[A6] MIX Mode --- was (SoundDiver and the a6

[Chris Pickett]

Chad Gould wrote:

>>TIMING is everything... Imagine if the A6 had somehow come out a few years
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>>earlier - remember when Techno was driving as a new force; People were
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>buying up 
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>>old drum machines, and synths. The only virtual analog was the Nord
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>system, 
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>>which was like a Juno 106, but with worse sound quality. Nothing analog
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>>made, synthwise, except a few modular designs, very few.
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>Yeah, the same people would buy it: not many. A few top-quality musicians
>and deep-pocketed hobbyists can afford $3000 synths. That does not include
>most of the dirt-poor techno community. :P The cost is a bit of the bugger. 
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>I don't have figures, but the music industry is not in good economic times,
>and I've heard that other high-end audio gear manufacturers suffer these
>days. Along with studios with good gear and what not. This doesn't help.
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>In addition, Alesis also failed to make low-cost spinoffs from their
>flagship. This I didn't understand. Maybe they didn't have time.
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This is more like it.  If you ask me, it's not that Alesis didn't make 
back money on the A6, it's that they didn't go after more lucrative 
opportunities -- perhaps because they were so busy developing the A6.  I 
think economists or business people call it "opportunity cost".

It's like, sure you can make some money selling your record collection 
on eBay, but if you instead got a job and worked for that many hours, 
wouldn't you come away with more cash?

Or something.

:)

Chris