Event Ezbus $100 Rebate, Only through January 31st! Options

[Levon River]

Event Technology is offering a mail-in $100 rebate on any EZBus purchased prior to December 31st. Since most places sell it for around $599.00, that brings the net price for the little powerhouse down to just under $500.00 if you want one and can act fast--and can find any.

I realize the time is short for this notice, but since, as usual, Event Technology's Marketing Director (if they even have one) appears to be working overtime to keep this machine out of the hands of potential customers, I just found out about this myself and I thought I ought to post it if only on a better-late-than-never basis.

For those who don't know, the machine is an audio interface, a standalone digital mixer, a 2 I/O MIDI interface, and a control surface for music software, all rolled into one compact package, with an amazing array of configurable bussing/routing options built in. It provides two channels of audio I/O to the computer via USB out of the box, and there is an optional PCI card (the EZ8) that provides multiple I/O with the standard digital I/O formats. There is no OS X driver for that card at the moment, but MacMusic's own venerable buserror was working on one the last I heard, so hope blooms eternal.

I personally don't know of any similar bang-for-the-buck item, so with this incentive and some Christmas money, I broke down and ordered one. I'll come back with war stories and show you my scars after it arrives.

[Levon River]

Replying to my own message :

The EZBus $100 rebate offer has now been extended until 31 January.

As a new owner of one, I'd recommend jumping on it if you're shopping for an audio+MIDI interface, especially one that operates under 10.2+, and it's within your budget.

I'm about to put it through Trial By Fire, and I'll write a full report on it soon, but configuration for both audio and MIDI under 10.2+ is about as complicated as falling off a log, and the sound quality is excellent.

I said it before and I'll say it again: most places are selling it for an out-the-door price of $599.00. (I'm not saying that you *can't* find a better price, by, like, for example, requesting an e-mailed quote from some places. ) Anyway, at that price, with the mail-in rebate, your net cost is $499.00. And after much in-depth research, I personally don't know of a better "bang-for-buck" investment. Its digital mixer capabilities alone are probably worth that, but you also have 2 on-board mic preamps, built-in digital compressor/limiter/gate on 8 channels (all separately configurable), three built-in digital EQs on 8 channels (lo shelf, hi shelf, and programmable parametric--all separately configurable), 2-in-and-out USB audio interface, a 2-in-and-out USB MIDI interface (with a third "virtual" USB MIDI I/O for control-surface and MIDI editing functions), 8-channel ADAT optical digital I/O on-board (using it for computer I/O requires an ADAT connection to your computer, e.g. PCI card), 4 channels of S/PDIF digital I/O on-board (using it for computer I/O requires an S/PDIF connection to your computer, e.g. PCI card), AND (breathe) a DAW program control surface that has drivers available for several major DAW packages, with others reportedly in the works.

If you can find all of that capability anywhere else for under $500, run, don't walk. Otherwise, I recommend whistling yerself up an EZBus while the gettin's good.