Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

From: "Ravi Ivan Sharma" <noision1@...>

> I didn't mind the discussion and argument, in fact, I love it. But
> when every post has to include a personal jab along the lines of "stop
> whining" etc, which is really a flame,

meh.. well I think if someone is actually whining, then "stop whining" is a
valid description of their actions, and an instruction on how to behave...

Calling someone a stupid idiot, or a dickhead, or something like that is
definately a personal attack.. but saying someone is whining, IMO, is a
valid statement. and I stand by it in this case.

Though using words like "dribble" was probably less defensible. sorry. I
will try to be less like that on here in the future.

> Anyway, in regard to the Polyevolver, yes, I think it's price is a
> pretty penny myself. Especially since it is alarmingly close (within a
> few hundred dollars or so) to the price of a Nord Modular G2! On the
> other hand, hey, Bob Moog is selling monosynths for 3 thousand bucks
> and then there are the Omega synths which cost an arm and a leg I believe.
>
As far as I'm concerned, the price of the polyevolver is good enough to be
pretty much irrelevant - I'm not buying the polyevolver because the kind of
sounds I can get out of "just" my plain old mono evolver are more than
enough.... But if I decided I needed a poly evolver, I'd do what I needed to
do to get one. Its in the same basic price range as a lot of other modern
equipment.....

> I am not knowledgable in the cost of analog components, but given the
> other prices of new analog gear and the history and demonstrated good
> character of Dave Smith, I have to believe on that that stuff is
> expensive and even Dave Smith can't do anything about it . . . except
> choose to not build it. I am thankful he is.
>
Perhaps people are spoiled.. I happen to think the normal evolver is a
fantastic deal for what it does... and 4 times the circuitry for less than 3
times the price (and a $50 editor program thrown in too) seems very good to
me.  That said, I don't claim to know the costs of parts and design
represented in the polyevolver either... and I'm actually an electronic
design engineer. (which is why I get annoyed at some real estate agent
pulling out arbitary numbers and going on about costs of components like
they know something about it... it's like being in an R&D meeting with sales
and marketing managers all over again.)



julian

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