The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Peter wrote:
>>
That's Yamaha's problem. They been building quite a few unfinished products
lately, and now they're back at the trusted AWM2 engine, which is even older
than Roland's JV engine. Duh!
Now why does this remind me of Microsoft... world's biggest company in their
class... "freedom to innovate"... unfinished products... :)
<<

Its the nature of the beast. The punter wants lots of new fancy gadgets with
zillions of new features (because the marketing guys and media tell then
that's what they need.....even tho' most punters don't have a clue how to
use the gear they already have ;-)

Companies respond by imposing unrealistic demands on their design
departments. The result being that innovation is rushed and products are
released too soon.....just to fill the marketing vapour ware hype gap. By
the time the discerning punter realises he's been sold a 'pup', its too
late....all the engineers have been reallocated to some other impossible
project!

Its unfair to single out Microsoft or Yamaha in this respect (they just
happen to be the biggest)...look at almost any other high tech company in
the consumer market and the story is the same :-(

In the end the user gets what the user wants (or should that be what they
think they want.....or possibly deserve :-)

You can't blame Yamaha for still making the AWM2 stuff......if the user
still wants to buy it!

>>
Praise be that we have one of the few *finished* products from  that period.
<<

The sad thing is that the AN1x was a great product....it sounds great and
only ever had minor bugs. Unfortunately, at the time of release the market
didn't seem to want it....sales were poor. Until of course Yamaha stopped
making them....now everyone wants one! Go figure?

Regards

Gary
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