Best Purchases for 2007

jumpnyc · 29th November 2007

Let's hear em...some of us will be buying stuff before year's end and I'd like to hear what the crowd thinks.

I'll start - Biggest hits for me this year:

Digidesign ICON D-Command
Carr Vincent 30 watt amp
Alan Smart C1
Purple MC77
New Intel Mac
Waves Mercury

redrue · 29th November 2007

I hope it's the Cranesong Trakker that will be arriving Friday...

SCA N72

Infernal Device · 29th November 2007

This year...

La2a
3 Great River 500 preamps
Argosy desk
Marshall plexi

A full studio renovation, but that is the most memorable of the gear.

Next year...

Another Ltd-1
Some stuff for the 2-buss

aermotor · 29th November 2007

Lots of Eisen pres.
Tele AK47.

ramona · 29th November 2007

1) new quad core PC
2) more room treatment
3) "Mixing With Your Mind"- brought the fun back to mixing, took me out of tech head and helped me stop worrying endlessly about the quality of my gear
4) inexpensive Eastwood Airline guitar- brought the fun back to playing electric
5) Bartok Mikrokosmos 1-6- revived my waning piano chops

jonboyrock · 29th November 2007

Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor

Tonelux V8 w/- 2 EQ4P

xj32 · 29th November 2007

This year it was a pair of Chandler Tone Controls & a Dave Smith Prophet 8.

Chris G · 29th November 2007

intel macpro
vintech 473
avantone mixcubes
bluesky system one 5.1

jowillie · 29th November 2007

So far.....A MCA SP-1 mic and having it modded by Jim Williams' Audio Upgrages.
I'm still in shock.thumbsup
Willie E.

Croaker · 29th November 2007

Premier Signia maple drum kit
Toft ATB 24
Buzz Audio SOC1.1

aloha

unsung · 29th November 2007

Portico 5043
Wedding rings

superburtm · 29th November 2007

good year huh

mine would be

JBL lsr4328's

massey plugs

Quote:

Originally Posted by delcosmos

NEW:

SSL - Duality
Barefoot - MM27
Inward Connections - TSL-3
Shadow hills - GAMA8
Orange - Tiny Terror
Gibson - Les Paul R59
Lynx - Aurora16
Focusrite- 3
U87ai

VINTAGE:

Neumann U48
Neumann U67
Lexicon 480L
AMS S-DMX
Sound Toys-The complete bundle!
Pultec-EQP1a
Urei - LN1176 rev.d
API-550a
Manley-Enhanced Pultec

I know sounds like bragging but hey... YOU ASKED!

delcosmos.

drumkideric · 29th November 2007

Mac Pro
Woodpecker
UAD-1e Bundle
Genelec 8040a's

Eric

AMIEL · 29th November 2007

My house with lots of Palm trees with a big pool...and my studio on it!!

Mac Pro.
Millennia STT1 with Telefunken NOS
PT HD Accell
Lynx Aurora 16
Lots and lots of TDM Plug Ins: Waves SSL, V Series ,API , Sound Toys Bundle ..etc!
Ensoniq DP4+ (old but cool)
Martin A.Guitar OMC16RE

ignatius · 29th November 2007

URS CSpro
soundtoys native bundle
AMS Calrec 8 channel minimixer
Boss DM300 analog delay

Gates · 29th November 2007

Real Traps Panels
Quested VS2108's
Purple MC77
Neve Portico 5043
Great River MEQ-1NV

Edit: oh, and a Telefunken AK47

kyle barton · 29th November 2007

my new recording space - with 84 pieces of OC703

KM84
Tonelux TXCs and MP1As and EQP4s
Wunder PEQ1Rs

yumdrum · 29th November 2007

Ronan Chris Murphy's week long recording boot camp seminar, hands down my best gEAR purchase to date.

Toad · 29th November 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by unsung

Portico 5043
Wedding rings

You like the Portico that much??!!

Omicron_9 · 29th November 2007

Shure KSM44

AKG K-701

Bricasti M7

Wonderfulness abounds.

-0.9

Midiguy · 29th November 2007

Pacifica
Rosetta
Yamaha S90ES

kooz · 29th November 2007

10 Channels of AD: one 8x96 and one Stereo96. Now I just need the DA to go with it. And the front end. And mics.

2nd best: A+H MixWizard.

Also, 1 Sennheiser 901 and 3 904 mics, and an Apex 460.

Last year was my Otari UFC24 and my Meyer HD1 monitors.

Reborn · 29th November 2007

SSL Alpha Channel
UAD neve 88r Channel Strip
Blue Sky Monitors

Jazztone

BenJah · 29th November 2007

OK... Let see now.

