boss DR-670 Dr. Rhythm was one hell of a waste. Got it before I looked into making beats; just wanted to make drum breaks to scratch over. Should of got a sampler instead like an sp-303.

Both decisions made before I had a computer and was able to research the equipment first. At least I was able to trade the DR-670 + $100 for a MicroKorg which I am loving right now.

My purchase of a PreSonous V-fire was a real painful experience...
I wanted to incorporate it (Its a firewire interface) with my vs2400cd
to record 16ch at once to a computer daw. Never used computers in my music production before... and after all the hassle of tryin' to get it to work I nearly swore to never use a computer again for recording my music.... well I downgraded to a cheap m-audio usb audio interface instead and it works for sending mastertracks to the computer from my vs2400 porta..

The Esi Near 05 classic monitors was a dumb purchase I made.
The monitors are straight sounding mudd, mixin with those is like searchin for a lightswitch in a dark room or somethin.. I had them for a long wile because I coulddn't afford buyin new ones at that time . I saved up to a pair of yamaha hs50 and those are
alot more accurate than the nEar 05's.

numark pt01
gemini tt01 mkII
m audio axiom 25.
asr 10

I always regret everything I bought, especially when I'm broke and need money. For example: Now my car is broke, some months ago I spended much money on equip, I would need that money now to buy a new car. So I regret it.

ONE wrote:Probably a computer. I spend way too much time on this forum.

Cosign, lol...I kinda regret copping an s900, It worked great for a while but now only the Mono and Stereo R outputs work. A wasted $150+shipping.

Spirit wrote:On behalf of someone else: an E-mu ESI2000 - they regretted it being 'complicated' (how !?!?) - so I got a bargain y'day

Yamaha A4000's are awesome!
...but like too much of yammy gear the user interface is torturous
(till you get used to it lol)

+1

I still have an A4000 and LOVE IT. its stupid easy to use one you know it. you just have to RTFM.
I have a 9gb scsi hd in mine, and 128mb ram. if u keep your samples trimmed and load from the drive the load time aint that bad at all. Plus its ridiculously versatile for an older piece of gear, even now.
I'll never sell mine. Mine only regret is how deep the damn thing is.. Sticks out of every rack or desk I ever had/have.

as for my most regretted piece of gear.. Akai S20. I bought it cause I couldnt afford the mpc2k at the time.
MISTAKE CITY.. I got back in street, hustled up doe, returned the Sh!t20 I mean S20 and got my mpc2000.
Oh happy DAY!!!! (1998)