Wiardgroup

Hi Paul,

Glad you could drop by.

Pauls modules are oriented towards doing a specific function 
perfectly and they are mechanically very rugged. The Wiard 
modules are oriented towards providing the maximum amount 
of NEW functionality in the smallest and lightest package. Both 
have their place in the orchestra of life.

I have never considered Paul or anyone else a competitor. As a 
matter of fact, I have asked everyone who has inquired about a 
Wiard to look at the Synthesis Technology site to be sure they 
are aware of that option. It is more important to me that the 
customer be happy in the long run, than to just get their dollars. 
And I have never spoken negatively of ANY other modular 
manufacturer or their products.

If one looks at a marketplace as having a limited number of 
participants, with all providers competeing for a fixed number of 
dollars, this is called a "zero sum game". That is where  
concepts such as "market share" come from.

Rex Probe, John Blacet and I see the analog modular 
manufacturers competeing as a group against Korg, Roland and 
other "design by comittee" organizations. As such, the more 
successful any manufacturer is, the more successful the entire 
group is.

We are working cooperatively to expand the marketplace by 
making it a friendly place to be. If you have a group of 
manufacturers stabbing each other in the back over here, but 
over here you have a group of friendly, mature people working 
together to further the Arts as whole, who would you rather 
purchase from?

This is why I am actively  working to make the Wiard designs 
available in as many mechanical formats as I can. The Wiard 
was never intended to be closed system, the designs are 
intended to expand the capabilites of ANY electronic music 
studio. The mechanical format was neccesary to have a carrier 
for the electronics. But I do not believe it is the solution to every 
need.

John Blacet, Terry Michaels and I are working together to bring 
out a budget priced capable VCO module. This will allow 
younger people on a budget to start to learn about analog 
oscillators. If they remain interested, in the future they may  
purchase a Wiard, MOTM or other system. But if we do not 
expand the number of people involved, we will all become 
historical footnotes.

Best Regards,

Grant Richter

> 
> MOTM is in a different market than Wiard. The format
> is larger, less functions per module. In a way, we
> compete for $$$ but there are several MOTM/Wiard dual
> owners on this list.
> 
> Blacet (www.blacet.com) sells a version of the
> Waveform Cirty that Grant designed. Dave Bradley sells
> MOTM-compatible faceplates for it.
>