Well that was reckless of me.
I was trying to reconstruct some of the music that was lost in the Burglary of 1998, and after spending a few minutes trying to finding the right timbres, I just was not feeling it.
So I jumped on eBay last night and plugged in a search for “Kawai K4”. Exactly one person was selling it. I thought about waiting till Tuesday to see who else would bite in the bidding, and maybe saving a few bucks from the “Buy It Now!” price of $200.
But the more I thought about it, the more I knew I wanted it. And the seller lives up near Dallas anyway, which means shipping shouldn’t take too long. So I bought it.
(Acutally, I have this nagging suspicion UPS is going to route the package from Dallas through Ottawa before sending it back down to Austin.)
However much I felt that old Kawai K-4 of mine was limited — the damn thing has only 16 sounds, compared to the 500 on my Korg N364 — the timbres I used to create those first demos nearly 15 years ago are the ones I’ve lived with the most.
I just didn’t feel like messing up what already turned out all right. (I can’t say that about all the songs on my demo.)
I didn’t think about where I’m going to put the thing or whether I can hook it up to my interface. I just felt I wanted something back from that lost era.
Besides, some of the preset sounds on that machine might work well with the arsenal I have at my disposal now.
I mulled a little bit on why I was so impulsive about this purchase, and I remembered — I’m not saving up for a downpayment any more, and I actually have some savings.
I don’t want to spend forever waiting for the next economic downturn.
Now I just have to keep myself in check so I can get a new desktop.