Wiardgroup

Rick wrote:

> The Wiard is a handmade instrument that took several years to
develope and refine. To keep costs  down (you complain about the 
price) certain things, like using a universal faceplate, had to be 
done. Would you be willing to pay twice the price or more for a 
module to have a unique faceplate for each module for aesthetic 
reasons?<

Other small synthesizer companies seem to have no trouble issuing 
different modules with different panels.  I refer you to 
Synthesizers.com, Synthtech, Modcan, Cyndustries, et al.

>Obviously John you have no idea what it takes in tooling, etching, 
anodizing,
soldering, assembling, designing, debugging, etc cost wise in both 
time and money to manufacture a product line of 8+ different 
electronic intruments.<

Not since I had to study all that stuff in college.

>If the hours it took to do what Grant
has done were divided buy the profit from 
sales up to today, He would not be making minimum wage by Mexico's 
standards!<

Then he might do will to consider having modules assembled there...

>I think the discussion you started 
was healthy for the reasons I stated earlier. It kills me that 
someone as
intelligent as you seem to be could make some 
of the statements regarding the functionallity of an instrument that 
you have
never even used.<

I do not have to visit Egypt to be able to tell you how high the 
pyramid of Kufu is, or how many chambers it has, or how many blocks.  
By the same token, I don't have to own Wiard to make valid comments 
on the panel layout. 

>Especially one that has so much work put into.<

That is moot; only the outcome matters.
  
> The extent of your exposure to this instument is
watching ( and hearing ) someone else use one 
once.<

Not quite.  I have also spent time exploring the web site, and am a 
lurker here.

>The only way you will ever have a clue as to how far beyond an 
everyday
synth (like a Moog) a Wiard can take 
you is by buying one and spending hours with it. It sounds like that 
will
never happen.<

What makes you say that?

> Maybe you'll play someone 
elses for an hour or two<

That would be nice.  Or better yet, rent one!  Wonder if there's any 
place in the Bay Area where I can do that?

>If you like the layout and look of a MOOG, buy a MOOG.< 

I do like the layout and look of a Moog--so I bought 
Synthesizers.com!  :-)

>My synth is portable and does way more
( and sounds great too)!<

That remains to be seen.

>The last time I talked with Bach he agreed with me.<

Glad to know somebody else on this forum is as old as I!

johnm