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Originally Posted by Dirty Halo Lastly, you missed the boat alltogether, you had a user asking for more relevant product for us, the users and all you really did was justify and defend. |
I'm not sure you speak for "us, the users" any more than I speak for "us, the users." The key is recognizing that we each carry our own biases and opinions that may or may not be shared by everyone and may or may not result in a profitable product. All major companies do market research when they're brainstorming about and designing new products -- if there were thousands of people clammoring for an analog Absynth, someone would be producing it by now. The most likely answer is that there's either no demand or not sufficient demand to justify a profitable product in the marketplace. Selling musical tools is a business just like selling music is a business.
It's really quite simple: if you don't like the OASYS, buy something else, but what's the point of badgering a company who is trying hard to make a viable musical tool? Like you've said in many posts, there is lots of competition out there -- that's a good thing. I love real analog (old and new), but I'm not going to criticize Korg for trying to design the ultimate self-contained workstation even as 100% computer-based rigs are becoming more common. The big 3 (that's Yamaha, Roland and Korg in my book) aren't going out of business any time soon and they're not going to be overtaken by (excellent) boutique manufacturers like Moog, DSI or anyone else making synths that might appeal more to you. Remember Waldorf? Sequential Circuits? Excellent synths, bad business management.
As far as Korg goes, I've never been a fan of the Triton line (I personally didn't dig any of their workstations after the T series), but I'm not going to ignore the enormous success they've had in the marketplace. The Electribes have sold very well from what I understand and I think the Legacy Collection is great (I use it all the time). Why not focus on the positive, or better yet, start your own company and bury Korg with your earth-shattering product?
-Synth80s