[sdiy] Drum sample playback

[Scott Gravenhorst]

rsdio at audiobanshee.com wrote:
>Anyone who thinks the Tsunami is too expensive should back up 
>their claim and manufacture it for less. I don't see what's 
>stopping anyone from grabbing the Eagle files and parts lists and 
>making this in China for whatever the going price would be. Many 
>PCB fabrication houses will take Eagle files, so you don't even 
>need to do any design work. I'm reminded of our popular saying, 
>"photos, or it didn't happen" - but the variation here would be, 
>"offer the same product for less money, or stop complaining that 
>the price isn't cheap enough." 
>
>As for comparing the Tsunami to a hardware sampler, that's a poor 
>trade. The Tsunami is a bare board that could be shorted out by 
>dropping your keys, the conductive part of a cable plug, or just 
>about anything on the unprotected board. A used hardware sampler 
>comes with a case that at least makes the thing reasonably 
>robust. 

Very good points.  Some of this might be just individual differences in evaluation of
products (which is nothing more than personal opinion).  I know musicians who
complain about the price of gear no matter what  -  it's what they do.  It seems
worse when the individual in question doesn't have a day job or has one with low pay,
so that much can be built into a skinny wallet.  I just bought a Tsunami (paid $80 I
think) and thought the price was quite good.  As someone else pointed out - look at
the price and what the board does in comparison to what a commercial sampler does and
costs.


>
>On Apr 15, 2017, at 11:35 AM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There are two other boards that are cheaper, the original Wav 
>trigger and the MP3 trigger. I agree that 70 bucks is a bit 
>steep, but a lot of R&D went into this, two companies are 
>involved, etc... All is relative, if you compare it with a 
>hardware sampler with similar capabilities it's actually quite 
>cheap! > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 12:34 PM, cheater00 cheater00 
><cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote: > To get back on topic. I think $70 
>for a board like this is too much - > I think it should be 
>cheaper - I wonder if there are alternatives that > do the same 
>thing, but less expensively? I appreciate that they had to > 
>write the verilog, lay the board out, etc, but I think that this 
>> should be much more economical. It's a simple module. > > We 
>should get the chinese hooked on analog synths. I bet a lot of 
>fun > stuff would come out of that. > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 
>7:09 PM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 
>15, 2017 at 11:14:16AM -0400, Mike HEQX wrote: > >> I was talking 
>about the math required to design something complex > >> where a 
>lot of components are interacting simultaneously, and > >> 
>predict what it will do before you build it. Probably in the area 
>of > >> high level functions is where I die out. As you eluded 
>to, the > >> basics of electronics is basic math and basic 
>functions. That only > >> gets you so far though. > > > > How do 
>you design a bacon roll? There's all the simultaneous reaction 
>between the bacon and the butter, and the butter and the bread. 
>Do you put ketchup on it, and if you do how much? There's a whole 
>new bunch of interactions there. > > > > Or do you just go with 
>the idea that the basic principle of bacon rolls is well enough 
>known that by making a few simple assumptions you can devise a 
>roll that is both practical, repeatable and - most importantly - 
>delicious? > > > > -- > > Gordonjcp MM0YEQ > 
>
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