Most overpriced synths of all-time?
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Most overpriced synths of all-time?
The price I am talking about is the ORIGINAL retail price.
Well?
Well?
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The Fairlight CMI cost around 30 grand IIRC.
No one cares, no one sympathizes,
so you just stay home and play synthesizers.
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so you just stay home and play synthesizers.
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They were all expensive back in the early days, but I don't think that they were too expensive. That's what they cost and the manufacturers probably just couldn't make them much cheaper.
It all changed in the mid 80s though. At any point since then, you could go out with 1500-2000 quid in your pocket and buy a fine synth of the day, whether it be a DX7 or D50, through to stuff like the V-synth.
I agree about the Neuron; excellent piece of kit but damned expensive on release. That was probably the ultimate cause of its' demise. Such a shame because it was a stroke of genius.
I've done some session work with the Oasys and it's a high quality instrument and a remarkable piece of work. It's a bit misunderstood really and there has been a good deal of bad-mouthing around the net for whatever reason. I can't help thinking that it could have been built for less money, but I didn't build it and I don't own one, so really, I'm not in much of a position to comment about it's price.
It all changed in the mid 80s though. At any point since then, you could go out with 1500-2000 quid in your pocket and buy a fine synth of the day, whether it be a DX7 or D50, through to stuff like the V-synth.
I agree about the Neuron; excellent piece of kit but damned expensive on release. That was probably the ultimate cause of its' demise. Such a shame because it was a stroke of genius.
I've done some session work with the Oasys and it's a high quality instrument and a remarkable piece of work. It's a bit misunderstood really and there has been a good deal of bad-mouthing around the net for whatever reason. I can't help thinking that it could have been built for less money, but I didn't build it and I don't own one, so really, I'm not in much of a position to comment about it's price.
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No painting is worth more than $50. I don't care if it's a Rembrandt or a van Gogh, it's still just a f**k piece of canvas with paint.supermel74 wrote:No soft synth is worth more than $50. I don't care how you use it or how it sounds, it's still just a f**k cd.
Thanks for conveniently omitting cost of research, development, coding, porting, etc. The fact that you can duplicate it indefinitely doesn't mean it has become valueless.
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And just because something costs a lot of money to make doesn't mean it has any real value. I could spend millions of dollars building a better mousetrap, but it's still just a mousetrap. Furthermore, a "copy" of a Rembrandt on canvas isn't worth s**t. I know, I have Aristotle Contemplating The Bust Of Homer.Yoozer wrote:No painting is worth more than $50. I don't care if it's a Rembrandt or a van Gogh, it's still just a f**k piece of canvas with paint.supermel74 wrote:No soft synth is worth more than $50. I don't care how you use it or how it sounds, it's still just a f**k cd.
Thanks for conveniently omitting cost of research, development, coding, porting, etc. The fact that you can duplicate it indefinitely doesn't mean it has become valueless.

I'm not attacking softsynths. I like my Reaktor 2.3 which came for $50 - definitely worth much more.
Good thing is good, whether soft or hard.
But I often hesitate to go soft. PC gets older soon and you have to pay for every updates, while vintage harwares stand still....
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Sorry! I'm getting off-topic.
Good thing is good, whether soft or hard.
But I often hesitate to go soft. PC gets older soon and you have to pay for every updates, while vintage harwares stand still....
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Sorry! I'm getting off-topic.
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Well, if your fav soft synth runs in today's hardware... it will run in tomorrow's.Sealed wrote: PC gets older soon and you have to pay for every updates, while vintage harwares stand still....
As for high priced synth (I don't mean overpriced, but many may think it is... the emulator 2 (like 20 grands?)

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Amazing, just 4-5 posts in, we are talking about the cost of paintings and old computers instead of synths 
I wonder what a Moog Modular system cost back when it was new. Bob Moog just said they were very expensive because he and a few others built everything by hand on every order. And true enough, only big record studios or very rich/sponsored musicians had access to one. On most records they just rented time to spend with the synth in a studio. Or it was sitting in the studio they recorded the album in.

I wonder what a Moog Modular system cost back when it was new. Bob Moog just said they were very expensive because he and a few others built everything by hand on every order. And true enough, only big record studios or very rich/sponsored musicians had access to one. On most records they just rented time to spend with the synth in a studio. Or it was sitting in the studio they recorded the album in.
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