Elektron Musical Instruments

Uhhh!!  When is the UW going to be available?  I was all ready to buy one and now there aren't 
any....!!!

On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:17 PM, olster2003 wrote:

> Uhhh!!  When is the UW going to be available?  I was all ready to  
> buy one and now there aren't
> any....!!!

according to Daniel's post the other day, it sounds like August until  
more upgrades are available.
if you try to order the MD-UW, you get a form to be put on the  
waiting list for one.  so if you do that, now you may get it sooner  
because I imagine a lot of people will put their names on that list  
before August.  and if you just want an upgrade, you might try  
ordering one through the friend page too.  perhaps you'll get a  
similar waiting list form.

August sounds like a long ways off, but it's worth that wait.   
believe me :-)

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "olster2003" <oliver.tann@a...> 
wrote:
> Uhhh!!  When is the UW going to be available?  I was all ready to 
buy one and now there aren't 
> any....!!!

hang in there oyster2003, put the cash under your pillow.. dont spend 
it! the UW is fukn RAD!!!

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:17 PM, olster2003 wrote:
> 
> > Uhhh!!  When is the UW going to be available?  I was all ready to  
> > buy one and now there aren't
> > any....!!!
> 
> according to Daniel's post the other day, it sounds like August 
> until more upgrades are available.

The full SPS-1UW product will be in scarce supply at least until the
autumn. But we will receive a new shipment soon, then the next
substantial one will be some time in August. As suggested before, add
your name to the waiting list by pressing the order button for the
correct product, sign up your email and you'll get a notice the very
second we release more units. No units are reserved for the people who
sign though, they just get the early notice.

The full upgrades will be offered (at full EUR 500 / USD 500 price,
the friend offer is sold out) when we have stock and resources. There
might be a handful during the summer (we're not 100% sure yet) and
then more to the autumn. It is not sure we will be offering it forever
though as it takes alot of service resources to perform them.

Daniel, Elektron

PS. There are some SidStations up for sale right now!

How did I miss this? I thought that the friend offer was going out in 
batches of 50 (to prevent too large a backlog), and by my count only the 
second batch was announced. DAMN, that sucks... I was about to sell a 
poly-61, DX-11, SY-22, drumulator, and TR-55 just to cover the upgrade price 
- but I guess I botched this one some how...
 -gerald
 On 7/1/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote: 
> 
> The full upgrades will be offered (at full EUR 500 / USD 500 price,
> the friend offer is sold out) when we have stock and resources. There
> might be a handful during the summer (we're not 100% sure yet) and
> then more to the autumn. It is not sure we will be offering it forever
> though as it takes alot of service resources to perform them.
> 
> Daniel, Elektron
>


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I guess Daniel is speaking of full upgrades. No mention here of
cutting the friend-upgrade. I mean it's not clear from the Daniel's
post. I guess we have to wait and see (or post and ask). 

Toni.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gerald Stevens <logo64@g...> wrote:
> How did I miss this? I thought that the friend offer was going out in 
> batches of 50 (to prevent too large a backlog), and by my count only
the 
> second batch was announced. DAMN, that sucks... I was about to sell a 
> poly-61, DX-11, SY-22, drumulator, and TR-55 just to cover the
upgrade price 

> - but I guess I botched this one some how...
>  -gerald
>  On 7/1/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@e...> wrote: 
> > 
> > The full upgrades will be offered (at full EUR 500 / USD 500 price,
> > the friend offer is sold out) when we have stock and resources. There
> > might be a handful during the summer (we're not 100% sure yet) and
> > then more to the autumn. It is not sure we will be offering it forever
> > though as it takes alot of service resources to perform them.
> > 
> > Daniel, Elektron
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Wow, I really hope they offer more Elektron Friend upgrades.  I
thought the plan was that there would be a total of 200 offered,
eventually.  Is that right, Daniel?

