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Document Your Black Friday Carnage
This is the least expensive BF I've had in many years.
I grabbed the Sonnox Claro EQ for about $30 ...the Kush AR-1 Comp for $49 ...and both the Kazrog True Dynamics comp and True 252 eq for about $56 So about $135. But I went a little microphone happy in recent months picking up the Serrano 84 pair, the Beesneez BU67, and the Telefunken AR-51. ...and I picked up some thing for some other hobbies/interests like a Think Tank Photo Retrospective 30 V2.0 camera bag and a Hasegawa FSB cutting board for the kitchen. I also have my eye on a treadmill that I was hoping would get discounted this weekend but doesn't look like it will be. I'll pick that up either next month or January.
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Well I have been pretty good this year I have big broom I carry to beat GAS goblins away .. So I have spent zip, nadda, zilch---
Truth be told we have purchased a new piece of land and will (next spring) be building an arena with living quarters. And have already started excavating the building site and to improve the road into the building spot. So not only are we now watching the budget closely but I am also thinking I don't need anymore stuff to move Here the excavator is leveling the spot for the building
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I posted the "tube microphone" thread a week ago. No surprise with Black Friday coming up, I was in search mode. Initially in the $2k range I looked closely at Pearlman's TM-1 & TM-47 before deciding to expand my search (and budget). Took a very close look at the sale on ADK Z-Mods and once in that $2.9 to $3k range a few other mics came into play. A demo/open box FLEA 47 Next at Vintage King enticed me to call them. (Fixed Cardioid should be all I need.) A short chat w-VK lowered the advertised prices by more than I expected and largely bridged the gap between the demo and a NIB FLEA 47 Next. I should have it by the end of the week. I've just heard so much "love" for the FLEA it's hard to ignore and hopefully I'm "worthy". I also managed to snag the MassDrop Sennheiser 6xx headphones for $179.
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Ha ! Yes it is pretty big , the excavation leveled area will be some 300 by 400
The foot print of the building itself will be basically 120 wide by 250 long The riding arena will be 80 by 200 and there is 80 wide by 50 long stall area and the living quarters over the top of that will be 50 by 50 Then there is an additional attached shed 20 by 250 down the north side and a 20 by 50 on the south side I don't want to hijack this thread any further so I will likely start a build thread in the Open Mic forum
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Black Friday Purchases
This year I wanted to stay around $200, and surprisingly I stuck to my budget.
Based on Jim's recommendation I purchased the Kush Audio Clariphonic DSP MkII for $99. I upgraded to Melodyne Studio v5 for $49. I bought the Melda MAutoAlign for $27. Finally the Klanghelm MJUC variable mu compressor for $25. Total exactly $200! Upgrades that fell by the waste side because they were too expensive or not enough value for me were: Ozone 10 Advanced from v8 Advanced for $149. Avid Sibelius Ultimate upgrade only 20% off. Modartt Pianoteq 8 Standard upgrade from v7 Standard. I also decided against new plugins from Murst Audio, Oeksound and Soundtheory Golfoss, even though they looked very interesting. Thanks Jim! Your Black Friday threads are always a lot of fun.
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A big congratulations to all! Especially KevWind for his future new place! Very exciting!
I am also at the end of my budget with purchases previous of BU-67(thanks to Jim1960's high praise), and Another symphony program & misc cable orders. So Far: * FabFilter Pro C $107 with BF member discount = Erick Skye put me over the top in his descriptions of this compressor. *Kazrog True Dynamics $27 with BF 30% discount addition= Doug Young's test results with True Iron..made me have confidence in Kazrog. * SoundRadix Auto Align $99 BF = Doug Young's & Jim1960's praise of this unit put me over the top. As always..I also researched and each time these products came up top tier for reviews. + still hoping to buy Mass Drop Sen6xx...just seeing where I can squeeze out some more funds. These Black Friday deals are just to good to pass up. I would most certainly be sorry later. The real problem is figuring out which is the most important. Many thanks to my AGF Brothers who helped me figure out What is most important. |
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My black Friday carnage? Staid home. Saved 100%.
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Jim, would you kindly tell us why you Picked up both of these units? What features do these units have that others don't? I just watched a demo on the Claro...and the Auto gain feature seems like a powerful feature. And also what other EQ's do you have? |
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The Claro just looks to be an entirely different type of workflow for an eq. I spent a few minutes with hit after I downloaded it just to be sure it was working and I had no idea what I was doing with it because it operates quite differently from any other eq I have. The True 252 eq and the True Dynamics comp were simply priced right and from a company that made True Iron, one of my current favorite plugins, so being able to grab those at a substantial discount seemed the right thing to do. Also, I did like the character True Dynamics imparts based upon the samples I was able to hear. I felt that was something that could work for me, so I had that on my "maybe" list. The extra 30% off pushed me over the edge and I figured why not grab the 252 while I'm at it. I have a master list somewhere. I'll look for it and post it when I find it. Having been at this for 20+ years, I have a lot of plugins. UPDATE... Found the list and updated it. Keep in mind, this list doesn't include channel strips or de-essers. Acon Digital Equalize Acon Digital Equalize 2 Acustica CEIL Acustica Coffee Acustica CoralBaxter Acustica Titanium 3 Basstard AIR Kill EQ AMEC EQ 200 Boz Digital Labs Bark of the Dog2 bx_cleansweep V2 Bx_digital V2 Bx_digital V3 Bx_dynEQ v2 bx_refinement Kush Clariphonic MS elysia museq elysia niveau Eventide Physion Eventide SplitEQ FabFilter Pro-Q2 FabFilter Pro-Q3 Fuse Audio RS-W2359C Kazrog True 252 Maag EQ4 Millennia NSEQ-2 Newfangled Audio EQuivocate Noveltech Vocal Enhancer Noveltech Character Overloud Gem EQ550 Soundspot Overtone Soundtheory Gullfoss Sonible freiraum Sonible smartEQ2 Sonible smartEQ3 SPL Free Ranger TDR Nova TDR SlickEQ M and GE TDR VOS SlickEQ GE UAD API 550A UAD API 560 UAD Cambridge UAD Chandler Curve Bender UAD Dangerous BAX EQ UAD Helios Type 69 UAD Manley Massive Passive UAD MDWEQ5 UAD Moog Multimode Filter UAD Neve 1073 UAD Neve 1081 UAD Neve 31102 UAD Oxford Dynamic EQ UAD Precision Multiband UAD Pultec EQP-1A UAD Pultec HLF-3C UAD Pultec MEQ-5 UAD Tonelux Tilt EQ UAD Trident A-Range UAD Tube-Tech ME 1B UAD Tube-Tech PE 1C UAD 610-A UAD 610-B Waves The Kings Microphone
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I purchased a couple of Toontrack items I had been considering and a couple of the FabFilter plugins that I didn't have. I also bought the Valhalla Shimmer and Hall Reverbs. I would say I spent maybe $300 total.
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My only purchase was the UAD Studer tape plugin, $350 full price (I think), and I got it for $75. So I mostly resisted adding more toys.
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I spent no money on black Friday. I just spent the day moving firewood into my barn, so I guess the opposite of spending money. |
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I just ordered all the components to build a new PC, including a 12-core i7 CPU, 8GB GPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB and 2TB NVMe SSDs, an 850 watt power supply, and Windows 11 Pro. I'm using an older case I already have because I can't find a new one that will serve me any better. Total was a bit north of $1,200.
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