Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On 16 Oct 2010, at 19:32, Dustin D wrote:

> Show us that you care after the initial purchase and you have customers for life. I feel that synths are too valuable to be disposable and need to be updatable. Is it possible to open source the programming to the community if DSI doesn't have the resources? 


This is something I would really love to see. I genuinely believe that people would buy *more* DSI gear not less if it were opened up in this way. If I could rewrite the software for (say) the Prophet08 or PEK, I'd sell my granny to get one. As it is, I don't particularly feel the need to own one.

Even if it weren't done on current products, you could open source the code for products that were no longer supported and no longer in production. If there were enough people out there who loved them, you can be sure there'd be all kinds of interesting stuff got done.

In a synth world where it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate your product from the next guy's, open source software is one thing that could really set you apart. How about it, Dave?

T.