From r- jeancarlo Sent Wed, May 1st 2019, 03:51
From r- jeancarlo Sent Wed, May 1st 2019, 03:51
Dear Yamaha, your CS80 questions will be promptly answered when you bring b= ack a batch of IG chips. > On Apr 30, 2019, at 11:38 PM, Ben Bradley <xxx.xx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrot= e: >=20 > I just double checked this ideascale.com site, you have to register > (free) and log in (to each company's site on ideascale) to even read > any of the discussion on the site (at least for some companies - I've > only signed up for yamahasynth, not sure if I'll add any comments > there or not). I have the impression that quite a few companies use > this site to solicit customer feedback, but the site doesn't list who > uses it outside of a very few examples. I used my Google Fu with > keyword music to find these others: >=20 > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fline6= .ideascale.com%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7C%7Cbd4c72e8311d4e2fc27708d6cde67a77%= 7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636922787108507375&sdata= =3D1AY8oZmQux52oKE270i0dD0Bdo49s57H9hSs6JcTXuA%3D&reserved=3D0 >=20 > Sibelius is open for reading without registering: > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fsibeli= us.ideascale.com%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7C%7Cbd4c72e8311d4e2fc27708d6cde67a7= 7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636922787108507375&sdata= =3D0X%2BBUDKEl9Di1Q8%2FleuKtEn9AFtRKXa%2FTteeYRIAG9I%3D&reserved=3D0 > Avid used this, but the text says they've shut down their ideascale > site and they're doing something similar on their own website: > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Favid.v= enue.ideascale.com%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7C%7Cbd4c72e8311d4e2fc27708d6cde67= a77%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636922787108507375&sda= ta=3Dfw97mcnUqP33%2BPTjCL8CA4bV9gHXQW4o1WrAi0hEbqc%3D&reserved=3D0 >=20 > There's this odd one, not a company, just looks like some short ideas > for daily activities: > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fproje= ctfortnight.ideascale.com%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7C%7Cbd4c72e8311d4e2fc27708= d6cde67a77%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636922787108507375&= amp;sdata=3Dr189fpOE%2FuDxPBQKBfUXFwCHjf%2FIfOC9R1VabWI7pkk%3D&reserved= =3D0 >=20 > I don't really see this as Yamaha "raising a flag" or doing vaporware > advertising outside of the yamasynth ideascale thing, as the > discussion there is private. It looks to me a signed-up member got > excited about seeing "something" about a possible future CS-80, got > all excited and mentioned it to the synth news sites. Admittedly, it > appears Yamaha IS asking (a few select people/groups) about it, among > other possible products. Here's another article on it, from just > today: > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.m= usicradar.com%2Fnews%2Fis-yamaha-considering-making-a-new-cs-80&data=3D= 02%7C01%7C%7Cbd4c72e8311d4e2fc27708d6cde67a77%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaa= aaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636922787108517386&sdata=3Dy5IZQqJcGzQiS2PkkXZfmxyKRo5g= %2BOfoe3LgXamxS3M%3D&reserved=3D0 >=20 >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:31 PM Synth Parts <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx= > wrote: >>=20 >> Unless they can get the Mitsubishi made voice chips in production again = there's no point. >>=20 >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:07 PM Edward Schultheis <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> w= rote: >>>=20 >>> I think its just fluff to get people excited. Like what behringer did >>>=20 >>> On Apr 30, 2019, at 5:51 PM, M V <xx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>>=20 >>> Right. Relying on your in-house team and their market "insight" alone w= ill just result in the kind of clueless, uninspired garbage that Roland hav= e been putting out for the last decade. >>>=20 >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Mike SynMike <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7:46 PM >>> To: Neil Harper; Analogue Heaven AH >>> Subject: Re: [AH] CS80 >>>=20 >>> Isn't asking for input like from users this exactly what a marketing re= search team might do to gather market input? >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> On Apr 30, 2019, at 2:02 PM, Neil Harper <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> On 4/30/19 2:37 PM, Ben Bradley wrote: >>>>> "If we made a CS-80, do you want a vintage reissue or a modern evolut= ion?" >>>>=20 >>>> why don't you ask your designers, engineers and market research teams?= ? >>>> seriously... hire someone with a vision and figure this shit out yours= elf. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> -- >>>> /// Neil Harper >>>> /// Every Wave is New Until it Breaks >>>=20