[sdiy] Chinese MG-1s??!?

[Tristan Upton]

Behringer works on high volumes and low margins. I doubt they would be 
interested unless they could shift thousands of units each month. How much 
market demand is there for a cheap analog synth? 

/Tristan 

Paul Schreiber writes: 

> So how about it Paul?  Could Behringer pull of something comparable to the 
> MG-1? 
> 
> a) there is no patents in the MG-1 that are still current. So, the is no 
> legal reason not to build them again. In fact, you could build any synth 
> up to 1991 vintage
> and not get into legal trouble except for cosmetics (as long as you didn't 
> exactly copy the panel layput, graphics, etc).
> b) the circuitry is not the 'hard part', it's the mechanical stuff 
> (case/keyboard/etc).
> c) you could put all the TOG IC stuff in a $1 ASIC :) 
> 
> Paul S. 
> 
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