[sdiy] ot: is it true that Waldorf crashed?

[Troy Sheets]

> In the millions of US$. It was the Q that killed them.

What? The Q probably is what kept them afloat for as long as they were.
The basic Q technology was spun into the Q rack and the micro-Q... both
very successful products.

And I am very happy with my Q, and I do consider it a "finished" product.
In fact, I got bonus features I never expected.

The Q is still a great synth.  The step sequencer is unique,
and makes the Q a very live-performance oriented machine.  Armed with
a Q, and a sampler with a sequencer on it, you have a very powerful live
setup, no lapbook required.  I always see talk of step sequencers, and
the Q never gets mentioned.  You can have 16 independent step sequencers
firing at once, each on a different voice.  All tweakable real-time.
If you take the time to dig into it, its some incredible technology.

I am confident Q's will rise in value over time... they fit a unique market
niche that is difficult to replace.

As for the AFB, if only it had highpass and multimode filters too... that
would have made it viable.

-troy

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