Vintage Hardware

[Atlantickz]

I'm wondering what your opinions are on buying old school 80s/90s gear like samplers, romplers, synths, drum machines etc.? Where I live, Canada, the price of an Akai s1000 is around $1000 which seems nuts, but I still want one haha. I've been getting into ol'school Jungle production, and initially I was scouring the internet for plugins that could give me that classic early 90s sound. I bought VSTs like amigo, tal dac & tal sampler, rx950, the Korg suite etc. but now I've been considering shelling out some more serious cash on real gear. What do you guys think, is hardware worth the money over VST emulations?

[Administrator]

Well I suppose if your into the retro gear and authentisaty and you have the funds then why not? But if the said Vat plugins give you same out come and sound then save your money and just get the vst plugins sounds of that age.

Basically if you have the cash to spare and want the authentisaty buy the gear.. down to person preference at the end of the day.
Can save your cash and spend here buying VIP 🤣🤣🤣

[Administrator]

Also buy from Canada not the USA Tump probably charge you import tarriff

[Atlantickz]

Yeah the thing is I've found some of the pulg-ins come fairly close to replicating the original, but there still is a fairly noticeable difference. The questions is the that difference worth hundreds or even a thousands of dollars... I'm still on the fence. Also there is a huge a ease to working to VSTs vs old hardware, so time drain is a factor when you're producing too, I guess. On the flip side, I have heard people say that the restrictions of old gear often create interesting outcomes in the creative process. All stuff to think about.

Definitely interested in getting a V.I.P. membership, but just joined yesterday, so I'm going to settle in first