What does price matter nowadays?

thats the right track

the whole clark terry experience is an inside joke among me and my jazz friends.

it's not by any means a perfect track, but i think it illustrates that it's possible to get a decent sound with low end gear.
 
I dug out my old Tascam cassette 8-track Portastudio a few months back and recorded a little jam with it just for fun. Actually didn't turn out too bad.HERE'S the MP3. No samples (obviously), never touched a DAW. The only thing was, I did have to use 2 external mic pres for kick and snare since the Tascam only has 2. But I used the Tascam's (crappy) pres for the guitars and overheads, and its onboard (quite limited) EQ for the mix.
Also to gain more points on the crappy factor, the front kick head was torn (as you can hear, heh heh).