Doepfer

hi joe, thanks for a lucid remark.  when the touch keyboard does get 
released everyone will go why this and why not that. i wrote a 
thoroughly comprehensive poll about the new touch seq kb and only 8 
people out of the whole list replied. nobody from Doepfer has thought 
to ask the group what they think about the functions they plan on 
having for the TKBS ( i think TKBS is a good acronym Touch KeyBoard 
Seqeuncer or TSKB Touch Sequencer KeyBoard to stay away to the 
resemblance the Serge TKB). nor have they responded to the functions 
proposed in the poll. so when the TKBS does get released and people 
aren't happy or too enthused about the product, Doepfer will have no 
one to blame but itself for not doing more research with this group. 
they should learn from their mistakes i.e. the ....werk machines.

this is what i am complaining about and explaining in the last few 
posts. Doepfer needs to have more synergy its cusomers and especially 
this group. this is the best market research group it can ever hope 
find. you just have to join the other synth groups to understand what 
i mean. in other groups they discuss functions, once they agree on 
the functions they discuss the panel lay out and then execute the 
production of the module. simple and plain and most the modules they 
put out, people are happy with the module and being part of the 
creative and design process. we could sure use that communication 
around here.

hope someone is listening,
RM


--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "buechlerjoe" <buechlerjoe@t...> wrote:
> The group spent a couple weeks discussing the upcoming touch 
> controller at length. How is that on-topic, and the MAQ and ...Werk 
> sequencers off-topic?
> 
> The only differences are: (1) the MAQ and ...werk sequencers 
already 
> exist, and (2) a lot of people are unhappy with them and the lack 
> of support from Doepfer. So in order to stifle the discontent, it 
> gets labeled as "off-topic".
> 
> I suppose after the touch keyboard goes into production, it will be 
> considered on-topic here as long as no one complains about it.
> 
> BTW I always get prompt replies from Dieter, but Chris never 
> responds at all to my questions.
> 
> Joe
> --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "Andreas Lindholm" 
<andreas.k.lindholm@t...> 
> wrote:
> > We have been on this many times and let us say that it is a 
matter 
> of some
> > disagreement. Some think it is a logical extension to the A100 
and 
> others
> > not. But Doepfer has marketed it as such before through their 
> retailers and
> > webpage. Now they seem to have polised some of it away but I 
> remember having
> > read this like "the shaltwerk is the ideal sequencing solution 
for 
> your
> > analog synthesizers". So since they have been sold as extensions 
to 
> some
> > users in my eyes makes them such since they are made by the same 
> company and
> > share looks and features with the rest of the range.
> > 
> > To get a bit off topic here, if it wasn't made for the A100, why 
> bother to
> > add cv and gate in the same voltage ranges as the rest. Why not 
use 
> Yamaha
> > v/hz or din sync? I think it speaks for itself, BMW doesn't make 
> spoiler
> > wings and stuff for Renault, right? Neither does Doepfer make 
> controllers
> > for others synths, it is for their own.
> > 
> > 
> > > You´re quite right Florian. As far as I can tell the name of the
> > > group is Doepfer system A100 modular synthesizer group NOT 
> Schaltwerk
> > > and the Schaltwerk is NOT part of the A100 system ........ is 
it?
> > > Keld
> > >
> > >