Behringer System 100

[paula at synth.net]

I hope you're right Tony, but if I may... 

My fear is that people already expect a polysynth for under $1000 now,
and for me, that's impossible.
with B creeping into Euro it won't be long before people start
complaining that $200 is too much for a module. 

I personally see this move by B as a bad thing, yes I get new people
will join modular. 

But by the same token, I hope musicians won't complain about the fact
spotify only pays them 0.0001p per play, or if a new online streaming
service crops up and their album is bootlegged for next to nothing.
Because for me as a synth designer, theft/copying of designs is the same
as theft/copying of music. and I'm so baffled why musicians can't see
this. 

Anyway, enough from me. 

Paula

On 2020-01-17 19:39, Tony Scharf wrote:

> I think, what this means, is that companies (like Doepfer) who make their bread and butter making, essentially, copies of the bread and butter stuff will be in trouble.  If your business model depends on making your own versions of System 100 or Moog System 55 modules, you're going to have a bad time.. 
> 
> But a company like Make Noise?  Tip Top Audio?   Industrial Music Electronics?  QuBit? 
> 
> I think they stand to gain, here, because people will be able to get the bread and butter cheaper, leaving more money to spend on the main course.  That could potentially grow the market quite a bit.  
> 
> So I think the effect will be the opposite: It's the copycat companies that are going to get knocked out of the market. 
> 
> For me, as a long time Eurorack user (https://www.instagram.com/noisetheorem/ if you want to see pics of the system), I don't have the slightest interest in any of these modules.   None of them are particularly interesting to me since I'm not into it for nostalgia.  I could see a lot of people jumping on board, though.   If that forces creators to be more innovative in their product line, so be it. 
> 
> Tony 
> 
> FROM: paula at synth.net
> SENT: Friday, January 17, 2020 1:01 PM
> TO: Music-bar
> SUBJECT: Re: Behringer System 100 
> 
> and don't mind helping a company rip off other companies designs.
> And now the Moog 55.
> 
> People already complain about "how expensive" something new is, and 
> there's a reason, it takes time and money to innovate.
> 
> For me, and a lot of people I know, Behringer entering the eurorack 
> market will mean the death of a lot of innovative and creative companies 
> as we don't have the chinese factory at our hand to churn out 1000s of 
> modules for a few pennies. so good bye creativeness, hello copycat 
> ripoff.
> 
> Paula
> 
> On 2020-01-17 12:01, Joost Schuttelaar wrote:
>> 50-100 USD per module: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpiNPOiPcHU
>> 
>> If you ever wanted to get into modular synthesis...
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