[sdiy] scanned pots "jumping"

[ChristianH]

On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:20:22 +0000 Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:

> Imagine if John Bowen's Solaris were open source...I'd definitely be  
> preordering. The Prophet 08 would be good too, seeing as I've used  
> the same processors he uses for the voice. The concept of Open Source  
> synth hardware that you could add you own mods to and sort out any  
> remaining quirks is really good. Gets around those small development  
> teams you mentioned.
> I don't see why (for example) DSI would lose anything by opening up  
> the operating system/voice code of the Prophet08. If you wanted to  
> use the code, you'd still need hardware, and it's easier to buy a  
> Prophet rather than design your own.

Even if you have a bunch of chinese workers at hand, e.g. in Behringer
City?

Nice thought, but suggesting commercial stuff to be open source seems
like wishful thinking to me. 
And - firmware, particularly in a dump inhibited micro controller, can
be somewhat of a dongle to prevent hardware copying. You just add some
not so obvious, but crucial operations (that go beyond well known tasks
like pot smoothing), so that simple copying isn't that rewarding anymore,
compared to a system completely developed from scratch.

Christian