--- Dieter Doepfer < hardware@... > wrote:

> From: "Dieter Doepfer" < hardware@... >
> To: "Bakis Sirros" < synth_freak_2000@... >
> Subject: AW: 1 Poll results for
> Doepfer_a100
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:21:46 +0200
>
> ... please forward
>
> > The following Doepfer_a100 poll is now closed.
> Here are the
> > final results:
> >
> >
> > POLL QUESTION: Would you like DOEPFER to release
> the
> > A173 3D/6D (SPACE-MOUSE) CONTROLLER
> >
> > CHOICES AND RESULTS
> > - YES!!, 15 votes, 71.43%
> > - maybe..., 3 votes, 14.29%
> > - no., 3 votes, 14.29%
>
> Of course we do not ignore the opinions of our A-100
> users but I assume that
> none of the "yes" voters ever tried the space mouse
> to control analog
> equipment. The time resolution is very poor so that
> one cannot control the
> parameter smoothly as e.g. with a control knob,
> pitch bender, Theremin,
> modulation wheel and similar. And the control is
> extremely sensitive and
> nitpicking. The space mouse moves only a fraction of
> a millimeter into the 3
> directions (X/Y/Z) to cover the whole range.
>
> We do not want to manufacture a product if we think
> that it's poor and we do
> not stand by. Sorry. But if there is a reasonable
> quantity of orders (at
> least 25, 50 would be better to obtain a good price)
> we could make a special
> production series for these customers. But I
> definitely cannot recommend the
> space mouse to control analog equipment ! We also do
> not show our prototype
> at fairs, work shops and so on since NAMM 2002.
>
> Don't understand me wrong. The space mouse is great
> to control e.g. computer
> software (e.g. interactive 3D programs) but not
> analog equipment.
>
> Similar reasons caused su to stop the Nintendo
> controller project too. But
> from our point of view even the Nintendo controller
> would be much better to
> control analog equipment than the space mouse.
>
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>

=====
Bakis Sirros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
1 group owner
http://www.rubber.gr
http://www.ward12.com

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