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Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:08 am

That Casio thread gave me the idea to open a thread for people to post their recent bargains - Good buys for good prices.


I myself just got this off eBay (should arrive tomorrow):
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Tapco SQ2 Compressor/Gate

It's supposed to have much better circuitry than the Alesis 3630 and the like, but what makes it interesting is the "AIR" function. Basically a post-compression HF exciter that should be a lot fun to play with.

I'm looking forward to making some super compressed sounds and seeing what kind of character I can get from abusing them with it. Also, I've been running some stuff to cassette recently, maybe I'll put this in the signal chain as well.


Price - £37. And that includes the shipping. And the guy is even throwing in some jack cables to boot. SCORE!
Basically, if I use it even just a few times it will have been worth it.



Who else made a good buy recently?
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by hudson » Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:12 am

Just got a couple of these guys from MusiciansFriend $99 each. Was dying for some decent monitors and these happened to be on sale at just the right time. I really love them so far, and just finished my first electronic track with them. :U:
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Mad, I've been wanting to pick up some outboard stuff, but I don't have any way to hook up aux sends :( I've already got a rack reverb that I want to use too :( What kind of gear do you have besides that?

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:59 am

Nice Hudson..


I don't really have much outboard - mainly an Allen & Heath Zed10FX & Fathead II ribbon mic (also an SM57 and a contact mic as well).

My A&H doesn't have individual channel inserts - so I am somewhat limited as to what I can do... but I'm not very bothered due to the criteria I had for buying the A&H in the first place. I won't be using it to record entire bands or anything, I mainly use it for mic'ing & recording my cello, and I wanted the best onboard pre-amps I could find as well as some decent onboard effects (like a simple verb) for when I have used it to play cello live with a contemporary dance group.
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Sine69 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:28 am

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$150 :)
Don't see myself completely switching over to Logic, but I definitely plan on getting my money's worth out of it. I couldn't pass it up for that cheap

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Heartless » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:56 am

I got some decent deals on some cassette decks a while back. One for free on account of its line-in not working, it's a dual so it's still good for dubbing.

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by wub » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:31 am

Mad EP wrote:Alesis 3630

My 3630 was a bargain - £10 inc P&P :lol:


Oh, the Midiverb 3 I got was £15 inc P&P.

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:40 am

wub wrote:
Mad EP wrote:Alesis 3630

My 3630 was a bargain - £10 inc P&P :lol:


Oh, the Midiverb 3 I got was £15 inc P&P.

Nice.
For those prices, it would be hard to argue against either one. 8)
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Post by wub » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:50 am

Plus they seem to hold resale quite welll, so if I get bored I can sell on and probably not lose any money.

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by benjam » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:29 am

Zoom rfx 1000 multi effects - £39 from local cash converters. I use it on everything pretty much so in my mind its a bargain. Doesant quite stack up to wubs bargain hunting though lol

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by paradigm_x » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:05 am

Waldorf blofeld - free!
25 key usb midi controller, free
2x Zoom r16 multitrack harddisk recorders/audio interface, £80 total.
rs7000, £200

Wub, ill have the 3630 off you if you get bored, used to have one, great for ragging far beyond normality. been looking for one cheap, but going for 50-60 on ebay, bit steep for what it is. :)

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:17 am

Ben - you will always win with that free Blofield. Man......
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:25 pm

all the UAD plugins - free

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by atticuh » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:56 pm

deadly habit wrote:all the UAD plugins - free
HOW?!

sadface.

Corporate endorsement? :P
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by deadly_habit » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:16 am

atticuh wrote:
deadly habit wrote:all the UAD plugins - free
HOW?!

sadface.

Corporate endorsement? :P
back when i worked at guitar center talked to the old rep for universal audio and he got me in touch with the current one, then faxed over info about my account to him and everything unlocked :D

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:11 pm

Just won this...

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For £10. Time for some dirty tape saturation...
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Manic Harmonic » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:03 pm

Korg tr-rack for $120, roland mc-303 for $150 (not a huge bargain, but really cool little groovebox), and some m-audio monitors for $150/pair. Also got a behringer mixer. Oh and the pt9 upgrade for 120.
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Manic Harmonic » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:04 pm

Mad EP wrote:Just won this...

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For £10. Time for some dirty tape saturation...
That looks badass! What is it?
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by benjam » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:14 pm

Very jealous man what a find

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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Mad_EP » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:57 pm

Manic Harmonic wrote:
Mad EP wrote:Just won this...

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For £10. Time for some dirty tape saturation...
That looks badass! What is it?
Elizabethan LZ29 Valve Reel to Reel tape recorder from 1963.

I've been keeping an eye on various Reel to Reels - problem with many of the cheaper ones like Grundigs, is that they use a 5 pin DIN cable which is a hassle to find adapters.
As far as I can tell - this uses a mono RCA.


The only question is its working order - there aren't any built-in speakers on this model, so the seller only knows that it powers on and everything turns. For £10 it is worth the punt I think.
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Re: Recent Bargains

Post by Skrew » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:08 pm

Got a Mackie mixer for like $15 at a flea market last summer. Never even used it yet.

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