InstrEd Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Just now, Christian Jones said: Yeah that was a rare-ish deal I got and I haggled it down to that too Can I take you car shopping? ? Heck actually piano buying. They seem to be worse as most piano dealers don't have any meaningful price on the pianos ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Jones Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, InstrEd said: Can I take you car shopping? You mean to buy *me* a car? Totally. When? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Yaksman Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I kind of want to say my new PC because that is what all these 2020 purchases run on and it is so much faster than my old one. I'm not even sure how I used to get things done? But instead I am actually going to go with my new mic, the Aston Spirit. It makes my old trusty sm58 sound like a trash can. The mic gives your voice so much body, warmth and air that the vocal sounds thick and legible even when recorded at lower levels. Also practice takes where I am not giving it the full amount of gusto, still sound pretty decent because of the qualities that the Spirit imparts on the voice. The only downside of this mic is that it captures everything in such an upfront way, that it also highlights mistakes. So if you breathe too hard (or in the wrong spot), or your lips smack together a bit more than usual on a particular part. Then it all becomes a part of the recording with an almost hyper crystal-clearness that makes owning something like RX8 or Spectralayers a must have for editing. I actually built a vocal booth to help this mic out with room noise. Now I just have to learn not to fidget whilst I am tracking a take inside of it.? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Cormier Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) I ran into a huge spot of good luck scoring K12 Select upgrade to K12U CE for $320 USD this fall and it updated to K13U CE for free!!!! That price alone is most of the "why" but in reality, I was just shopping for Kontakt 6 and couldn't justify NOT pouncing on the listing when it showed up while browsing KVR. Came with original receipt AND the gentleman shipped me the hard drive. That was the best...until Amplitube 5, which I will surely use more often than the 5.5% of what I'll use that comes in K13U CE. Edited December 27, 2020 by Marc Cormier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatore Monella Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 6 hours ago, mibby said: Melodyne 5 The sibilant detection is worth its weight in gold! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 My Best 2020 purchase was my Lenovo - IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 12GB Memory - 512GB SSD - +1TB NVMe PCIe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Trilian. I don’t know why I waited so long. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husker Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 ASM Hydrasynth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Perhaps not as sexy and new as some of yours, but no contest, iZotope Exponential Phoenix Stereo Reverb, which I got for $9.99 and is currently on sale for that. There's not a reverb I've tried that can touch it as far as making my mixes sound like they are in a landscape, and that includes MReverbMB and TrueVerb, both of which tout their talents at spatial positioning. I just slap the default preset into my reverb bus and that's it. After that, iZotope Exponential, same price, also now on sale. It's a multieffect. For advanced sound design glitchy warp sync delay pitch shift sexiness: Unfiltered Audio's Sandman Pro (with Instant Delay bundled) If you are doing electronic music with any kind of glitch delay sauce, this thing will rock your world, and it's on sale for $15. I bought it when it was at $49 a few weeks ago and used a $25 voucher. I had been waiting patiently for a holiday sale on it, but could wait no more. I do not regret the $9 extra I paid to be able to use this monster (Instant Delay alone is worth more than the $15). It combines power with the ability to get good results quickly depending on which work mode I'm in. I also took full advantage of the big sale on Glitchmachines plug-ins at PB. I now own all of them except the Subvert distortion, because I already have plenty of weirdo distortion FX. $60 to get the entire Glitchmachines suite of tools! And I bought them one by one so as to savor the dopamine rush of buying a new plug-in and to collect each of the December goodies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWS Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 "Your 2020 best purchase?" Some New York Strip steaks from a local grocery chain. Man, they were good! Better than steaks I've had at upscale restaurants. (You didn't say it had to be a music related purchase) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 The Sampletekk WG2 mkII (with a 90% discount code thanks to Larry that I don't think I would have obtained otherwise). It has become my go-to piano library. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Carpenter Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 New home in a lovely village in the Yorkshire dales. Friendly neighbourhood and lovely scenery in these times are priceless!. Plus the studio space in cellar is awesome now. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracingArcs Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 It's really simple . But swapping my spinning rust C drive for a Samsung Evo SSD. Went from 5 mins boot up to 40 secs. That started the rot. Now all my drives have been upgraded. Just watching the indicator moving when saving within cakewalk has gone from "go make a coffee whilst it saves" to "done!" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 41 minutes ago, Tony Carpenter said: New home in a lovely village in the Yorkshire dales ... Just make sure you don't wander into a local shop for local people ... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Best purchase = new laptop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cadoret Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I managed to acquire Samplitude Pro X4 Suite including the Independence 70gb library, full version of Vandal and other add ons from a very active member of this forum, made my year with this upgrade. Kudo's to the very active member. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Brian Walton said: Scaler 2 update from Scaler 1. Great value which has seen more updates. No other plug-in or gear purchase has made me want to create music like that one has. Lots of other cool sound manipulation tools but nothing has held a candle to Scaler for inspiration and just wanting to create something. Your post finally persuaded me to buy Scaler 2 (didn’t own version 1).I have thought about it for a long time! I have also bought the Producer’s guide to Scaler 2 video series which gives step by step guidance in an extremely clear manner. Just as when I got EZKeys years ago, I’m hopeful Scaler will bring massive benefits to my songwriting! Only an hour in and it seems awesome ? Edited December 27, 2020 by Marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 14 hours ago, mibby said: Melodyne 5 Assistant! ...And thanks again Lars! I second that. I jumped on it quickly before the pricing error was corrected. Gotta thank Lars for most of my deals. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 RME Digiface USB + A&H MixWizard... I'm using the individual channel outs of the MixWizard as 16 mic pres, and my existing Scarlett 18i20 / ADA8000 ADAT outs for a total of 32 inputs. + 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I would have to say my best music purchase for 2020 has been the UAD Apollo Twin X Quad TB3. Best money I have spent on any recording equipment ever (except my first Apollo Twin!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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