I think you should give Dieter something from us user to respond.

Since I don't see that EMS are making any such filters for the Doepfer
modular(or any other for that matter) they will not gain anything by denying
us the option of buying it. It is indeed fair in some aspect that a fee
should be paid if the design and the parts are identical, but setting an
ureasonable amount will also result in no sale, thus no money for EMS. So
reasonable would be to require a sensible royalty fee somewhere around 25%
of the cost of a module.

The other way to go is to alter the filter. If the design is improoved with
say a switch for different slopes (not sure what EMS slope is) say adding 18
db to the standard. If also adding something like notch out. Then it is not
EMS filter, but something that CAN sound like the EMS. To state things in
plain Doepfer could then go the route and say "due to legalities doepfer
cannot instruct users as how to obtain that sound, but it is possible"...

Not that I would buy the module anyway, but I'd like to help if I can.

/Andreas

----- Original Message -----
From: "bakis Sirros" < synth_freak_2000@... >
To: "Doepfer_a100 group" < doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: 1 bad news about the A102 EMS diode filter...(from
doepfer)


> DIETER SAY:
>
> "Latest information concerning the EMS filter. EMS
> wants 2500.00 Euro
> basic
> licence plus 50.00 Euro + VAT licence fee for each
> single A-102 module.
> As our
> estimated price for the A-102 was 75.00 Euro the price
> would double to
> about
> 150.00 Euro (our price 75.00 + 50.00 single licence
> fee + 25.00 divided
> basic
> licence fee 2500.00 for about 100 pieces). I don't
> think that the
> customers are
> willing to pay that much I don't see why EMS should
> earn the same money
> as
> licence fee as the manufacturer (Doepfer). In addition
> EMS will only
> allow that
> we call the A-102 "EMS filter" but they do not allow
> that we mention
> that the
> module has the same or similar circuit/sound as the
> EMS filter. It
> would be
> prohibited that we compare the sound/circuit somehow
> to the original
> EMS filter.
> So I think that we probably will not offer this
> module. You may put
> this
> information to the news group if desired.
>
> Best regards
> Dieter Doepfer
> Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH"
>
>
>
> THAT'S ALL.....ANY COMMENTS
>
>
>
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