Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

We had a similar issue and discussion in another group I am in involved in, the Korg MS2000 group.  There are changes and features that we all would have liked to see, basic things like putting the step modulator out to MIDI so the MS2000 could be used as a analog type step sequencer for external equipment.  The reality was the processor in the MS2000 was max'd out, there were no more functions that could be added without sacrificing the current features and performance of the synth.  This could also be the case of the DSI, at least for some of what you are asking....

Bob
El Segundo, CA


-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Wiltshire 
Sent: Oct 17, 2010 5:56 AM 
To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [DSI Synths] DSI Evolution? 

  




On 16 Oct 2010, at 22:57, Stefan Trippler wrote:

>> 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?
> 
> This might indeed bring a few new customers. But most likely not enough to 
> cover the cost of the additional people for the manufacturer's support 
> department.
> 
> Or do you really think that customers wouldn't expect support from the 
> manufacturer for a third party OS or would not blame him for problems caused 
> by 3rd party OSs?

You're probably right, Stefan. Customers can be an unreasonable bunch, it seems. Getting upset at X for code written by Y is pretty clearly unfair though.

Still, there are people doing new firmware for the Jupiter6 amongst others, and I don't think Roland have had any emails complaining about it. So maybe it's possible. I'd like to believe so.

T.