<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Just curious about people’s thoughts…<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Eurorack har not won yet, but it clearly dominates, because of these simple factors:</div><div>- size (everything seems to be small these days)</div><div>- price (small items means less costs)</div><div>...and the fact that most users work in studios or at home.</div><div><br></div><div>All the big formats are only practical and/or needed if you perform live, and since few people play live with their modulars these days (I do), few really need them.</div><div><br></div><div>Other factors:</div><div>- electronic musicians don´t tour these days; they travel, so you need small items that can fit into your luggage on a plane</div><div>- electronic music is a nice, meaning that you don´t have excess amount of money, so you can´t afford roadies, meaning you have to haul the gear yourself, and few musicians can (or want to) lift heavy gear</div><div><br></div><div>I like the 5U format, because of the ergonomics involved on the panels, but I do understand that I am now a minority.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Terje Winther</div><div><a href="mailto:terje.winther@wintherstormer.no">terje.winther@wintherstormer.no</a></div><div><a href="http://wintherstormer.no/">http://wintherstormer.no/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>