Ever upgraded your gear and went back using the old one?

[deepndark]

I bought Focusrite Saffire to upgrade my Mackie Onyx Satellite and I think the old pres are better for my singing than the Saffire.
Propably it can be the opposite for some others - depending of your voice. But it's not always guaranteed that a new piece of gear beats your old.

[tronam]

I bought a Nord Lead 3 ($2500 at the time), loved the interface and controls, but the sound "character" wasn't anything like the earlier Nords, so I sold it and went back to the NL2.

[reason2dance]

I bought Focusrite Saffire to upgrade my Mackie Onyx Satellite and I think the old pres are better for my singing than the Saffire.
Propably it can be the opposite for some others - depending of your voice. But it's not always guaranteed that a new piece of gear beats your old.

Well the Onyx preamps are legendary, but if you personally don't like them I don't see a Reason to ban them ...

I once swapped one of my Technics turntables for an "audiophile" Pro-Ject record player, but the I realized that I need a workhorse and no gourmet next to my computer. So I undid it.

[O1B]

I have yet to use Reason 8. Bought it the last $99 sale.

I bought Focusrite Saffire to upgrade my Mackie Onyx Satellite and I think the old pres are better for my singing than the Saffire.
Propably it can be the opposite for some others - depending of your voice. But it's not always guaranteed that a new piece of gear beats your old.

[Dabbler]

Timely question.
I recently decided to go back to my old workflow wherein I use a Tascam 2488. I started to think the PC was too visual and that in turn was a distraction. Going back I find that I concentrate way better on the song and the sound.
I like the sound of the Tascam better than what I get from the DAW.
I still play things back thru Reason, using Reason as a mastering tool.
I think for me this is the best of all worlds.
Plus if I need to do something like use an LFO, then I have Reason right there for that.

[Resonator]

I have yet to use Reason 8. Bought it the last $99 sale.

I beta tested 8 and didn't like it. I even downloaded the free 30 day trial at some point later on and still didn't like it. I was tempted to buy it at $99 like you did. But I had to pass it up and bought more iOS synths.

[deepndark]

I bought Focusrite Saffire to upgrade my Mackie Onyx Satellite and I think the old pres are better for my singing than the Saffire.
Propably it can be the opposite for some others - depending of your voice. But it's not always guaranteed that a new piece of gear beats your old.

Well the Onyx preamps are legendary, but if you personally don't like them I don't see a Reason to ban them ...

I once swapped one of my Technics turntables for an "audiophile" Pro-Ject record player, but the I realized that I need a workhorse and no gourmet next to my computer. So I undid it.

No I like the Onyx ones more than the Saffire. The sound of the Mackies Onyx sound neutral and Saffire ones more characterous.

[avasopht]

Yes, I got an MPC and Korg triton and for several months I made all my music in hardware until eventually returning to reason, using the triton and mpc as a controller!

[Theo.M]

I bought a Nord Lead 3 ($2500 at the time), loved the interface and controls, but the sound "character" wasn't anything like the earlier Nords, so I sold it and went back to the NL2.

NL2 is my favourite nord SOUND wise, but i went for the A1R because of the modern feature set and usb untegration.

The A1 is a very very nice little rack, i think it's their best thing in the last few years and sounds nicer then the NL4.... imo of course.

Plus, i got it for a bargain AU price brand spanking new.

But yeah the very first time i ever played an NL2 i was in a store, sat down with phones, and got lost playing pads and having my hair stand up on my arms for like 3 hours until i didn't even realise the shop was closing up around me