Elektron Musical Instruments

is that why quasimidi went down?
i thought it was because 309's were breaking down all over the place.  
great ideas but their gear broke down all the time.  several of my friends and I had their gear and ALL had our quasimidi gear breaking down.

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Quasimidi was using direct 
marketing as well and i guess that's what in the end broke their 
neck.Also if they sell larger quantities, for sure they can lower 
the prices, and they would even sell more.

--- In elektron-users@y..., "Jason Mundo" <JMUNDO@c...> wrote:
> 
> is that why quasimidi went down?
It was one of the reasons...

> i thought it was because 309's were breaking down all over the 
place.  
> great ideas but their gear broke down all the time.  several of my 
friends and I had their gear and ALL had our quasimidi gear breaking 
down.

True, but other companies gear is breaking down as well.

I think Elektron should work together with Clavia, when it comes to 
marketing and distribution, just like Waldorf, Access and Novation 
are doing in Germany. And those are quite successfull...

As an owner of a Quasimidi Polymorph, I can tell you:
That thing is built like a tank. I've never had any
problems with it, at all. And I would go into a deep
depression if it ever did break down. I also had a
borrowed 309 for about 6 months, and it also was
solid. If any of you ever have a chance of getting a
Polymorph, don't hesitate.


> is that why quasimidi went down?
> i thought it was because 309's were breaking down
> all over the place.  
> great ideas but their gear broke down all the time. 
> several of my friends and I had their gear and ALL
> had our quasimidi gear breaking down.
> 
> *************************
> Quasimidi was using direct 
> marketing as well and i guess that's what in the end
> broke their 
> neck.Also if they sell larger quantities, for sure
> they can lower 
> the prices, and they would even sell more.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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my polymorph is rock solid too. but those 309s were not.  button's dying all over the place and os crashes (mem overflow) so a hard reset is necessary. 

>>> Flavio Alvarez <srminimo@...> 06/14/02 12:31PM >>>
As an owner of a Quasimidi Polymorph, I can tell you:
That thing is built like a tank. I've never had any
problems with it, at all. And I would go into a deep
depression if it ever did break down. I also had a
borrowed 309 for about 6 months, and it also was
solid. If any of you ever have a chance of getting a
Polymorph, don't hesitate.


> is that why quasimidi went down?
> i thought it was because 309's were breaking down
> all over the place.  
> great ideas but their gear broke down all the time. 
> several of my friends and I had their gear and ALL
> had our quasimidi gear breaking down.
> 
> *************************
> Quasimidi was using direct 
> marketing as well and i guess that's what in the end
> broke their 
> neck.Also if they sell larger quantities, for sure
> they can lower 
> the prices, and they would even sell more.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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>my polymorph is rock solid too. but those 309s were not.  button's dying
>all over the place and os crashes (mem overflow) so a hard reset is
>necessary.

my 309 is VERY happy.
i constantly use it and i don't really have any problems.

one button did go out on me but Terry at Quasimidi sent me some replacements.

is there anyone out there that can repair this kind of exotic gear if it
does ever break?



SPIKE the Percussionist

http://www.manipulate.net/skan/

When Quasimidi went under, Nova Musik in Milwakee
(www.novamusik.com) bought all their remaining
machines and spare parts, so you can find spare parts
through them. They migt also be able to help you fix
them. Still, don't play wit them in the rain.
> 
> is there anyone out there that can repair this kind
> of exotic gear if it
> does ever break?
> 
> 
> 
> SPIKE the Percussionist
> 
> http://www.manipulate.net/skan/
> 
> 
> 


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> True, but other companies gear is breaking down as well.
> 
> I think Elektron should work together with Clavia, when it comes to
> marketing and distribution, just like Waldorf, Access and Novation
> are doing in Germany. And those are quite successfull...

the last update for NM came  in 1999, I hope Elektron could be more dynamic
with MD... Please..
anyway, no problems with my MD so far.. It does what I need...

timo

--- In elektron-users@y..., "tompaulsen2002" <tompaulsen2002@y...> 
wrote:
 
> I think Elektron should work together with Clavia, when it comes to 
> marketing and distribution, just like Waldorf, Access and Novation 
> are doing in Germany. And those are quite successfull...

That's not a bad idea at all. But the MD is still a specialist 
instrument, maybe too specialist to ever become a huge commercial 
success. Sure, they would have sold lots more MDs with a more far-
reaching marketing and distribution system, but with all the 
expensive components in the MD it will be difficult to push the price 
down to a level where they could compete with related products (maybe 
with a Machindrum Lite...). Big volume production reduces your 
expenses a lot, but possibly not enough to compensate for the 
increase in price that comes with all the extra people that want to 
make money on your product (distributors, sellers etc). Or am I wrong?

Interestingly, Anders at Elektron told me that they do sell MDs 
through music stores in Greece and Italy. Apparently the reason for 
this is the language barrier in those countries.

regards, 
Nils

--- In elektron-users@y..., Timo <tneronen@p...> wrote: 
> > True, but other companies gear is breaking down as well. 
> >  
> > I think Elektron should work together with Clavia, when it comes to 
> > marketing and distribution, just like Waldorf, Access and Novation 
> > are doing in Germany. And those are quite successfull... 
>  
> the last update for NM came  in 1999, I hope Elektron could be more dynamic 
> with MD... Please.. 
 
What are you talking about? The NM editor is already at version 3.03 and they are a couple of 
weeks away of delivering version 4.0...how more dynamic can you be, especially for a FOUR year 
old synth? 
 
Tom

--- In elektron-users@y..., "belplascaprod" <nilsodegaard@h...> wrote: 
> --- In elektron-users@y..., "tompaulsen2002" <tompaulsen2002@y...>  
> wrote: 
>   
> > I think Elektron should work together with Clavia, when it comes to  
> > marketing and distribution, just like Waldorf, Access and Novation  
> > are doing in Germany. And those are quite successfull... 
>  
> That's not a bad idea at all. But the MD is still a specialist  
> instrument,  
 
So...and Jomox Xbase09 or Waldorf Rack Attack are not specialists? Those still sells much better 
than the MD...mainly because of better publicity, marketing and better distribution. And that 
Rack Attack is not so cheap either with 800Euro...

> So...and Jomox Xbase09 or Waldorf Rack Attack are not specialists? 
Those still sells much better 
> than the MD...mainly because of better publicity, marketing and 
better distribution. And that 
> Rack Attack is not so cheap either with 800Euro...

You're absolutely right. Waldorf probably have a few more years of 
experience, and a bit more money, but I suppose Jomox is a very good 
comparison to Elektron. So what am I going on about....?  :-)

Do you know any production figures for the various Jomox instruments?

Regards,
Nils

--- In elektron-users@y..., "belplascaprod" <nilsodegaard@h...> wrote:

> Do you know any production figures for the various Jomox 
instruments?

Sorry, no, but i would guess pretty well, since they were able to 
afford the development of the Sunsyn.