-Dp/4 rack fx (Great fun and sound slick)
-Roland RM-8 (For when you actually want a drum machine sound. Excellent hats too)
-API lunch box and a buzz audio essence (Mint)
-RNC (Finally, very happy with it too))
-Soundtracs PC midi 24 channel in line console
-Akai ASq10 sequencer (so much more fun than a computer sequencer)
-Akai s3000xl (for those in the know about hardware comps)
-Digimax fs (surprisingly good and amazing value for money)
-Shure SM7b

-Trion 8000 (not bad. Gonna mod with a peluso cap shortly)
-Epiphone Valve junior head
-Korg wave station SR (the ultimate pad synth)
-Yamaha TX7 (same as a dx7. Better than the software fm synths coz it gets crunchy and nasty sounding when you hit it hard)

And finaly, a four channel JML audio 1 rack space pre amp that I'm building from a kit set. Work in progress.. Should sound great though.

Now I look back on it, I've really brough a lot of stuff this year....

Zack · 29th November 2007

Dynaudio BM5a
Nt2a Pair
D112

Gretsch New Classic 3 pc kit.

Yeah it's all low end - except for the sexy gretsch!!, but it'll make (and has made) the biggest difference to my sessions.

blackwatch5805 · 29th November 2007

pair of telefunken U373's

Yamaha PM2000

Ashly SC50

JazzPipo · 29th November 2007

My 2007 new toys top 10:

1. Tube-Tech SMC2B
2. PSI 21/2 Monitors
3. JoeMeek SC2
4. Cascade Fathead II stereo set
5. HD Rig expansion: 32 out now...
6. UAD-1 with almost all plugin's now
7. Neumann KM184 stereo set
8. 2x AKG CK22 capsule's
9. Neumann TLM103
10. Mackie Onyx 800R

Sold during the proces:

Neumann M147
Rode NT2 2x
AKG C1000 2x
Alesis AI-3
Genelec 1030A
TC Finalizer

Almost sold during the proces:

Tannoy Arden Mk II... but fell in love again after refoaming...

JazzyP

Tim Davis · 29th November 2007

Fireface 800
2 x U87
D.A.V BG-1
K+H 0300d's

.. not bad for a student ; )

Phaidon · 29th November 2007

Drawmer 1969
Lynx Aurora 16
Oram HD-EQ

badfenderaxe · 29th November 2007

Focal Twins
Peluso 2247LE
Charter Oak S600 pair
Purple MC77

29th November 2007	#1
jumpnyc Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 876 Thread Starter	Best Purchases for 2007 Let's hear em...some of us will be buying stuff before year's end and I'd like to hear what the crowd thinks. I'll start - Biggest hits for me this year: Digidesign ICON D-Command Carr Vincent 30 watt amp Alan Smart C1 Purple MC77 New Intel Mac Waves Mercury

29th November 2007	#2
redrue Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Austin/Dallas,Tx Posts: 855	I hope it's the Cranesong Trakker that will be arriving Friday... SCA N72 __________________ This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears

29th November 2007	#3
Infernal Device Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,122	This year... La2a 3 Great River 500 preamps Argosy desk Marshall plexi A full studio renovation, but that is the most memorable of the gear. Next year... Another Ltd-1 Some stuff for the 2-buss __________________ If you want to know what god thinks of fame, look at who he gives it to. "Are you following me camera guy?" ~Vince from Sham-WOW "Infernal Device, enjoy your 121!!!" ~RawBeanZen 1-08-2009 on the "MORE FREE STUFF" thread

29th November 2007	#7
xj32 Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 1,210	This year it was a pair of Chandler Tone Controls & a Dave Smith Prophet 8. __________________ "...learning it is far different from getting a good sound out of it" Mike Caffrey "The gear doesn't really care what kind of music you pump through it, be it rap or classical " thethrillfactor "Maybe it doesn't sound much like the original, but given that only 0.00000000000000137% of the population would know and only 0.00000041% of those would care, I'm not too worried about it." Dean Roddey

29th November 2007	#11
unsung Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Phila PA Posts: 3,292	Portico 5043 Wedding rings Last edited by unsung; 29th November 2007 at 03:10 AM.. Reason: forgot the ssssssss

29th November 2007	#4
aermotor Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 561	Lots of Eisen pres. Tele AK47.

29th November 2007	#5
ramona Gear Head Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 44	1) new quad core PC 2) more room treatment 3) "Mixing With Your Mind"- brought the fun back to mixing, took me out of tech head and helped me stop worrying endlessly about the quality of my gear 4) inexpensive Eastwood Airline guitar- brought the fun back to playing electric 5) Bartok Mikrokosmos 1-6- revived my waning piano chops

29th November 2007	#6
jonboyrock Gear maniac Joined: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 219	Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Tonelux V8 w/- 2 EQ4P

29th November 2007	#8
Chris G Gear addict Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 328	intel macpro vintech 473 avantone mixcubes bluesky system one 5.1

29th November 2007	#9
jowillie Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NC Posts: 231	So far.....A MCA SP-1 mic and having it modded by Jim Williams' Audio Upgrages. I'm still in shock.thumbsup Willie E.

