RGAS - Rapid Gear Aquisition Syndrome

[Sambo]

Is all I have to say.

[MrPopinjay]

How did you get that much free vinyl? Ram raiding record stores? :P

[DJ Abide]

Haha, I was considering working at GC, but was afraid of the increased GAS. On another note, how are the employee discounts at GC??

Pretty decent actually, usually something like 30% off MAP. It's allegedly "cost" but I don't buy it. I'm sure they've penciled in a few bucks somewhere down the line.

Additionally there is the GAIN program which is and exclusive vendor/GC employee buying program that you must be employed for at least 90 days to take advantage of. There are some STRONG deals to be had on things over there. Software plug-ins at severely discounted rates. Occasionally huge deals on hardware/controller/PA stuff. NI's got some specialty pricing on a few things off that program.

As for the vinyl I'm a hustler at heart so I finagled a smoking deal for a friend whom wanted to clear out years worth of his own GAS to get a set of QSC's and a Traktor set-up. I gave him a friends and family discount on the gear he was buying, bought all his stuff at our store and gave him my F1's. In turn I got the vinyl, his MINT 12's, and 10 sets of needles (two Shure on Tech headshells and like 5 sets of Ortofon unibodies and a set of Scratch S on Tech Headshells). He then couldn't get the Traktor rig running on his gaming laptop so he returned the S4 and I bought the F1's back from him cash and he bought a Mac.

[SwedeDreams]

It happens to all of us!

[0Notice]

This thread makes me afraid of my desires...

[Coldfuzion]

It's interesting. A few months ago, or maybe a little longer than that I would've had a whole list of shit I wanted. Even thinking back earlier. Now I have a bunch of cash on hand, and have gone to Guitar Center 3 or 4 times within the last two weeks for different things like Mics, Mixers, Analog Synths, CDJs 2k nexuss, etc. and I literally haven't wanted to actually spend the money on anything like that.

The only thing I think i'm going to go in and buy tomorrow are probably a condenser mic, push, and their production table. But I feel those are all necessities for me. Aside from the push, but since I don't really play keys a push would be nice to have especially to stay in key and all that jazz with less effort.

I think I just hit a point personally where I was like anything I buy after this is just hindering my learning. I have great gear and if I learn how to master and use it, from that point on my production life will be so much easier!

[Big Panda]

In under a year.

Mixtrack Pro (Sold)
F1
S2
Lpd8
Ableton
Red Waves (Broke)
Zomo HD1200
2 Numark TT1650 (Sold)
Numark mixer (Sold)
100 Vinyl (Sold)
Ableton
M Audio 49 Keyboard (Given Free)
2 packs of Chroma Caps

Please stop me! (Or give me a little discount as I am eyeing up a MF Spectra)

[BIGGrobb]

I am totally with you guys, in the last year:

Kaossilator Pro
Kaoss pad 3
Korg Monotribe
All 3 monotrons
MPD 26
LPK 25
LPD 8
Nano Kontrol
Maschine
S4
Launchpad
Laptop
Decksavers (for maschine and S4)
Maschine Stand + uber stand for laptop!
Midi Fighter Spectra
KRK KNS-8400 phones
KRK Rokit 6 Monitors.

Propellerhead Reason 6
Ableton live suite 8

I live in the UK as well, so stuff here probably works out a bit more than in the states.
I've been tempted to dump the launchpad and get push. I love finger drumming and the Maschine is getting a bit boring as a performance device, it is, however, a great production tool and the fact it can be used as a plugin for ableton is a big plus. It's a shame you can't do the same with traktor.

On a side note, my "addiction" has gotten to the point where my Girlfriend and friends are wondering if I have a problem.

Am I the only person who "box hoards" as well? I keep the boxes for a couple of years after purchasing (just in case). My girlfriend keeps moaning about them taking up too much space!

[dj subculture]

i came to terms with my RGAS and sold most of my gear. went back to the basics, 2 turntables, Rane 57 & Dicers, minimal controllersim.

Same here, sold off almost all of my controllers.
Switching to Serato Scratch Live and going back to basics also. Two turntables (can't make up my mind between the TTX or St-150), a Denon DN-HC1000S SSL controller and a Xone22 mixer.
That will be it.









Oh, wait, a small portable rotary mixer...

[MrPopinjay]

xone:22? You can do better than that, surely :P