tubedude
New member
Sorry folks, I started something everyone is interested in and fell apart at the seams. My life is bleak right now, as everyone saw in the cave, and my motivation is at an all time low.
I'm still checking out, auditioning, dreaming, making a list and checking it twice, of the gear I'm gonna buy this coming winter.
This leads me to thinking about todays subject. (Maybe this should become tip-o-the-week? )
Buying gear and wasting money.... save yourself the heartache.
If you are new to this game, then you are destined to make these mistakes, even after I tell you this. The old timers will step in, I hope, and back me up on this one, too.
I have been chasing an elusive sound for 15 years.
I have bought thousands of dollars in hyped up over marketed gear thinking this was the key, the final stage in making it all sound big and fat.
I have come really close sometimes, being forced to work extra hard and extra long to try to get a big sound. Close just doesn't get it for me. For every stage of quality you step up, you want that next step. Its totally addictive and financial hell.
For every $1000 I've spent on gear in my life, I ended up selling the shit for about 20% of its new value. For the money I have spent on cheap lousy junk that doesnt cut it, I could have a rack of high end gear. No lie. A rack of Brent Averill Neves and some good EQ's.
Todays lesson is one in finance.
Don't buy ANYTHING cause it looks good (except hookers).
Don't beleive marketing hype. It is marketing, to sell stuff, to make someone else money. Plenty of products are blown up to look very good, but perform terrible. They work, though. Just not well.
Forums like this are a valuable resource. Ask before you buy. Check around. You might get some valuable answers, and save yourself alot of misery. Do this for EVERY piece you buy, even if it seems like a no-brainer.
Spend the extra $10 on the better cable. Its only $10, damnit.
Don't rush for that Behringer mixer you want so badly. Consider saving the money and getting some better quality outboard preamps. It doesnt have to be Neve, but get something better. A focusrite platinum series or a dual channel Presonus MP20 (only $500 for 2 decent class A pre's) will get you much closer to the truth than a mixer that has 48 mic pre's for $199 plus tax.
Be patient (a lesson thats KILLING me right now). If you can get the better pre's in 3 weeks, or the cheap ones now, wait. IN the long run you'll be SOOOOO much happier. Patience is a bitch though, and if you snap and make the crappy buy, I'm with ya brother... its hard sometimes.
Mics... there are plenty of tried and true mics out there in a low price bracket. If you only have one mic or are buying your 1st, don't take a chance on something you've never heard of on the advice of a GC salesman... Even though it seems like the deal of a lifetime. Come back here and ask. You'll be glad you did.
Just remind yourself that its for the good of all mankind.
See ya soon,
Paul
I'm still checking out, auditioning, dreaming, making a list and checking it twice, of the gear I'm gonna buy this coming winter.
This leads me to thinking about todays subject. (Maybe this should become tip-o-the-week? )
Buying gear and wasting money.... save yourself the heartache.
If you are new to this game, then you are destined to make these mistakes, even after I tell you this. The old timers will step in, I hope, and back me up on this one, too.
I have been chasing an elusive sound for 15 years.
I have bought thousands of dollars in hyped up over marketed gear thinking this was the key, the final stage in making it all sound big and fat.
I have come really close sometimes, being forced to work extra hard and extra long to try to get a big sound. Close just doesn't get it for me. For every stage of quality you step up, you want that next step. Its totally addictive and financial hell.
For every $1000 I've spent on gear in my life, I ended up selling the shit for about 20% of its new value. For the money I have spent on cheap lousy junk that doesnt cut it, I could have a rack of high end gear. No lie. A rack of Brent Averill Neves and some good EQ's.
Todays lesson is one in finance.
Don't buy ANYTHING cause it looks good (except hookers).
Don't beleive marketing hype. It is marketing, to sell stuff, to make someone else money. Plenty of products are blown up to look very good, but perform terrible. They work, though. Just not well.
Forums like this are a valuable resource. Ask before you buy. Check around. You might get some valuable answers, and save yourself alot of misery. Do this for EVERY piece you buy, even if it seems like a no-brainer.
Spend the extra $10 on the better cable. Its only $10, damnit.
Don't rush for that Behringer mixer you want so badly. Consider saving the money and getting some better quality outboard preamps. It doesnt have to be Neve, but get something better. A focusrite platinum series or a dual channel Presonus MP20 (only $500 for 2 decent class A pre's) will get you much closer to the truth than a mixer that has 48 mic pre's for $199 plus tax.
Be patient (a lesson thats KILLING me right now). If you can get the better pre's in 3 weeks, or the cheap ones now, wait. IN the long run you'll be SOOOOO much happier. Patience is a bitch though, and if you snap and make the crappy buy, I'm with ya brother... its hard sometimes.
Mics... there are plenty of tried and true mics out there in a low price bracket. If you only have one mic or are buying your 1st, don't take a chance on something you've never heard of on the advice of a GC salesman... Even though it seems like the deal of a lifetime. Come back here and ask. You'll be glad you did.
Just remind yourself that its for the good of all mankind.
See ya soon,
Paul
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