From Florian Anwander Sent Fri, Jan 30th 2015, 10:35
From Florian Anwander Sent Fri, Jan 30th 2015, 10:35
Hello Am 29.01.2015 um 22:44 schrieb Jonathan xxxxx@xxx.xxx [Doepfer_a100]: > Interesting how many "conventional" synth manufacturers are getting into Eurorack these days.... There are good arguments from the makers side: A module is not sold as a complete device, but as an accessory. So you don't have to care for the CE-compliance test. This test costs a lot of money. A model can be sold for nearly the same price (or even the same) as the complete device. But the producer does not have buy the powersupply and the casing (the most expensive hardware parts in a synth). Imagine a Waldorf Rocket. It costs 210 Euros at Thomann. Now imagine, how much you would have to pay in modules, to get a polyphonic oscillator with arpeggiator, an analog VCF, a tricky little Decay Envelope, an LFO. If they'd put out the Rocket for 350 Euros as euro rack module many of us would buy it. Also a modular system is creating the demand at the customer. A customer that buys one module, soon will buy another one and this other module will make him buy the next, and so on. A complete synth doesn't work like this. Modular synth gear works like a loose leave edition: you'd never buy a book for 100 USD, but no one cares if you start to buy a loose leave series for $2 each week. And do that thorough one year... Florian ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/