Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On May 24, 2004, at 10:17 AM, arkamaxx wrote:

> Well....mr Julian, a discussion board is a discussion
>  board..isnt'it? So everyone invited to post anything he likes on
>  topic and without offending the others

I agree. you should 100% be allowed to voice your own opinion, as 
should he.
and neither of you should resort to insults or name calling.

> BTW I might buy a poly evolver when it drops
>  down in price. Bye.

FWIW, I've been saying that the Poly's overpriced since it was 
announced and
nobody's called me names (though they have said that I'm wrong and 
crazy).  I
think that if it was sub-$1000, I'd get it.  Or if it were outfitted 
with a
large array of knobs ala the Evolver, then I'd get it.

Personally, I think the idea of the Poly is a bit silly.  I think that 
those who
will use it fall into two camps: those who own an Evolver and will 
control
the Poly via the (mono) Evolver and those who will simply control the 
Poly
via software (and possibly some who will do both).  What about those 
that don't
own an Evolver yet want polyphony?  What if they don't like software 
(which is
the reason why Dave started his company in the first place) nor 
programming
via four buttons, two knobs and a 2x16 LCD?  The now need to spend 
$1900 to
get the Mono and the Poly in order to have something they can use.  For 
this
reason, I would have thought it more sensible if Dave would have named 
the
current model the "Evolver expander" and then repackaged the same model
into an Evolver-like interface but with the four-voice polyphony.

that's just my $.02....

Joe