Crippled Snow

[Jay Vaughan]

> Access also don't impress me but only because I personally am not  
> interested
> in their sound/interface etc.

Doesn't the interface just utterly irk you? It does me. I love my  
Indigo2, and I will continue playing it for a long time, but its just  
so firkin' annoying that nobody has moved beyond these menu systems  
yet ..

> However, one thing that amazes me about Access is their complacency  
> to stay
> still.  They have dominated the VA market for so long now, I think  
> they
> believe this seals their fate forever.  Clearly this is not the case.
>

They do.

> I can remember when I used to follow the Access forums (prob 2001  
> onwards).
> Back then their was always an air of anticipation as to what was  
> the next
> product going to be as they were certainly overdue one.  Maybe a  
> sampler?  A
> drum box?  A sequencer? Something completely different?  I think  
> Access have
> surprised us all with their response: nothing, this is all there is!
>

It really and truly is, all there is.  They've lost all lust for  
hardware innovation, in my opinion.  There's only one guy there that  
is making any serious music, too ..

> Lets hope their business model of 'flogging a dead horse (even more  
> than we
> have already)' keeps to work for them..
>


I don't care any more.  I think the DIY guys are doing far more  
interesting things now.  And unless Access make hardware steps in the  
near future that *really* push things further, in a fun, creative,  
playful way, I don't think I'll be bothered ..


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Jay Vaughan