[sdiy] making 2 or 3 dollars an hour on synth building?

[Steffen Juul]

On 02/12/2008, at 18.36, Ian Fritz wrote:

> At 09:21 AM 12/2/2008, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>> I occasionally wonder if there would be room at the top for some
>> exquisite, hand-made synths, to compete with the finest instruments
>> of other types. I'm not talking about your average rompler in a black
>> plastic box, but a craftsman-made, really beautiful instrument. That
>> sort of thing is *not* something that a software alternative could
>> replace. That's like saying that you don't need a stradivarius
>> becuase you can get a sample disk of one.
>
> Your vision may be a pretty box with fancy wood, etc., but it  
> wouldn't work any better than the mass produced plastic boxes.   
> People do not want Strads because they look pretty but because they  
> have an especially beautiful sound, responsive control, etc.  A  
> sawtooth is a sawtooth no mater what kind of box it comes out of.

I'm fairly sure Gyraf Audio runs fine. I'm not sure if it's all hand  
made though. And you can argue that it's sound features doesn't  
depend on the box, but you'd need to buy it to get it (get the  
feature). SO maybe it could serve as a counterexample.