1. Denial — "I did not just buy that."
2. Anger — "Goddammit, I am such a tool. Why did I do such a stupid thing? It's never going to work with the kind of music I make!"
3. Bargaining — "Maybe I can tell them it's defective and I can get my money back."
4. Depression — "What does it matter anyway? Everything I do is peepee kaka anyway. New gear isn't going to help."
5. Acceptance — "Oh well, maybe I can do some stuff with this anyway. Let me start a new track and take this bad boy out for a spin."
The Five Stages of Post Gear Acquistion Grief
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- KVRAF
- 3362 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
This sounds like roughly 95% of my software purchases, with the following thought inserted somewhere:
"It's just software. It's worth absolutely nothing to anyone else."
-Sam
"It's just software. It's worth absolutely nothing to anyone else."
-Sam
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- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
6. Divorce: "Let's sell it in the Market Place"
7. Regretting: "Some said that it's so great. Maybe I need it some day. I'll redraw it!"
8. Reasoning: "But I need the money. Let's sell it again"
9. Circuit-Bending: "Let's begin at point 6!"
7. Regretting: "Some said that it's so great. Maybe I need it some day. I'll redraw it!"
8. Reasoning: "But I need the money. Let's sell it again"
9. Circuit-Bending: "Let's begin at point 6!"
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- KVRAF
- 2488 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from Sydney, Australia
+1!Tricky-Loops wrote:6. Divorce: "Let's sell it in the Market Place"
7. Regretting: "Some said that it's so great. Maybe I need it some day. I'll redraw it!"
8. Reasoning: "But I need the money. Let's sell it again"
9. Circuit-Bending: "Let's begin at point 6!"
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- KVRAF
- 8644 posts since 2 Oct, 2006 from Leeds, UK
SODDI wrote:1. Denial — "I did not just buy that."
2. Anger — "Goddammit, I am such a tool. Why did I do such a stupid thing? It's never going to work with the kind of music I make!"
3. Bargaining — "Maybe I can tell them it's defective and I can get my money back."
4. Depression — "What does it matter anyway? Everything I do is peepee kaka anyway. New gear isn't going to help."
5. Acceptance — "Oh well, maybe I can do some stuff with this anyway. Let me start a new track and take this bad boy out for a spin."
Skip it all and start at number 5.
Latest release and Socials: https://linktr.ee/ph.i.ltr3
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- Banned
- 2033 posts since 19 Jun, 2011 from a world of Black Thunder chocs
Agree.musikmachine wrote:...
Skip it all and start at number 5.
Tbh, if one has the money to throw away on this game - and to continue doing so - then subsequent grief or guilt etc is just a load of bollocks.
(I take the point that this thread is light-hearted)
Research or demo products before you buy them.
Enjoy what you've bought. If you don't use it as much as you wish then either forget about it or sell it.
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- KVRAF
- 16977 posts since 23 Jun, 2010 from north of London ON
That be a gear 'ho....me....robojam wrote:10. Full Blown Addiction: "Glad I bought that plugin. Now where did I put that Sweetwater catalog?"
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
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- KVRAF
- 2718 posts since 23 Mar, 2005 from Detroit
Thought I would use the M-Audio Trigger Finger for playing drums easy 
But it actually could and can be a handy live midi controller for effect parameters and other things.
But it actually could and can be a handy live midi controller for effect parameters and other things.
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- KVRAF
- 7795 posts since 20 Jul, 2004 from Clearwater
11. Ok, I think I've got everything I wanted today. Time to go watch some TV.robojam wrote:10. Full Blown Addiction: "Glad I bought that plugin. Now where did I put that Sweetwater catalog?"
Wavsen.com - Professional mix delivery platform with client approval, watermarking, and portfolio page builder.
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
For me, its more like:
1. Wow! Look at that ad for that amazing, new, magical thing! If I had that, I'd be able to make the most amazing music.
2. Okay, I ordered it! I just hope I can contain my excitement and don't give myself a heart attack while waiting for it to arrive.
3. It's here! Time to open up the box...
4. Oh. Its just a thing.
5. Go to 1.
1. Wow! Look at that ad for that amazing, new, magical thing! If I had that, I'd be able to make the most amazing music.
2. Okay, I ordered it! I just hope I can contain my excitement and don't give myself a heart attack while waiting for it to arrive.
3. It's here! Time to open up the box...
4. Oh. Its just a thing.
5. Go to 1.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
thought the sg would be a good canoe paddle but halfway across the river I dropped it...last time I saw it it was in a school of rock fish
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRian
- 1148 posts since 29 Jun, 2012
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3321 posts since 2 Jul, 2007
A very famous cartoon by the GREAT Gahan Wilson:deastman wrote:For me, its more like:
1. Wow! Look at that ad for that amazing, new, magical thing! If I had that, I'd be able to make the most amazing music.
2. Okay, I ordered it! I just hope I can contain my excitement and don't give myself a heart attack while waiting for it to arrive.
3. It's here! Time to open up the box...
4. Oh. Its just a thing.
5. Go to 1.
