If you could design a music product ..

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

great to hear this jay :)

i don't think there's any lack of design talent or imagination in the 
synth industry.

what i do see is an extreme diversity of instruments emerging to suit an 
extreme
diversity of musical form, and if there is any weakness in existing 
companies, it
is systemic, and arises from the fundamental tension between the 
economies of scale
and the banality of any mass-manufactured article, and the intricacies 
and fascinations
of unique creations, which characterise the underlying mode of all 
interesting musical
instruments, imo.

if you want creative success in this endeavour, then, i would say this 
is a matter of
enabling musicians to engage with the process of creation, modification 
and evolution
of each individual instrument, perhaps working with 3d printing to cover 
the physical
side of this evolution

very best of luck

t :)

On 07/01/14 09:42, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> .. what would it be?
>
> I’ve just started the new year with my newly-founded company (dynlab.at) and .. while we’re in the middle of development for a large contract with potentially million$ of revenues for us (in a non-related industry), the company was founded with the intention to develop its own products, as well.. so I'm thinking about the near future - and the conclusion is that we will develop music products along-side our existing revenue projects.
>
> I’ve got a few ideas, as I’m sure you understand, based on a few decades of experience in this world so far, but I’m as jaded as anyone who has watched the synth business do what it does, from within and without.  So what I’d like to know, is what does music-bar think the music hardware industry needs right now?  What would you like to see in a product, developed by dynlab for release on the market towards September/October 2014 (with NAMM 2015 in target)?
>
> Seriously, we have the wherewithal to do this .. now.  Our new offices are amazing and we have some great, really great talented people who are working with us, including some hardware guru’s the likes of which I’ve not seen before, and I’ve met a few.  (Luckily, they’re not working for GCHQ or the NSA or anything like that, but .. similar calibre of competence, lets just say..)
>
> So, let me hear your ideas for what you’d like to see out there, -bar’ians.  I’m going back to the music business.
>
> j.
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