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Just to be devil’s advocate, what’s this sudden fascination with tabla and tampura sounds that people should want to unload hundreds of dollars on them as modules rather than just, say, triggering and manipulating samples? Lacks the drama and faceplate appeal?

--Chuck

Jeez, I ain't knockin' Cynthia at all...in fact, after emailing back & forth, I'm pretty sure I'll start a six pac cyndustries systems by the new year (including both tampura & tabla models). I don't think anyone is REALLY questioning her prices, just some people are questioning the need for voltage control and saving some money to boot! Me? I dig having the modules as part of my synth and will go that route. In fact, Cynthia offered to make it "dot commable" if I could get a face plate made at no add'tl charge OR 1/4" jacks instead of bananas. Now THAT'S what I call service!

RRV

-----Original Message-----
From: larry@unicode.com
Sent: Nov 24, 2004 12:14 PM
To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [dotcomformat] Re: tampura & tabla








Something to think about. You can buy the devices for about $200.00, you

can mount them in a panel with a little labor and some sheet metal. You

WON'T have a CV controlled module, simply something that is mounted with the<;BR>
rest of your synth. Cynthia spent significant time circuit bending these

devices so that they could be PART OF your synth instead of a place holder

in the panel. So while you can save bucks, you probably CAN'T make the same

thing that Cyndustries is selling! There was quite a 'lively' discussion on

this and some think that the Cyndustries modules are a rip off. If you<;BR>
don't want a module, or you think her price is a rip off, then don't buy her

module. But unless you have done what she has done, and are selling to the

very small nitch market she has addressed, it does not make sense to knock

her prices. Like the others in this comparatively small market, she charges

what she must to make a profit based on her time investment and her

materials costs. She sell to a market that has more Do-It-Yourself types

then probably any market other then ham gear, and that is a much bigger

market. We should thank the Cynthia's, Roger's, Paul's, and John's that

make complete modules that we can use to make the wonderful systems to play

with! Then save up for that 'overpriced' module you really, REALLY want,

and hope they are still selling it when you finally get the bucks together.

I know that's how I've gotten my DocCom, MOTM, and Blacet modules...





Larry T.



p.s. I have NO affiliation with any of these manufacturers, only a desire

to see them succeed so that I can buy the modules I want (like Cyndustries

Milton sequencer with 1/4" jacks)!













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