29th November 2007	#10
Croaker Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 989	Premier Signia maple drum kit Toft ATB 24 Buzz Audio SOC1.1 aloha

29th November 2007	#13
drumkideric Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 591	Mac Pro Woodpecker UAD-1e Bundle Genelec 8040a's Eric

29th November 2007	#14
AMIEL Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 3,615	My house with lots of Palm trees with a big pool...and my studio on it!! Mac Pro. Millennia STT1 with Telefunken NOS PT HD Accell Lynx Aurora 16 Lots and lots of TDM Plug Ins: Waves SSL, V Series ,API , Sound Toys Bundle ..etc! Ensoniq DP4+ (old but cool) Martin A.Guitar OMC16RE __________________ ------------------ Peace. Reuven Amiel "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems"

29th November 2007	#15
ignatius Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Sasquatch, OR Posts: 4,269	URS CSpro soundtoys native bundle AMS Calrec 8 channel minimixer Boss DM300 analog delay

29th November 2007	#16
Gates Gear Head Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 67	Real Traps Panels Quested VS2108's Purple MC77 Neve Portico 5043 Great River MEQ-1NV Edit: oh, and a Telefunken AK47

29th November 2007	#17
kyle barton Gear addict Joined: Dec 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 366	my new recording space - with 84 pieces of OC703 KM84 Tonelux TXCs and MP1As and EQP4s Wunder PEQ1Rs

29th November 2007	#18
yumdrum Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,065	Ronan Chris Murphy's week long recording boot camp seminar, hands down my best gEAR purchase to date. __________________ Turd Polisher Extraordinaire

29th November 2007	#20
Omicron_9 Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 744	Shure KSM44 AKG K-701 Bricasti M7 Wonderfulness abounds. -0.9

29th November 2007	#21
Midiguy Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 164	Pacifica Rosetta Yamaha S90ES

29th November 2007	#22
kooz Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,046	Mytek 10 Channels of AD: one 8x96 and one Stereo96. Now I just need the DA to go with it. And the front end. And mics. 2nd best: A+H MixWizard. Also, 1 Sennheiser 901 and 3 904 mics, and an Apex 460. Last year was my Otari UFC24 and my Meyer HD1 monitors.

29th November 2007	#23
Reborn Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 610 1 Review written	SSL Alpha Channel UAD neve 88r Channel Strip Blue Sky Monitors Jazztone

29th November 2007	#24
BenJah Gear addict Joined: May 2004 Posts: 386	OK... Let see now. -Dp/4 rack fx (Great fun and sound slick) -Roland RM-8 (For when you actually want a drum machine sound. Excellent hats too) -API lunch box and a buzz audio essence (Mint) -RNC (Finally, very happy with it too)) -Soundtracs PC midi 24 channel in line console -Akai ASq10 sequencer (so much more fun than a computer sequencer) -Akai s3000xl (for those in the know about hardware comps) -Digimax fs (surprisingly good and amazing value for money) -Shure SM7b -Trion 8000 (not bad. Gonna mod with a peluso cap shortly) -Epiphone Valve junior head -Korg wave station SR (the ultimate pad synth) -Yamaha TX7 (same as a dx7. Better than the software fm synths coz it gets crunchy and nasty sounding when you hit it hard) And finaly, a four channel JML audio 1 rack space pre amp that I'm building from a kit set. Work in progress.. Should sound great though. Now I look back on it, I've really brough a lot of stuff this year....

29th November 2007	#25
Zack Gear nut Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 138	Dynaudio BM5a Nt2a Pair D112 Gretsch New Classic 3 pc kit. Yeah it's all low end - except for the sexy gretsch!!, but it'll make (and has made) the biggest difference to my sessions.

29th November 2007	#26
blackwatch5805 Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Norman Posts: 257	pair of telefunken U373's Yamaha PM2000 Ashly SC50

29th November 2007	#27
JazzPipo Gear nut Joined: Dec 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 105	My 2007 new toys top 10: 1. Tube-Tech SMC2B 2. PSI 21/2 Monitors 3. JoeMeek SC2 4. Cascade Fathead II stereo set 5. HD Rig expansion: 32 out now... 6. UAD-1 with almost all plugin's now 7. Neumann KM184 stereo set 8. 2x AKG CK22 capsule's 9. Neumann TLM103 10. Mackie Onyx 800R Sold during the proces: Neumann M147 Rode NT2 2x AKG C1000 2x Alesis AI-3 Genelec 1030A TC Finalizer Almost sold during the proces: Tannoy Arden Mk II... but fell in love again after refoaming... JazzyP

29th November 2007	#28
Tim Davis Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 267	Fireface 800 2 x U87 D.A.V BG-1 K+H 0300d's .. not bad for a student ; )

29th November 2007	#29
Phaidon Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2007 Location: N.Y.C. Posts: 2,675	Drawmer 1969 Lynx Aurora 16 Oram HD-EQ

29th November 2007	#30
badfenderaxe Gear Head Joined: Jul 2006 Location: GA Posts: 39	Focal Twins Peluso 2247LE Charter Oak S600 pair Purple MC77

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