Doepfer

just fyi, Dave Smith has released a eurirack-format module of the Curtis-based "classic Prophet" filter, and i think is planning more eurorack/prophet modules.

(and now he has the "Sequential" name back again; also that new Prophet 6 is looking way too tempting...)
      From: "Scott Rogers scott@scottfromcanada.com [Doepfer_a100]" <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>
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    They would never be able to do that. We get great variety from all theother manufacturers and that's the beauty of eurorack. As much as I wanta real moog filter,, I'd also like to see more variety of filters fromother people who have completely different approaches. Oscillators too. Ifind bigger companies stay in their comfort zone and go for massproduction and maximum profits, rather than being experimental.



At 06:21 AM 1/30/2015, you wrote:



  

Yes all true. I was thinking about the price for "oneoscillator" versus the not much more for a whole Blofeld synth withpolyphony etc. 

In a way I hope the big manufacturers don't get into the modular worldtoo much. If Korg, Yamaha etc got into modulars I could see thatsqueezing the more boutique manufacturers out and I def don't want that.

David

www.movingisliving.co.uk

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> On 30 Jan 2015, at 10:35, Florian Anwander fanwander@mnet-online.de[Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hello
> 
>> Am 29.01.2015 um 22:44 schrieb Jonathan jss9h@aol.com[Doepfer_a100]:
>> Interesting how many "conventional" synthmanufacturers are getting into Eurorack these days....
> There are good arguments from the makers side:
> 
> A module is not sold as a complete device, but as an accessory. Soyou 
> don't have to care for the CE-compliance test. This test costs a lotof 
> money.
> 
> A model can be sold for nearly the same price (or even the same) asthe 
> complete device. But the producer does not have buy the powersupplyand 
> the casing (the most expensive hardware parts in a synth). Imagine a
> Waldorf Rocket. It costs 210 Euros at Thomann. Now imagine, how muchyou 
> would have to pay in modules, to get a polyphonic oscillator with
> arpeggiator, an analog VCF, a tricky little Decay Envelope, an LFO.If 
> they'd put out the Rocket for 350 Euros as euro rack module many ofus 
> would buy it.
> 
> Also a modular system is creating the demand at the customer. Acustomer 
> that buys one module, soon will buy another one and this othermodule 
> will make him buy the next, and so on. A complete synth doesn't work
> like this.
> Modular synth gear works like a loose leave edition: you'd never buya 
> book for 100 USD, but no one cares if you start to buy a loose leave
> series for $2 each week. And do that thorough one year...
> 
> Florian
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