Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

I've not read that many Discword novels, but loved the ones I have read. I have signed hardback copy of Jingo.

 

Got it last night at Asda for £9

 

My parents told me to treat myself after practically living off nothing for the past months



i took the chance and bought this Used for £85 going to map in traktor and use as a production tool

if it turns out like the last controller there is a chance i may disembowel the seller by hand...... true story

 

I went to look for those albums from iTunes just because of the shiny cover artworks.

Turns out I love the music too. Have +rep for widening my world.

 

Always fancied one of them. £85?
I had a look at mpc's to play around on but they were all £250.

Is it easy to use?

 

The mpds are midi controllers so you can map it to whatever software you want i was going to use it for cue point juggling in traktor 2

But i could hook it up to FL studio and run a drum rack to drag what samples i want for each pad same with ableton live

It supposed to work with around 30 workstation programs by default and can be mapped to many more

I will update when i get it but i have been told its one of the best budget pad controls out there just below its big brother the MPD32 the mpc units are expensive as they can be used standalone for sampling and such

New it goes for £150 but i got mine from amazon used the seller saying "practically new hardly used"

 

Ive just installed a Crucial M4 256GB SSD

 

New parts:

2500k


Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3


2x 4gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 mhz, 1,5v


Corsair HX650


Corsair H60


This coupled with my M4 128 gig and CF 4850 is sure to be an improvement. Now for those 5 Ghz overclocks

 

Fiio E6
Just repaired my Sony MDR-V700s, and since I'm looking into some AKG K702s, I thought I'd try some headphone amplification, then move onto things from here.

 

8 meters of architrave. 6 metres of 150x22mm floorboard timber. thee lengths of 6mm chrome tile beading. decorative extractor fan.

yaaaaaay.

 

Marantz NA-7004 Network Player

 

bought some classic books that ive never read but probably should have by now:

• 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
• Frankenstein
• The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Robinson Crusoe
• Treasure Island
• Gulliver's Travels
• 80 Days Around the World
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• Alice in Wonderland
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Should keep me busy for a while!

Also bought a lightweight hoody for me and new shoes for my daughter, 2 pairs from Clarks and 1 pair of sketchers (kids shoes are seriously expensive)

 

bought some crappy Compaq desktop
AMD athlon II x2 (god knows the exact model)
2gb of ram
640gb of HD
windows 7

for a grand total of 24 pound

 

Cameratoys!

Sony NEX-5N Black + 18-55mm kit lens
16mm f2.8 pancake
0.75x wide adaptor for the pancake
32GB Memorystick Pro-HG HX

I've actually been holding out for the NEX-7 for a while, however having seen the low light performance on the 5N compared to the A77 (frankly, pretty poor), I've had a change of heart.

 

LCD 2080UX+ for $25. Can't calibrate, properly because one has a weaker CCFL. I got it close enough but the left one is SLIGHTLY darker and bit yellower. Oh well, still a great purchase.

 

Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel
Ebay £8.50 + postage
Bought for my Windows 98 PC and replaces the dead one I already have.

 

Gym Memberships for 2 people, 12 months.
Gym Clothes
New trainers for the missus
Makeup for the missus and as a present for a friend (GOD that stuff is expensive)
6-pack of Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen
small bottle Bärenjäger (Honey Liqueur, for those that don't know it)
Ingedients for the Pannacotta I made for the friend's birthday: Mixed berries, Cream, Vanilla pod, castor sugar. Had the rest at home.

 

Metro 2033 off Steam