Worst: Gigastudio3

Best: Fireface800

My last unfortunate experience was with a cheap USB guitar by Behringer - had to return it, could not get any decent sound out of it, and even had trouble removing its driver software, fortunately I could return it, and bought DimPro, which I *had* researched pretty extensively, as how people liked it.

Guess that's the last time I bought anything on impulse - I force myself to really go and find out every reason I might NOT want it - and when in doubt, I wait. Saved me quite a few bucks.

Good buys - Sonar, DimPro, Edirol FA-66, Adobe Elements Bundle, M-Audio Keyboard.

On my list: AlphaTrack (ordered - still pending judgment), guitar modeler, Cort EVL-K6.

Worst
Novation ReMote SL - I bought it so I can use it with Sonar, but Novation NEVER released an automap for Sonar (yet), while they released automaps for just about all the other major sequencers on the market.

Best
Edirol HQ Orchestral - Although I own highend orchestral libraries now, it was the one that got me started on orchestral writing, and I still use it a lot for sketchingt out ideas.

If we're talking about all musical purchases...The best is my Mesa Boogie DC10 combo amp. The thing is a beast, and works like a champ gig after gig. The worst was a Boss modeling wah pedal, a real piece of junk. The piece I wish I never got rid of, a mid 70's Guild Polara S100, their version of the SG. I'll find a replacement someday.

ORIGINAL: Clydewinder

Best : SONAR, Project 5 & Dimension Pro, Tranzport, Pod XT, my Voxengo Plugs, TC Powercore card, Rickenbacker 4003 Bass, AT4040 mic

Worst : Gigasampler ( ugh ), Lexicon Core 2 ( double ugh ), Pyro ( granted it was version 1.0 but it NEVER WORKED EVEN ONE TIME ), every Western Digital Hard Drive i have ever owned ( they are ALL dead now. )

Hello,

LOL. I completely forgot Pyro. I bought it early on. Yes, a piece of cr*p.

GK

Best: HIWATT Custom 200 that belonged to John Entwistle for $450 (in 1976) had "The Who" on the front panel!! Says 200 but actualy had an output of 350 watts.
It was stolen from me while i was recording at a studio in San Diego ;o(

Worst: Bogen tube PA system, sounded like mud with reverb

ORIGINAL: buckybeen

If we're talking about all musical purchases...The best is my Mesa Boogie DC10 combo amp. The thing is a beast, and works like a champ gig after gig. The worst was a Boss modeling wah pedal, a real piece of junk. The piece I wish I never got rid of, a mid 70's Guild Polara S100, their version of the SG. I'll find a replacement someday.

My brother had that Guild SG, he got it in 73, his was all maple, probably the best SG i have ever played also.

Best:
Apple Macs - happier every day I made the switch. If your creativity (and job) spans beyond music ... nuff said
IK Multimedia Total Effects Bundle (AT2, SVX, CSR) - simply unbelievable. Note the Jimi Hendrix has some of the best Fuzz/Univibe models I have ever heard also.
Ableton Live - I can build songs so quick it is scary. Possibly one of the most innovative and inspiring DAW platforms I can think of in the industry.
Sonar 5 PE is still what I use to complete the songs due to its really nice effects suite and I know it well.

Worst:
P5 was pretty much so a bust but led me to Live

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Nevermind....the buzz wore off and my senses are restored to normal.

Worst:
Fruity Loops 3 "Lifetime" upgrades - They changed the name to Fruity "Studio" so they would not have to honor the "lifetime" upgrades.
JVC XU-301 CD/minidisk player - I still use it but, I just don't like the way it works.
Sony MDS-JE510 Only worked for 1 year had a 1 yr warrantee.
EV ND767 wireless. - The mikes are great, but the receiver pops really bad when you switch them off and on.
Chicken System Translator - early versions never translated stuff very well.
HP Color LaserJet 4500 - It worked ok for 1 year had 1 year warrantee. It was way too expensive to print as few pages as it has. Now it jams all the time, hard to print because you get 1 good sheet and then 1 that looks like and accordion
Sony TD8 DAT - Jammed up alot. Heads always needed lining up.
Tama drum throne (bicycle style) - Legs too narrow, always wants to dump over
Steinberg - The Grand, Free filter, HaLion (dongle version)
Kinetic (sorry cake)
Adaptec EZ Cd Creator
All those cards for my Lexicon PCM-80

Not as good as I thought it was:
Universal Audio M610 - Too much color, I still use for DI box. Might be I don't know what vocal mike sounds good with it???
Focusrite Octopre - it sounds great, but the fan in it is WAY loud!

Best:
Sonar 6 / Cakewalk forums, Samplitude, Vegas Video, BDF & Drumagog-BFD Version, Prosoniq - Time Factory, Finale 2007, Samplit with Kontakt 2, NI-B4, Harbal 2.3, GPO, Waves stuff(I hate it and I love it!), EZPlayer FREE, Toontrack-CAV, Kurzweil K2500, Yamaha Motif ES7, Yamaha WX5 w/ patchman's VL-70 chip, Gemeinhadt silver flute (pd $500), Millenna HV-3D, AKG 414TLII, Neuman KM-84's, Taylor 312-CE, On-Stage studio boom/stand, Digital Juice Video loops, Ultra USB/Firewire hard drive enclosuers.

These are just some things that come to mind.
Max Arwood

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