Thanks,
Eric

On 2 Jul 2005 14:41:19 -0000, elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
<elektron-users@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Message: 4
>    Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 20:01:37 -0000
>    From: "tahvenaine2002" <toni.ahvenainen@...>
> Subject: Re: UW - not available!!
> 
> I guess Daniel is speaking of full upgrades. No mention here of
> cutting the friend-upgrade. I mean it's not clear from the Daniel's
> post. I guess we have to wait and see (or post and ask).
> 
> Toni.
> 
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gerald Stevens <logo64@g...> wrote:
> > How did I miss this? I thought that the friend offer was going out in
> > batches of 50 (to prevent too large a backlog), and by my count only
> the
> > second batch was announced. DAMN, that sucks... I was about to sell a
> > poly-61, DX-11, SY-22, drumulator, and TR-55 just to cover the
> upgrade price
> > - but I guess I botched this one some how...
> >  -gerald

I dug through the friend emails to see how dumb I should feel about 
expecting to be notified each time 50 upgrade offers were opened up... here 
are some clips:
 FIRST MESSAGE:
 We will offer up to 200 upgrades at this price. But in order to avoid long 
service queues we will release the upgrades in turns. 
 As this mail is sent we're kicking off by offering 50 upgrades. 50 more are 

planned to be offered in two weeks. Only friends registered before today's 
date will be able to take part in the offer of today.

SECOND MESSAGE:
 As you read this we just made available 50 more upgrade offers for current
SPS-1 owners. Last time the 50 upgrade kits offered were sold out in less
than 24 hours, so you might better be quick to get one of the upgrades this
time!
 There was no third or fourth messages... and I figured that was due to the 
backlog and elektron wanting "to avoid long service queues". In fact, since 
nobody was reporting that they actually got their unit back, I figured they 
weren't opening up any further slots of 50. Now, I know I'm grumbling and 
there's nothing I can do - but can sombody in the third or fourth group of 
50 tell me how you knew to get in? Did you just keep checking the friend 
page.
 Grumble...
 Somebody *please *let me know on this list when any of the inflated 
upgrades are offered.
 -gerald

 
 On 7/1/05, Gerald Stevens <logo64@...> wrote: 
> 
>  How did I miss this? I thought that the friend offer was going out in 
> batches of 50 (to prevent too large a backlog), and by my count only the 
> second batch was announced. DAMN, that sucks... I was about to sell a 
> poly-61, DX-11, SY-22, drumulator, and TR-55 just to cover the upgrade price 
> - but I guess I botched this one some how... 
>  -gerald
>  On 7/1/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote: 
> > 
> > The full upgrades will be offered (at full EUR 500 / USD 500 price,
> > the friend offer is sold out) when we have stock and resources. There 
> > might be a handful during the summer (we're not 100% sure yet) and
> > then more to the autumn. It is not sure we will be offering it forever
> > though as it takes alot of service resources to perform them.
> > 
> > Daniel, Elektron 
> > 
> 
>


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Here is the explanation:

The first mail indicated we would offer _up to_ 200 upgrades at the
friends price. We started with 50 promising 50 more in 2 weeks. The
first 50 sold out more or less immediately and indicated an ongoing
interest in the offer.

Then we released 50 more a bit more than 2 weeks later. The offer was
up for almost 2 weeks and then sold out by us offering units to the
Japanese and France markets.

Friend offers are intended for the brave first people who dare to try
a new product without knowing too much about it. During this unknown
time our impression is that everyone who wanted had a good chance of
placing an order.

The second offer didn't really sell out, only almost. Therefore we
decided that there is no need for another friend offer. The demand
might have increased now, but that's because the first daring people
have received their units back and been able to give detailed reports
on what they think about the UW upgrade. The situation is no longer
that ordering an upgrade is getting something partly unknown. It's
like someone posted on the elektron-users board when the second round
was offered: "do we really know enough about the sps-1uw to order the
upgrade?". No, that's a part of the point with the friend offers, we
offer a discount for people daring to take a chance.

