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Subject: SV: [AN1x-list] Before everyone goes into battle ...

From: "Pergamon" <pergamon@...>
Date: 2001-03-03

Hello

I agree with you Bruce, write to Yamaha if you have a complaint of you
own, not to have 400 people write Yamaha because for the "fun" of it, or to
complain about a thing they are not "expected" to make available.

You could always discuss if f.ex. an LFO numeric-value-to-Hz table,
should be made available or not. But you have to agree that if Yamaha, by
themselves made these things available to their customers, they would have a
wide range of satisfied customers. Take Access f.ex. they continue to make
new sound banks, editors and system updates available for download for their
Virus. I guarantee you that they have a huge number of satisfied customers.
I own a Kurzweil K2000, and I can still get support on that machine, this is
not possible at Yamaha. If your synth is a couple of years old, they hardly
know what you are talking about.

I think all this also have to do with the fact that, when getting in
touch with Yamaha, with a problem, you often end up feeling, they have no
clue to what you are talking about. I mean, they should know, they developed
the machine.

Jan

> I've read the file "LFO to Hz NOW!!!" and at the risk of sounding
> like a wet blanket, I'm not sure that sending 400 copies of the
> letter to Yamaha is going to accomplish the desired result. As an
> engineer who has both developed and supported consumer products, as
> well as a musician who has been using synths since the early 70's,let
> me provide a different perspective...
>
> While an LFO numeric-value-to-Hz table is certainly a useful item, it
> is not in the category of something that a synthesizer manufacturer
> is "expected" to provide.
>
> Regards,

> Bruce Wahler
> Design Consultant
> Ashby Solutions"
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