Doepfer

I don't mean to stir up a flamewar about the Schaltwerk again, but 
here is part of a letter I have sent to Doepfer about the Schaltwerk 
situation:

It was stated that in order to upgrade the Schaltwerk, a totally new 
processor board would be necessary...  I have a different thought 
about that.  Why can't some features be removed to make room for more 
essential ones?  I am sure that some of the less useful functions 
could actually be REMOVED!  
 
Additionally, since it seems that if there will be no further 
development of the current Schaltwerk operating system because of the 
processor/memory issues, then make the source code of the current OS 
available for download!!!  This would enable any Schaltwerk owners 
who have the ability and the desire to actually make the Schaltwerk 
work for them!
 
Because the operating system is specific to the Schaltwerk, and you 
need an EPROM burner and a development environment to actually work 
on the OS, there is no danger of casual users damaging their 
Schaltwerk by creating an usuable ROM.  This seems like a win-win 
solution for everyone.  The OS would be worked on (for free) by 
users, and the Schaltwerk may become more popular, driving more sales 
for Doepfer.  Existing users can possibly get the features they need, 
and a more efficient operating system can be developed by a large 
group of dedicated programmers (no offense to Christian!)
 
Please seriously consider these suggestions. I truly am a dedicated 
Schaltwerk user, but I want to see it become the success it deserves.

I have also reposted my properly translated English Schaltwerk 
manual, it is much easier to read, and I formatted it as closely as 
possible to the original manual.  It is in Microsoft Word format.
The manual is here: 
http://www.socialentropy.com/studio/schaltwerk_manual.doc

Thanks
John K.  aka  ripe


> > Not at this time. As you know there are a lot of new
> > devices in the development waiting loop that have to
> > be finished. We think about a new basic board for
> > Regelwerk/Schaltwerk that will have a completely new
> > 16/32 bit microprocessor with more power and more
> > memory. But this will take a lot of time