Best: Zen Overdrive from Alfonso Hermida, Fender Concert, Fender Twin, Toneport UX2, Gibson ES 335, PRS Custom, Taylor 810 from Lemon Grove, Sonar 6, Dimension Pro, Barbetta Bia-Amp Keyboard Speakers

Worst: Passport's MasterTracks Pro, Encore, anything Tascam tied to a computer

Best :All the Sonar's from 1 to 6, Allen and Heath Sabre desk (Original price 11 grand, bought for £600) Fostex D108.
Worst : Korg Toneworks. a nightmare to program.

They're my favourites

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Worst : Korg Toneworks. a nightmare to program.

+1

I had one of those a friend let me use, Pandra's Box, or something, PRX4, can't remember, but I hated it. Had it for three weeks, and could only figure out how to run though it clean.

Worst:
M-Audio Quattro - Was never able to record more than 20 minutes on 2 channels!
There are more but blocked from memory..

Best:
Sonar and Project 5.
Kjaerjus Golden plug-ins.
Roland Fantom X6. Inspired me to learn how to play keyboards, reliable as heck, sounds great.
200x Fender Strat. Tried an American made one at Guitar Center which didn't sound or feel right. The salesman pulled this Mexican strat out of the back room and it feels great, and cost $300 less than the other.
Macintosh MA5100 (that's an amp, not computer). Bought in '73 for $350 and still sounds great.
'68 Jazz Bass: $125.
'65 Precision bass: $250.
New '73 Rickenbacher 4001: $350
Preordered Music Man Bass, SN B0004: $400
'72 Telecaster Bass neck on a Precision body: $225.
CoolEdit Pro. Still using it after many years.
Voyetra MPU-401 clone.
Roland SC,,whatever. A sound canvas on a pc card.
I can go on and on and on....

ORIGINAL: Boogie

I was referring to this core2:



Thankfully, it was discontinued in 2001.

I bought that POS too. I was so disguted with it I didn't even try to sell it. It just went straight into the garbage!

Best from a recording view would be Sonar, Ozone 3, WaveLab 5 and Guitar Rig 2 as far as software goes. Hardware would include my AKG K240DF phones and would you believe my Alesis M1 Active Mk2's. They are as far as I have got due to budget but so far I am happy. Musical bests are my original 62 Strat and 63 SG Special which have been in my hands for 30 years.
Worst? I've been lucky

Mine was an XG1000 I think

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Worst : Korg Toneworks. a nightmare to program.

+1

I had one of those a friend let me use, Pandra's Box, or something, PRX4, can't remember, but I hated it. Had it for three weeks, and could only figure out how to run though it clean.

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Best:
Sonar of course
Alphatrack
Tranzport
AT4050 mic
AT4033 mic
SM7B mic
Oktava MC012 (the real ones, not the knock offs)
Portico 5012, 5043, 5033
Behringer Headphone amp
Spectrasonics Ambiance
UAD1 plug ins
Lynx IIc soundcard
A patchbay
Axiom 49 keyboard
DBX 160x compressor
EZ Drummer and DFHS from toontrack

Worse:
M-Audio audiphile 24/96. Terrible DA and the frequency curve is skewed.
All the 5 & 6 inch monitors I tried under $1000.
M-Audio trigger finger and the Akai MPD16. Most of the drumpads under $300 are marginal at best.
Bosendorfer 290 piano synth, what a useless piece of software.
RNC compressor, sorry it just didn't work for me.
Most of the MXL mics except the V67G
Any headphone in existence. None of them tell you what a decent monitor setup can reveal and a perfect mix on headphones rarely translates.

Worse:
Any headphone in existence.

So what do you drive with your Behringer headphone amp, listed under your "Best" heading?

You're right, of course, headphones are no replacement for good monitors. However, every studio needs at least one high-quality set of phones. You can't judge your mix with them, but you can often hear details that are undetectable in even high end monitors.