Hi Joe,

I agree upto a point. Personally I do not expect my system to stop growing (although more slowly than it has over recent years) because I prefer to work in real-time and create whole pieces that move and evolve over time, rather than create a patch, record it and so on.

Therefore I am always interested in new ways to manipulate sound and control voltages and so encourage Doepfer in his quest for new modules.

I would also be happy to pay for upgrades that extends their capabilities.

Regards

David



buechlerjoe
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I think the difference in Philosophy is directly related to the issue
of new gear versus existing gear. Doepfer's business model is to
continuosly develop and sell new gear, and this forum primarily serves
as a marketing focus group for that effort.

Which is fine, that's what the description of the group on the main
page says it is. I tend to ignore that aspect of the discussion, and
use the forum to talk about music and patches when the opportunity
comes up.

I think a point that's being overlooked, though, is that lots of us
are DONE expanding their A100 systems. That's why we don't have much
interest in additional modules. Eventually, all of us reach a point
where we have stopped expanding. If Doepfer is to have any hope of
selling more stuff to this growing number of A100 customers, it will
have to be in the form of upgrades and improved versions of current
modules and equipment.

Joe

It would be helpful --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "Andreas Lindholm"
<andreas.k.lindholm@t...>
wrote:

> No I don't think it is. It is just another set of those

"unnessecary

> features that you think should be there";-)
>
> I think you have been the most avid of the lot to keep things cheap

and

> stripped down. Now you ask for things to be included again. It just

doesn't

> make sense the way you and Florian on one hand think that crippled

machines

> should stay that way to make it cheap and the next second vote for

umpteen

> new features that are suddenly vital. It would be nice to hear about

your

> general philosophy regarding price vs. features. I hope it isn't

just a

> display of less self-centeredness. I try keep an open and modular

mind i.e.

> make things simple but offer possibilities of expansion so everybody

can

> decide for themselves what is vital and what is not rather than

declaring

> what people do need. I have met a few users of musictechnology and

found

> that not even users with the same gear work the same.
>
> Furthermore I find endless rows of exclamation marks a bit on the

unserious

> side, but perhaps that is just me. I just try to stick to standard
> netiquette...
>
> /Andreas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bakis Sirros" <synth_freak_2000@y...>
> To: <Doepfer_a100@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: 1 A little about that touch keyboard
>
>
> > ooooooo.......don't you understand that this sequencer
> > NEEDS to be with the sensor keyboard the keys of the
> > keyboard are used for activating steps/changing
> > seq.lenght on the fly!!!so,it is nessessary to have a
> > touch-sensor keyboard/sequencer!!!!!!!!!
> > synthfreak
> >
> > --- davevosh@a... wrote:
> > > In a message dated 2/26/2002 12:12:07 PM Eastern
> > > Standard Time,
> > > andreas.k.lindholm@t... writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > If the touch keyboard would amount to anything
> > > good I would say that it
> > > > should either exclude all sequencer functions or
> > > they should be very
> > > > carefully thought out. There is as far as I
> > > understand it no point in adding
> > > > something that if very limited when there are
> > > several other solutions to do
> > > > it better.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > hello !
> > > i must agree here wholeheartedly ! better a
> > > superior touch kybd / controller
> > > than a mediocre sequencer. after the kybd is
> > > completed, take a second look a
> > > sequencing and envelope generation using something
> > > still visionary, even
> > > after all these years, like the old buchla multiple
> > > arbitrary random function
> > > generator as a conceptual starting point.
> > > let each module "be what it is" and avoid "creeping
> > > feature-itis" ..........
> > > best,
> > > dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > > removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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