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--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "supisuzoi" <son_of_zoggs@c...> 
wrote:
> about a *year* ago now, grant said in an email that the noise ring
> faceplates had just arrived. and that was about the last time he 
> made any response at all to my emails :(
> 
> soggy

Hi Soggy,

Before you tax your patience another year waiting for a response, you 
could give Grant a phone call. The number is stated on the Wiard.com 
website, "purchase" page.

This is just meant as an encouragement. Maybe it's an inconvenience 
if you don't speak English fluently, if you live far away, or are 
generally shy? If so, consider that it's probably a big convenience 
for Grant, or he would anser your emails. It's not like he'll ring 
off if he doesn't have the news you ring him up for.

I recently got my first Wiard module. Actually I've had various 
joysticks before, but what I mean is it's the first time I see 
Grant's standard design with the enclosure and the modularized 
construction, and while I'm not an electronics expert at all (or 
maybe *because* I'm not and only the obvious meets my eye?), it's 
definitely the most impressive piece of electronics I've ever seen, 
both in terms of design and manufacturing.

This must take a tremendous amount of work, and if I'm right in 
supposing he does it all alone these days, the mere maintaining of 
Grant's existing range of products must take up most of the time he 
might like to spend for work on and correspondence about new designs.

Personally, I'm actually *glad* about the way it is, and hope the 
existing 300 series will go on as long as it's feasible for Grant, 
even if that would mean a stagnation in terms of new designs. But 
Wiard is a very personal (can I say intimate?) business and not very 
predictable, and whatever way it goes, it will always accommodate 
some wishes and some not. My personal priority is extremely biased 
through the fact that I'm still only at the start of my 300 system 
after wanting one for years (I recently sacrificed a lot of other 
things to be able to keep it up), so I have complete sympathy for 
differing priorities, like when your budget is too small or you 
already have all of the 300 stuff, want to stick with FracRac-
compatible modules, or whatever.

As for the Noise Ring, for the time being you could look into 
Blacet's Dark Star Chaos as an alternative. I understand it was 
recently issued for a third and final time after the previous edition 
("DSC2000") had already attained collector's status. 15 units left as 
I'm typing this. Considering how erratically those wacky noise and 
chaos modules seem to fluctuate in and out of existance, past and 
future, getting a DSC quick is probably your best choice at the 
moment. http://www.blacet.com

Back to staring at my small Wiard setup ;o)

Sebastian Kuehnl


> --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jpyyz@y...> wrote:
> > Hmm Does anyone know *anything* on the status of the Noise Ring?  
> > I'd love to get one to use in a small Blacet rig.  Actually I'd 
like 
> > to see what else Grant may have up his sleeve for the Blacet Form 
> > Factor.  Out of all the pairs of Modular makers (MOTM/Oakley, 
> > Modcan/Cyndustries etc) a Wiard/Blacet would surely yield the 
most 
> > exotic choice of modules.  Anybody else drooling over the 
> > possibilities?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, OtherWorld <otherworld@w...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello Everyone
> > > 
> > > I¹m new to the list and would like to introduce myself.  My 
name 
> > is Scott
> > > Wilson.  I am a synth head convert always interested in new 
cool 
> > gear.  I¹ve
> > > had some contact with the Wiard system when I was a sales 
> > weasel.   Now
> > > subtract Sales.......
> > > 
> > > I¹m interested in the Noise Ring and when it will be 
available?  
> > Also,
> > > powering options would be a good thing to know as well.
> > > 
> > > Thanks and here¹s to making some cool noise.
> > > 
> > > Scott