Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

my issue with DSI a year ago  on this forum was  about having an optional 4 
voice addon upgrade , hooking up an  added internal board  to chain voices 
rather than buying and carrying around a PE rack. (there is PLENTY of room 
inside) -- and i got the same type of criticisms  here for my suggestion.  there 
were those  on the forum who were somehow personally offended that i 'blashemed' 
and critiqued Daves 'masterpiece' of synth engineering, and those  people who 
understood my point and agreed.   Seems the same now on this sequencer issue .  
nonetheless, i was told to forget it by DSI and  to go buy the PER . 
i just wonder what inspired the new Potentiometer  mod--- unless it was a 
grudging acknowledgement that the original encoders dont hold up.  (for only 
$300 extra dollars--right?)  
How did this mod  eventually reach the top brass of DSI ,?  WAs it through 
the user feedback?  

Every product can EVOLVE to be better. 



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From: Bob S. <tttsystems@...>
To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 2:35:47 AM
Subject: Re: [DSI Synths] DSI Evolution?

  
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.