Avalon Bassline...worth it?/ Opinion

subduct · July 28, 2021, 12:34pm

I always wanted a silver one, I think mine was second run.

aloud · July 28, 2021, 3:00pm

Can someone please talk me out of getting one of these.

What else can you get this for price?

TD-3 + Erica DB-01? (but Behringer and do you even need both?)

Edit: ha ha, website is down, guess these are going to sell quickly…

kuroichi · July 28, 2021, 3:01pm

The website is down for me so there’s that…

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 3:32pm

I mean I GUESS this is the Fates telling me not to, and yet I am refreshing every few minutes (like a fiend.)

aloud · July 28, 2021, 3:44pm

Ha ha, yes same

jefferymac · July 28, 2021, 3:46pm

Same. And pretty funny–must be running his site on like a Raspberry Pi in his garage.

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 3:48pm

I’m guessing shared hosting (now throttled into the dirt.)

jefferymac · July 28, 2021, 3:49pm

And somebody just had to write a bot…

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 3:50pm

I feel like Ticketmaster/Clearchannel is hosting.

aloud · July 28, 2021, 3:53pm

I remember their site has always been dog-slow, when I visited before. Not surprised it is completely overwhelmed now.

kuroichi · July 28, 2021, 5:03pm

I’ve just been getting a 403 error for about an hour. Did anyone manage to get through?

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 5:03pm

There’s a guy trolling the FB group claiming to have bought them all (ok Facebook poster) but nobody has confirmed a successful transaction as of yet.

nilsec · July 28, 2021, 5:05pm

same 403 as well.

Alume · July 28, 2021, 5:12pm

Why is this happening with every product lately.

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 5:13pm

Being a great product developer and engineer doesn’t mean you choose to hire someone to do customer service for you or temporarily upgrade hosting to handle the rush of visitors to your webstore

darenager · July 28, 2021, 5:16pm

Interesting ppl are considering the TD-3-MO as an alternative to the Avalon, personally I’m yet to hear any example of it where it sounds anywhere near as good, sounds thin and harsh to me, and it only has the basic sequencer. Still if it means a few Avalons might end up on the used market I guess that is a good thing.

thermionic · July 28, 2021, 5:34pm

Not directly analogous in sound, construction, or sequencing, but “devilfish clone for $400” or whatever it’s seen as could be something of a fallback for some who’d otherwise be in the market if they gave up on the preorder.

Synthtastic · July 28, 2021, 5:38pm

What I find the most alluring about the Avalon is mostly related to the sequencer and the ability to switch clock divisions and easily input notes.

Of course it sounds great, has the sub oscillator and the extra modulation.

nilsec · July 28, 2021, 5:42pm

The filter cards are interesting as well.

Synthtastic · July 28, 2021, 5:51pm

Indeed they are. It would be cool if more synths had swappable parts like this. (Without getting into eurocrack)