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.

[tremelo68]

Just subscribed today, but used the site for info gathering in the past.

Wanted to chime in on the merits of the EZbus. This thing is really well built. It is heavy and metal and feels like it will really last a long time and will handle road travel, if needed.

It is laid out nicely and efficiently for making connections and adjustments. Easy to use after a little reading. Very decent pre-amps.

I have not had the time to really dig into it yet, but have used it with Reason and Logic on both a B&W G3 400 running OS 9.2.2 and a PowerBook G3 400 (Pismo) running 10.2.3. Couldn't be easier on the OS X machine. In fact, audio and midi is so nice on X I can't wait for more apps to port to it. If only Recycle were out for X and the Logic VSTi as well...

I will add to this thread as soon as I can get more time spent using it.

I definitely recommend it highly.

By the way, at least here in Boston, the local Guitar Center has a bunch of these that were returned due to early problems with drivers. I guess some people went out and bought them as soon as they came out and then found they had problems. Now that they have built better drivers (and with OS 10.2.x you need no driver) you can get these for a steal from them and they are still under warranty. Add the $100 back from Event and you have a MAJOR deal. I talked them to $530 for a VERY clean unit, minus the manual (which I downloaded from Event1.com) and the rebate will make that $430. There is nothing even close to the value out there for under $500. Don't let on that there is a rebate if you want to get the most mileage out of the haggling.

Hope that helps some of you out there debating over EZbus and the Tascam 428 or M-Audio Quattro.

Scott