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I sat down almost two years ago and ended all my subscriptions to newsletters from software companies and roughly at the same time I found a new hobby to spend burning money on: Collecting Fountain Pens and inks

What's your motive for collecting fountain pens, is it collecting as a hobby in itself, or do you specifically look for older pens on the theory that they're better?

I'm a fan of dippy nibs and India ink, but have found no reason as of yet to progress past the cheapo Speedball nibs. Now paper is another story...

One of my best buds used to collect pens...don't know if he still does.  But the reasons were about the same as anyone collecting anything.  He likes pens.  And he likes collecting.

I don't collect sh*t.
 
My late wife collected sh*t, so my house is full of it. All that sh*t, in turn, maintains its own sub-collection: dust. Dust is annoying, therefore useless sh*t is annoying. Collections just end up being stuff your heirs will someday dump at a garage sale for pennies on the dollar.
 
OTOH, the stuff I do collect sits on my disk drive and my heirs won't even be able to sell it. I can't picture my grandkids going through my stuff and exclaiming "look! a copy of Cinematic Guitars!".
 

You know as totally insane as it sounds it would not surprise me one bit if someday in the not too distant future kids were scouring junk heaps for old computers with floppy disks so they could run "vintage" 1rst edition midi and audio programs and video games. And if your hard drive was larger than 10 or 20 MEGABYTES you'd be considered an outcast.

Of course I also once predicted that teens would one day shave part of their full heads of hair in order to adopt and flaunt a "comb over". It could happen.

Yet another email from Spitfire arrived today: "last ever chance to own Albion...last 24 hours then it's gone!".
 
I have been strong for two weeks, only need to hang on to my resolve for another 24 hours. I do not need this...I do not need this...

The new Albion One will put the memory of Albion 1 behind us!

yorolpal
You know as totally insane as it sounds it would not surprise me one bit if someday in the not too distant future kids were scouring junk heaps for old computers with floppy disks so they could run "vintage" 1rst edition midi and audio programs and video games. And if your hard drive was larger than 10 or 20 MEGABYTES you'd be considered an outcast.

Of course I also once predicted that teens would one day shave part of their full heads of hair in order to adopt and flaunt a "comb over". It could happen.

 
TurboSynth and MidiMouse.  If I could find an old Mac and software to run it I would have both of those running quick as lightning!
 
 
Bitflipper - your almost there.  I'm almost there.  Few more hours and Albion won't be a concern.  few...more...hours....UGH!!!!!!

Yep, sure know what it feels like to tough out some of these deals . It feels like I'm sitting on the bench warming it while the ball is in play out on the field .
 
Kenny 

UA has an Apollo USB3 coming out....for PC!!!!.<<drewl>> all those 3rd party UA plugins...oh....my.  End of October release date.
 
oh.......my......only...only $899.  only.  oh my.
 
and those Seymour Duncan pickups I was looking at.  and .......
 
hardware is a bit easier to resist as impulse buys.
 
but all those software upgrades and offers.....
 
Batter up!!!!  LOL.

I'm slowly realizing that if it gets the job done then stick with it instead of continually feeling I "need" another purchase to make it better.  I of course do continue to acquire things, but I think about it more now.  As I mentioned in another post, I tried mixing through a single $30 Bluetooth speaker several months ago just for the heck of it, and I was very happy with the process and the results.  That was a big wake up call for me.  I'd say that experience alone has been as valuable as any gear I've ever purchased.  It reminded me of when I started messing with all this stuff in high school back in the late 80's.  I did everything on a pair of Roland MA12C desktop monitors and MIDI and cassette recording.  When I listen back to that stuff now, it sounds pretty good, especially considering what I didn't know.  So where I'm at now is a good place, and it's good to hear myself say that.