I can see how *discussions* on this list can be sometimes useful for feature planning.
Users can bring up features and issues that Dieter may not have considered.

But I can't see how an uncontrolled poll of 28 users means anything other than just the
personal desires of the unknown 28 users. It has no relation to the actual market or
mainstream modular users. The error margin is probably close to 100%!

Otherwise from the poll below, 75% of modular customers would have bought the 138x!

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "selfoscillate" <synaptic_music@...> wrote:
>
>
> polls are not useless. they can help in many ways,
> but i admit that sometimes the results can be
> misleading, thinking about the poor sales of some
> "wanted" modules. the past has proven that sometimes
> it is better to think twice before producing a module
> that is "wanted" by the forum, even when there
> are 20 positive votes in a poll.
> polls are good to decide about the features of
> a module, but it is not a good indicator for
> the sales of a module.
>
> best wishes
>
> ingo
>
>
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "laryn91" <caymus91@> wrote:
> >
> > I can't believe that a simple uncontrolled poll of only 29 users is
> meaningful to you to base
> > your product planning around it. I bet that only those who are
> emotionally invested will
> > bother to vote and most everyone else will ignore the poll. It's
> meaningless data.
> >
> > It's like asking a 29 people what food they like and opening a
> restaurant menu based on
> > that. I think you're better off to rely on your vision, business and
> marketing expertise than
> > these useless polls.
> >
> >
> > --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , <yahoo@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If one manufactures 100 units but has only 30 orders it will be
> a loss
> > > (and we had indeed some such
> > > > losses in the past, e.g. the A-100CGK, A-138x, A-164-1 or A-186).
> > > > ....
> > > >
> > > > hello
> > > > I do not want to be critical to much but instead of few option of
> > > expanding mixers from 138 family
> > > > one stereo with more inputs and pan cv would be just top
> > > > and I think sell okay, theres so many people performing on A100
> > > > and neets something portable and small. I cant take furniture on
> tour.
> > > > And mixer did not apear, and still no manufactur do it. strange heh
> > > >
> > > > best
> > > > robert
> > >
> > > Robert,
> > >
> > > you do not criticize me but the poll results ! Many (but not all)
> of the
> > > latest modules are based on suggestions by customers of this
> group. For the
> > > A-138x everything started end of 2006 because some customers
> wanted to have
> > > more than only 4 inputs for their A-138 mixers. The poll results
> for the
> > > mixer expander A-138x from December 15, 2006 were these:
> > >
> > > POLL QUESTION: Would you like Doepfer to release a "Mixing
> Expander" module
> > > that would be used to add 5 more inputs to A-138a/b [It will be about
> > > 20-30% cheaper than an A-138a/b, as no integrated circuits and no
> power
> > > supply are necessary for such a simple module]
> > >
> > > CHOICES AND RESULTS
> > > - Yes!, 19 votes, 67.86%
> > > - maybe..., 4 votes, 14.29%
> > > - No., 5 votes, 17.86%
> > >
> > >
> > > Best wishes
> > > Dieter Doepfer
> > >
> >
>