Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "feefer2" <feefer2@y...> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> I wonder just how intent competitors are on truly doing something 
novel in terms of triggering: it's not like the only approach to 
transducer technology must involve the same old mono/dual piezo 
paradigm....    There ARE other cost-effective unique alternatives 
out there.  

Thank you, Chris. If it's any consolation, I've heard about, and 
talked with, not a few people over the years who brought such and 
such an idea to so and so and had every reason to believe that a deal 
was imminent, only to have it languish into oblivion. Frankly, even 
though times have certainly changed, the question seems to remain 
whether it is cost-effective for a company to work our some sort of 
financial settlement with an outsider or to hold the line and keep 
R&D in-house. After all, everyone is already paying Roland (grin). 

It is strange how few resources are used in electronic drums. Maybe 
it's because the various makers feel that they won't be regarded as 
alternatives to each other if they stray too far from the status quo, 
or maybe it's simply the reasonable inertia of a small market that 
needs tight mfg. standards, which is completely understandable. 

Well, these are just the ramblings of someone with the business sense 
of a hillside. 

Ed