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Fantastic news for all Wiardians!

Will the "Full Production" announcement have any effects on
- delivery times?
- prices?

Frank

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Grant Richter" <grichter@...> 
wrote:
>
> I'm have put the 300 series back in full production.
> 
> The 1200 series is still available until I use up the existing 
parts. I plan to port the 1200 
> series design into 300 series packaging eventually. The Joystick 
and JAG will stay just as 
> they are. It would make no sense to have those in 300 series cases.
> 
> The 300 series was never completely out of production, but I had 
switched my main 
> efforts to the Frac-Rac format. I now think that was a mistake. I 
didn't want to go head to 
> head with Don over the 200e, but now the Buchla product is mature 
enough that I feel OK 
> placing my emphasis on the 300 series again. I wanted Don to 
succeed with the 200e. 
> Musical instruments is a field where if one company "defeats" 
another company, the whole 
> culture loses out.
> 
> John Simonton intended the Frac-Rac format to be economical. John 
Blacet has done a 
> absolutely brilliant job of executing designs in that format. But 
the Frac-Rac doesn't have 
> the inherent infrastructure for the highest grade professional 
instruments. That is not to 
> take away from the great modules already designed, or question the 
quality of theose 
> instruments. A Blacet instrument is a superb economical instrument.
> 
> In my opinion the Frac-Rac aluminum is too light weight and the 
lack of fully shielded 
> enclosures keeps them from achieving extremely low electrical 
noise. Because of that, I 
> don't feel Frac-Rac modules should cost over $300 tops. That price 
point places a limit on 
> the complexity of designs. To summerize, I like the Frac-Rac 
format a lot, and I admire the 
> instruments already in that format. But it has become a limitation 
for new Wiard designs.
> 
> I am hoping for some customer feedback. The goal of the 300 series 
is to have 12 unique 
> module designs, there are currently 8. These 8 modules already do 
almost every kind of 
> synthesis known to mankind, so designing 4 new modules is no easy 
task. The Envelooper 
> is one new design for certain.
> 
> What additional features would you like to see in the 300 series? 
Feel free to speculate, 
> there are no stupid ideas. (Well, adding a Moog style transistor 
ladder filter is a stupid 
> idea, the Boogie filter already blows that thin sounding design 
away).
>