Yes, but the circuit design would be mostly complete, tested, and proven. By "other manufacturers", I really meant "an enthusiast with the passion to keep the sub-system alive", not a team of circuit designers with an established system for fabrication and their own idea of what features are necessary. I'm not an engineer, but I can design a PCB, source all the components, and build kits.
I've just had a small batch of PCBs fabricated for a project I'm doing, so I wake up with a bit of confidence that anything is possible.
Zöe and Nina might consider taking on this project also and would have more experience than I in producing a professional-grade result (front panel).
The DIY community can support legacy projects, there just isn't always the capital to invest in bulk purchases to cut costs. If I were to attempt this, it would not be to profit financially, it would simply be to keep the system available as an option for future modular users and to provide those "missing pieces" to folks who didn't purchase the complete system from you (voiced/unvoiced, slew control, etc).
Nick
On Thursday, July 23, 2015,
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> Dieter,
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>
> Would you consider licensing the sub-system design to a smaller manufacturer who could produce updated boards (perhaps
> using the new parallel version of Cliff sockets, SSM2164, etc) for a DIY project
>
> I nearly asked permission to build that member the A-129-5 that they're looking for.
>
> Nick
This would be possible. But after all a vocoder is not really a secret but only a lot of work to built it (2 x 15 filters, 15
envelope followers and 15 VCAs, and maybe 15 voltage controlled slew limiters as option). So other manufacturers would be able to
offer a vocoder without the need of licensing.
Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer
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