The friend offer was closed since the second round appeared to cover
the markets need (for an unknown upgrade). The upgrades are very time
consuming and we are now tiding up so that everyone who dug into the
offer receives their unit and are happy. When that is done we will
offer upgrades for some time at EUR/USD 500. I don't know for how long
we will offer it, it depends how much resources it will consume. We
hope to be able to offer the first "official" ones during the summer,
and it will be posted on the Elektron products page as a product, or
maybe as accessory for the SPS-1.

I'm sorry if people were waiting for upcoming offers. The post could
indeed be interpreted that way. The post probably should have pointed
out that the offer was valid _up to_ 200 units (it did), but emphased
that it would only be offered as long there is a current interest. 

Remember that if you want a friend offer, try taking advantage of it
the soonest possible. We'll never make any promises for how long the
offers will be valid.

Daniel Hansson, Elektron

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gerald Stevens <logo64@g...> wrote:
> I dug through the friend emails to see how dumb I should feel about 
> expecting to be notified each time 50 upgrade offers were opened
up... here 
> are some clips:
>  FIRST MESSAGE:
>  We will offer up to 200 upgrades at this price. But in order to
avoid long 
> service queues we will release the upgrades in turns. 
>  As this mail is sent we're kicking off by offering 50 upgrades. 50
more are 
> 
> planned to be offered in two weeks. Only friends registered before
today's 
> date will be able to take part in the offer of today.
> 
> SECOND MESSAGE:
>  As you read this we just made available 50 more upgrade offers for
current
> SPS-1 owners. Last time the 50 upgrade kits offered were sold out in
less
> than 24 hours, so you might better be quick to get one of the
upgrades this
> time!
>  There was no third or fourth messages... and I figured that was due
to the 
> backlog and elektron wanting "to avoid long service queues". In
fact, since 
> nobody was reporting that they actually got their unit back, I
figured they 
> weren't opening up any further slots of 50. Now, I know I'm
grumbling and 
> there's nothing I can do - but can sombody in the third or fourth
group of 
> 50 tell me how you knew to get in? Did you just keep checking the
friend 

> page.
>  Grumble...
>  Somebody *please *let me know on this list when any of the inflated 
> upgrades are offered.
>  -gerald

Fair enough. I should point out that my hesitation was not due to a lack of 
confidence 
that the upgrade would be worth it, but due to the scary track-record of the 
tech in CA
that would be doing the servicing. I wasn't about to send him my MD without 
first hearing
that he had indeed found the time in his life to perform servicing in a 
reasonable amount
of time. Since I hadn't heard many people in the US say that they got their 
MD back, 
I was really worried - and the people who said it had been a month and a 
half really
scared me into waiting for the next 50.
 Had I lived in Sweden, I would have been one of the first to sign up - I 
trust Elektron. I 
may learn to trust the US-elektron guy, and I'm sympathetic to his tales of 
hardship, 
but I wasn't about to be a test-case.
 -gerald
 On 7/8/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote: 
> 
> 
> Here is the explanation:
> 
> Friend offers are intended for the brave first people who dare to try
> a new product without knowing too much about it. During this unknown
> time our impression is that everyone who wanted had a good chance of
> placing an order.
>


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Just for the record. The US tech in Los Angeles turned my around in 10 days.

Gerald Stevens wrote:

> Fair enough. I should point out that my hesitation was not due to a lack of
> confidence
> that the upgrade would be worth it, but due to the scary track-record of the
> tech in CA
> that would be doing the servicing. I wasn't about to send him my MD without
> first hearing
> that he had indeed found the time in his life to perform servicing in a
> reasonable amount
> of time. Since I hadn't heard many people in the US say that they got their
> MD back,
> I was really worried - and the people who said it had been a month and a
> half really
> scared me into waiting for the next 50.
>  Had I lived in Sweden, I would have been one of the first to sign up - I
> trust Elektron. I
> may learn to trust the US-elektron guy, and I'm sympathetic to his tales of
> hardship,
> but I wasn't about to be a test-case.
>  -gerald
>  On 7/8/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Here is the explanation:
> >
> > Friend offers are intended for the brave first people who dare to try
> > a new product without knowing too much about it. During this unknown
> > time our impression is that everyone who wanted had a good chance of
> > placing an order.
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Mine went out on May 24th, and I'm still waiting for it to come back...  :-(

I had the encoder and noise patch applied at the same time also.

cheers
ripe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Moreno" <hhlg@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [elektron] UW - not available!!


