should I keep my rave-o-lution

[prupert]

Hi People

I was looking for some advice. Shortly after the Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309 came out, I bought one. I'm not a producer or much of a musician, just a bedroom enthusiast. The 309 has received little use in general, beyond very gentle tinkering in the bedroom and as use as a MIDI controller for Live and Resolume. As such, it is in very good condition. I can't quite remember, but I think I installed a drum module, but it hasn't got the audio out upgrade.

I like it very much, but mostly to look at, I hardly ever use it.

So, my question, should I sell it? Is it criminal of me to keep it and not use it, when others are crying out to use such a piece of equipment? Or shall I keep it for memories sake and to show off to the kids (when they come)and maybe sell it at a later date for loadsa-money???

I suppose the crux of my question is, is it an in-demand piece of hardware that people still want. I know that they go for about £150 on e-bay at the mo, so there must be a market..

Any views appreciated.

[kritikon]

I suppose the crux of my question is, is it an in-demand piece of hardware that people still want.

I very much doubt it. My opinion would be, if you can get 150 quid for it, it might be a good idea to sell it while you can...I can't ever see it going up in price.


There's no reason not to keep gear just for nostalgia sake, but I don't think I'd describe one of those as a nostalgic piece of gear. If you like h/w in the future, you'll no doubt own better units than that at some stage...units far more worth holding onto.


If it makes a good midi controller, then that is more of a reason to hold onto it IMO. If you are going to sell it and have no h/w left...consider, do you really want to make music only with a mouse? Personally I hate using a mouse all the time. If you'll have other h/w left, then it's a simple decision which is the better controller.


As for the sound itself...that 150 quid would buy you something like an impOSCar and another synth. I know which one I'd rather have. Those Raveolution things weren't exactly classics.


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...there's the naff value. Do you really want something sitting in your future studio, full of nice gear, with a corny name like "Raveolution". It'd be like having a special edition "DiscoJupiter" or a "BossaNovaStation". It really doesn't look good, you know...

[prupert]

OK, point taken. The name was a very bad choice on Quasimidi's side, but then, they were German (no disrespect, but the Germans seem to have an obsession with Tekno and Rave music!). Guess I might be paying a visit to eBay then. Cheers for the view.

[CANE CREEK]

I have a quasi 309 too , ive hardly ever used it and not put any mods in it its exactly the same as the day i got it out the box.
Its sits next to my access virus c doing nothing their both gathering dust i just dont like using hardware nowadays give me a vst anyday.

i was also thinking of selling them both on ebay ive had them both from new both bought from turnkey uk both hardly used.

i sold my warpfactory vocoder on ebay sometime back for £140 which is what i payed for it 5 years previously so i was pleaesd with that.

[prupert]

sadly, I doubt we'll get the £400 odd we paid for the 309s though!

[snooky]

OK, point taken. The name was a very bad choice on Quasimidi's side, but then, they were German (no disrespect, but the Germans seem to have an obsession with Tekno and Rave music!). Guess I might be paying a visit to eBay then. Cheers for the view.

what's tekno?

[CANE CREEK]

and here we are today and they are selling for £450

[zerocrossing]

sadly, I doubt we'll get the £400 odd we paid for the 309s though!

The anti-software people will claim that all hardware holds its value, but that’s just not the truth. It’s nothing to be sad about, it just is the nature of this type of technology. I personally don’t like keeping gear around that doesn’t get used at least a few times a year. I keep an Analog Four and RYTM around even though I don’t use them that often, because they do some special things and when I want that, it’s nice to have them. Everything else I have gets a decent amount of use, even though I lean on software a lot.

[whyterabbyt]

sadly, I doubt we'll get the £400 odd we paid for the 309s though!

The anti-software people will claim that all hardware holds its value, but that’s just not the truth.

well, this was necroed to specifically say that in the 16 years since he posted that, the second-price has at least tripled and is now more than that £400, so...

[BertKoor]

Have you looked up what eg a BigMac menu costed in 2007? Compare that with today's price, then you have roughly the inflation of 15 years. Correct 150 -> 400 with that.

[cryophonik]

and here we are today and they are selling for £450

Is that selling price or asking price?

[zerocrossing]

sadly, I doubt we'll get the £400 odd we paid for the 309s though!

The anti-software people will claim that all hardware holds its value, but that’s just not the truth.

well, this was necroed to specifically say that in the 16 years since he posted that, the second-price has at least tripled and is now more than that £400, so...

What it’s being offered for and what it’s selling for are very different things, but if people are dumb enough to waste their money on something like that, go for it.

[whyterabbyt]

Have you looked up what eg a BigMac menu costed in 2007?

£1.99

Compare that with today's price, then you have roughly the inflation of 15 years.

£4.59

Correct 150 -> 400 with that.

Not quite. £150->£344, so you're out a bit.

Also, £450 was the cheapest I could find that they seem to be being sold, you'll see folk trying at £900, and you'll probably find folk buying.

Not that Im invested in this even slightly, unlike zerocrossing who clearly has a chip on their shoulder.

[egbert101]

£335 for an eight voice polyphonic analog synth today, so by my calculations, that would be £1.99 in 2007, so the price of a coffee.

[zerocrossing]

Not that Im invested in this even slightly, unlike zerocrossing who clearly has a chip on their shoulder.

No chip, just a bit confused as to why someone would pay a lot for a ROM based drum machine with a single VA voice from 1996 when you could get a Roland SH-4d Desktop Synthesizer Module for the same money or less. The price obviously seems to be driven by nostalgia and I don't suffer from that affliction. Vintage analogs are a bit of a different deal, because component manufacturing has changed so much since those instruments were made, but on an all digital machine? Nope. That grape juice doesn't ever turn into wine, IMO.