. I did a lot of music that sounded like the "epic trailers" for movies, with realistic strings, brass, and loud percussion.
It lasted maybe, a week. Yes, the CCC truly is awesome, it sounded "epic"... but... but also quite vanilla flat!
I decided that it wasn't my style, I'm a hardware guy, I need to mix and match different hardware synths and drum machine and FX and... and said F It, I put the CCC back in its box and bought a freakin' Fairlight, a PPG, and a professional recording console shortly after heh
So the specter of G.A.S. rose again. I haven't stopped buying gear since, and I'm almost to the old point of 2004 (10 years ago!) when I had the 70 synths and gear (actually, I have well more than 100 now counting all the racks).
It's a cycle, people, it's a cycle. G.A.S. is a cycle, goes up and down
and it's difficult to control. Maybe in 2014 I'll sell it all and buy a duduk, a drone generator and a white robe, grow a beard and go ascetic. We'll seeee...
For the time being... well, my good propositions really haven't worked out the way I said they would 3 years ago, so I'm
not
making any new ones for the new year. With that said...
Happy New Year to all GearSlutz!!!
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choond
Lives for gear
My Studio
Its easy to lose a sense of purpose with song making nowadays. Producers in the 90's could make good money from their work if they were good. And there was a lot of pushing the envelop going on across the board to keep people inspired and creative. In my city, there were some great groups of electronic music producers who'd get together and throw events, so there was always a non-stressful live performance outlet, if nothing else. That kind of thing got too expensive and risky to do, with all that public liability insurance and whatnot. All those venues closed down too, and only the big commercial clubs survived.
Now you get a lot of people using synths for basic personal enjoyment - learning synthesis, enjoying the buzz of working with new sounds, solo jamming and noodling. We get audiences on youtube and soundcloud, which is not the same as performing live with other producers, in front of chilled out crowd who you can talk to afterwards. There doesn't seem to be much money in it unless you're top dog in the commercial realm.
Just saying, times have changed, don't be too hard yourself. Enjoy your synths, love making sounds on them. Create songs or just design sounds- its all good stuff IMO. If you really have to make money, you can do it ina number of ways, song making is possibly the least lucrative. If you just have to have worldwide recognition and fame, learn to Twerk or something.
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clusterchord
Lives for gear
My Recordings/Credits
My Studio
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Originally Posted by
roginator
I wont downsize my system a lot (tho will sell some things ) and i wont BUY synths...that will be good if i make 1 year not to buy a synth!!!
My plans for 2011 is more music, midi in all vintage gear I have and upgrading some devices i have!!! thats all!!!
Im with you Mr. Varaldo
Roginator, considering CRAPLOAD of synth gear you bought in last 3 years since posting this, i can only say to this:
blah blah blah blah blah blah..
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Mr. Varaldo
Lives for gear
My Studio
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Originally Posted by
clusterchord
Roginator, considering CRAPLOAD of synth gear you bought in last 3 years since posting this, i can only say to this:
blah blah blah blah blah blah..
Hahahahaha
We both did the same thing
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31st December 2013
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cixelsyd
Lives for gear
My Studio
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Originally Posted by
Popbott
So to answer the OP, sorry I won't be joining your cruesade. Why get stressed out with what you have? Build some discipline and make some rules to figure things out. If you are going to produce music, do it, don't blame it on the gear.
ditto
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31st December 2013
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killa ego
Lives for gear
i spent not too much. got a new laptop and tone2 complete, that's it. gonna buy the glue too (years not over yet.)
on that note while komplete 9 is a better deal than the tone2 stuff (barely) i'd much rather use tone2 synths than ANY NI product other than kontakt.
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31st December 2013
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killa ego
Lives for gear
o ya also bought op-x and korg m1.
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31st December 2013
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Lune
Lives for gear
GAS should be labeled for what it really is: a shopping disorder
If you can't control it then its an addiction- with all the anxiety, emptiness and guilt that comes with addictions. I keep fighting it- so far I'm winning, I only put in low ball- sure to be declined- offers in at Ebay and CL (hey, its a compromise!) I have actually sold more than I have bought this year, which makes the current moment dangerous as I feel I can spend the money again. So far, I have talked myself out of every urge. But if I ever see a killer deal I will probably lose control as I have once (I was the second caller for a CL Alesis Fusion 88 + amp selling for $250- dammit)
Like I said- GAS is mainly a shopping disorder. Most of us have all the tools we already need. But maybe we all need a disorder- and I have reasoned that if I can sell my hardware for about what I have paid for it then its not that bad of an addiction. I only buy when its a steal deal so I don't lose much in the end. I have only lost $200 real dollars in hardware the past two years. Its one of the reasons I am going back to hardware- its just more fun playing with colorful toys that you can sell again.
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31st December 2013
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Normie
Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by
Mr. Varaldo
Since it's the end of the year, three years later, I wanted to give an update to my fellow GSers on what happened to my "good propositions" to simplify to the bone for the new year.
I just dove into hardware this year. Not as hardcore as many here but I did drop a lot of cash in doing it. Still learning the ways of the world with it as I started with software but I don't regret it a bit.
Definitely upended my prior workflow but I don't see that as bad. And since it's entirely the fault of your webpage that there's a Roland SRV3030D in my rack, I would haZ a sad if you had given up on the hardware
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31st December 2013
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Looneytune
Lives for gear
Yeah it can feel this way for sure. On the back on my console I have 16 DB25'S connected most ending with more cables and more cables into other cables and links. You never solve the spaghetti of wiring. A wire goes bad and your fun is seriously over.
I dont have 22 keyboards and only have about 10 or so and that is way more then enough for me. I have promised to stop buying synths now in order to build my dream outboard studio, and plus I think I have allot of choice when it comes to synths. If you cant get a decent sound with 10 synths then something is wrong with you.
I have given myself a limit now, my goal is to build a small format console with EQ and Compression on every channel so focusing on this and nothing else at all!!
That means no to the Wasp, Jupi 8 and other fantastic synths!!!
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31st December 2013
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NEXUS-6
Lives for gear
HAHAHAH whats this thread about from 2011?
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31st December 2013
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Deleted User
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My Studio
I'm new to this forum and I see the term GAS here. What the heck does it mean? Seriously.
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31st December 2013
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Yoozer
Gear Guru
1 Review written
Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
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31st December 2013
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Deleted User
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I had guessed Gear and Synths.
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31st December 2013
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Pro5
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My Studio
3 Reviews written
I'm proudly GAS free for 2014 - music is my focus again... at last. I'm down to 3 synths on an A-Frame (any excess you see in my 'have' sig are to be sold - I've chosen my 3 and they will do what I need for a good while), and a houston controller under my left hand mouse under my right - great workflow for me (much better than when I tried a