>
> Just for the record. The US tech in Los Angeles turned my around in 10
days.
>
> Gerald Stevens wrote:
>
> > Fair enough. I should point out that my hesitation was not due to a lack
of
> > confidence
> > that the upgrade would be worth it, but due to the scary track-record of
the
> > tech in CA
> > that would be doing the servicing. I wasn't about to send him my MD
without
> > first hearing
> > that he had indeed found the time in his life to perform servicing in a
> > reasonable amount
> > of time. Since I hadn't heard many people in the US say that they got
their
> > MD back,
> > I was really worried - and the people who said it had been a month and a
> > half really
> > scared me into waiting for the next 50.
> >  Had I lived in Sweden, I would have been one of the first to sign up -
I
> > trust Elektron. I
> > may learn to trust the US-elektron guy, and I'm sympathetic to his tales
of

> > hardship,
> > but I wasn't about to be a test-case.
> >  -gerald
> >  On 7/8/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is the explanation:
> > >
> > > Friend offers are intended for the brave first people who dare to try
> > > a new product without knowing too much about it. During this unknown
> > > time our impression is that everyone who wanted had a good chance of
> > > placing an order.
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

What is this encoder and noise patch?
I just ordered a SPS-1UW.  Anyone know if these fixes are included?
-grimley

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "ripe" <ripe-list7147@m...> 
wrote:
> Mine went out on May 24th, and I'm still waiting for it to come 
back...  :-(
> 
> I had the encoder and noise patch applied at the same time also.
> 
> cheers
> ripe
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frank Moreno" <hhlg@p...>
> To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [elektron] UW - not available!!
> 
> 
> >
> > Just for the record. The US tech in Los Angeles turned my around 
in 10
> days.
> >
> > Gerald Stevens wrote:
> >
> > > Fair enough. I should point out that my hesitation was not due 
to a lack
> of
> > > confidence
> > > that the upgrade would be worth it, but due to the scary track-
record of
> the
> > > tech in CA
> > > that would be doing the servicing. I wasn't about to send him 
my MD
> without
> > > first hearing
> > > that he had indeed found the time in his life to perform 
servicing in a
> > > reasonable amount
> > > of time. Since I hadn't heard many people in the US say that 
they got
> their
> > > MD back,
> > > I was really worried - and the people who said it had been a 
month and a
> > > half really
> > > scared me into waiting for the next 50.
> > >  Had I lived in Sweden, I would have been one of the first to 
sign up -
> I
> > > trust Elektron. I
> > > may learn to trust the US-elektron guy, and I'm sympathetic to 
his tales
> of
> > > hardship,
> > > but I wasn't about to be a test-case.
> > >  -gerald
> > >  On 7/8/05, daniel_elektron <daniel@e...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here is the explanation:
> > > >
> > > > Friend offers are intended for the brave first people who 
dare to try
> > > > a new product without knowing too much about it. During this 
unknown
> > > > time our impression is that everyone who wanted had a good 
chance of

> > > > placing an order.
> > > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

The first batch of MDs had some issues that were fixed later, so the UW and
current MD should be fine.

You had to send back your MD to get the fixes applied so I held off until
now, so I got everything done at once.

cheers
ripe

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Justin Grimley" <grimley@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [elektron] UW - not available!!


> What is this encoder and noise patch?
> I just ordered a SPS-1UW.  Anyone know if these fixes are included?
> -grimley
>
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "ripe" <ripe-list7147@m...>
> wrote:
> > Mine went out on May 24th, and I'm still waiting for it to come
> back...  :-(
> >
> > I had the encoder and noise patch applied at the same time also.
> >
> > cheers
> > ripe