--- Dieter Doepfer < hardware@... > wrote:

> From: "Dieter Doepfer" < hardware@... >
> To: "Bakis Sirros" < synth_freak_2000@... >
> Subject: Please forward ...
> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:50:54 +0100
>
>
> > Maybe its because the current version of the TKB
> received an
> > unenthusiastic response at trade shows. I still
> wonder if the
> > keyboard appearance might have caused confusion:
> it may have looked
> > to many like a cheap alternative to a real
> keyboard.
>
> This is not the main reason. Our biggest problem -
> as mentioned several
> times - are the many different, partly even
> contradictory suggestions (e.g.
> number of potentiometer rows, MIDI features,
> analog/digital sequencer
> features, mono/polyphony, plates like a "normal"
> keyboard or simply equal
> shaped plates and so on ....).
> In contrast to other projects we see no clear line
> which features (or even
> non-features, e.g. we received messages from several
> customers that they
> will not buy the TKB if it will include MIDI or if
> it will look like a
> normal keyboard or if it will include a digital
> sequencer or ...).
>
> There are no technical but more "political" problems
> due to the many
> different opinions about the TKB. We have a feeling
> that many customers
> believe that their suggestion is the only right one
> and we cannot estimate
> if they will order a TBK too if our version does not
> match their ideas.
>
> But I think that we will manufacture the TKB next
> year knowing that many
> customers will be disappointed as the TKB will not
> match their expectations.
> And of course we hope that the sales will be
> sufficient to cover the
> development costs.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
> P.S. I'm not in the company from Nov 07 - 10, 2003.
>
>
>

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Bakis Sirros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
1 group owner
http://www.rubber.gr
http://www.ward12.com

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