The Crazy Ass Auction Contest!

Update: And we have a winner! The Cyclone went for $202.50. Matthew came in closest guessing $175. He'll be receiving a free Native Instruments Audio 2 DJ. Thanks everyone, and thanks again to Native Instruments.

Native Instruments wrote in to let me know they would be interested in giving away a free Audio 2 DJ [previously posted] to one of MATRIXSYNTH's lucky readers. Way cool Native Instruments!

Obviously this means we must have some sort of contest. I was trying to think of some ideas including having people send in their music or vids made with Native Instruments gear, but then I thought this might not be fair to those that like to tinker more than compose. I didn't want to go with a "first person to email me wins" contest as that would obviously not be fair to those of us who have to step away to work now and then.

So... I thought, "what would be easy, fair, and something everyone could participate in?..." Also, what could I make a series of, should other manufacturers want to offer free gear through the site. One of the staples of this site have become auction posts and us sometimes scratching our heads at what gear eventually goes for. It's frequently a guessing game.

With that, I present to you The Crazy Ass Auction Contest #1! Here's how it will work. Guess the final price of this fantastically blue circuit bent modular synth. The auction ends on Aug 23, 2009. On Aug 22, send me an email with your guess on how much you think it will end for. I will only accept entries timestamped on the 23rd or earlier. The closest person to the winning bid wins the Audio 2 DJ! If there is a tie, I will list the tied submitters and we will have a second auction contest for the final winner. [And that auction ended early - new one via brian c guaranteed to stay up follows].

Update: we have a new item! A footless Oberheim Cyclone! This should be interesting. How much is it worth?! How much will it actually go for?! What the hell is it?!!!

"The Cyclone is probably the best standalone arpeggiator around, it has a lot more than the standard up down stuff you find elsewhere. There are 16 presets and 16 user definable patches, 8 transposition stages per recursion each with its own number of repeats, inversions or programmable recursions, 2 independent keyboard ranges , it will do chords as well as single notes, and it will respond to tap tempo as well as midi clock. Unit is in great shape for being 21 years old, minimal normal scuffing, has bright display , the only 'defect' is that the 4 rubber feet underneath are gone.... an easy cheap fix."

This auction ends on 8/21, so entries are due by midnight 8/20! Anything after that will be discarded. Guess away! And yes, you can guess multiple times. I'll be looking at numbers vs. email addresses. The closest number wins.

Big thanks to Native Instruments and brian c for the auction item!

Note they can only ship to the US and no PO Boxes.