The Hardware Megathread

#6601

Isla Caladan Preorders are live:

I have the money, but… I dunno. I want it, I want it a lot lol, but… I dunno where I’d put it and I think I’m also FOMOing. It’s cool and great and… I don’t want to drop $1000 right now =/ weird, I was so looking forward to this originally…

And I really don’t want to buy it with 2 or 4 Parva voices I don’t want. I sold my Parva >_>

I think I’m just going to pass on this one, sadly, even knowing it will just get more expensive after the preorder. I think I’d be more inclined if I didn’t have $200 worth of unwanted voice cards crammed down my throat

#6602

I found myself in a similar position with software last night. The UAD studer tape plugin, which has been on my wishlist forever, is on sale for $40. So I looked at it, watched a few demos, and I realized that I have some killer tape plugins already - and I’m not even using them. So why should I spend the money on the UAD? Same thing with Korg Modwave Native, on sale and one that I really do want, but when I really looked into my soul I thought that I’m not getting enough out of the half dozen wavetable VSTs I already have, so I passed on that too. I am buying furniture for my home office, though applying to a bunch of in-person jobs right now so IDK if I’ll even use that either.

Take solace that if it feels a little boring it’s probably responsible and the right thing to do - my whole life feels that way :smile:

#6603

missing out on a hardware device that is allegedly going to be able to run VSTs in some fashion is a bummer, but yeah, I’m just not hyped for it like I was while waiting. Or I’m also depressed today which has been a problem lately, too :eyes:

Edit I didnt math right; it’s $400 worth of cards I don’t want…

#6604

I was the same I blew hot & cold, kept putting it in my basket then changing my mind.

If it had been more of a finished product maybe I might of bought it.

But just saying we might do this and we might do that just wasn’t selling it to me.

Brad said they’ll be a OPL3 card but I have a Twisted electrons Blast beats
Brad said they’ll be a SID card but I have Twisted electrons Therapsid
Brad said they’ll be a 303 card but I have a Abstrakt instruments Avalon ordered.

I had to keep asking myself what is the Caladan going to give me.
If I want analog with polyphony the behringer Pro-800 is a much cheaper option.

Yeah i’m going to sit this one out and see how it developes.

#6605

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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#6607

Huh, I was kinda hoping that would be closer to like $1,000-1,500, but nice try Waldorf?

#6608

dude every setup photo i’ve seen in this thread is making me so jealous omg
someday,

#6609

honestly, for me, having a few key pieces of gear and finishing things in my daw has been my most productive setup, the more hardware I have the more time I spend routing, trouble shooting and just noodling – which all can be its own fun for sure

#6610

aye fair enough

#6611

Slow and steady man (or woman, we have a few of those around here). I almost bought my first synth 3 times before the time was right and I finally got one. Then it was about another year before I got my second. And so on.

And you if you find it’s not for you, then it’s not for you - you can buy some amazing VSTs for hardware money. For my part, I find that I write and come up with sound ideas on my hardware, but then I translate all of that into soft synths and work in my DAW rather than recording my hardware.

#6612

Not discouraging you at all. Just sharing my personal experience. (For a variety of reasons) I am down to just two samplers, CDJs/mixer, and laptop, but I dig it, really straightforward

#6613

i appreciate the input c:

#6614

FWIW, I don’t own any musical hardware at all. It just forces you to get good faster :smiley:

#6615

$1300 street price… it does solve a lot of problems/issues for me, though…

16 line inputs in a single 1U rack is definitely nice, though. No one else is doing that and the whole 8 inputs limit has been pretty annoying, imo.

BANNED :joy:

#6616

The gears I found in this thread makes me drool.

#6617

My Focusrite clarett 8pre does exactly that, has far better converters and a lot cheaper too.

#6618

Well I had been waiting a while for this one (RISE2 being too expensive for my expected light use), so I pre-ordered it today.

Batch 1, shipping late March 2024. Much excite!

Also: I have a 10% off code which may work more than once, if anybody wants it - just DM. Being in California, it basically prevents you from paying tax.

#6619

Even as an Osmose owner, I’ll be jealous of your epic slides from note to note.

#6620

The sliding bit is the main reason I wanted one. That, and the vibrato possibilities :slight_smile: