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Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:28 am

http://www.d16.pl

It had to happen sooner or later. I definitely saw it coming.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:36 am

too bad. i guess this means get 'em while you can?

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:51 am

It was too obvious... be original people!!

Marduchk · Post by **Marduchk** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:52 am

drama queens

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:55 am

Oddly, Phoscyon is not censored.

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:02 am

Yeah, was this really a surprise to anyone...?

My guess is Roland censored the other two because the other two are perhaps more recognizable, if that makes sense. Lots of synths can do acceptable 303 sounds, but 808/909 is pretty hard to get unless you have a real 808 or 909.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:06 am

In the case of the 808 clone, I'm guessing the look was infringing on a trademark, not the sound. If they can get close enough to the 808, they are free to do so, nowt Roland can do about it.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:12 am

Shame.........those were some of the finest gui's in the land. I don't even need 808/909 sounds but thought about buying them just to stare at the gui's

Wonder why Roland would even care. There are megs of 909/808 samples on the net already.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:15 am

Or a cleverly designed marketing scheme to get people to panic buy. Looks like Drumazon is still for sale.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:20 am

Here's an idea Roland............Buy the D16 Group, hire their programmers/designers for future products and SELL the damn things yourself.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:29 am

Teksonik wrote:Here's an idea Roland............Buy the D16 Group, hire their programmers/designers for future products and SELL the damn things yourself.

Your plan is strong, like your kung fu, but it lacks cease as well as desist, and so it could never fly at the corporation.

dalor · Post by **dalor** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:46 am

Why isn't Phoscyon censored? And what exactly does it mean for D16? All products are still up for sale. There is no info on their webpage about Roland censored their products.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:48 am

Maybe when they say "Censored by...guess who?" the right guess is actually their marketing guy?

mistertoast · Post by **mistertoast** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:54 am

So they can't show it, but they can sell it?

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:01 am

not to offend in any way, but who needs a tr909/808/303 clone anyway?
the 303 was covered already vsti wise ...
909/808 are easyly recreated by a lot of drumsynths out there ... the cymbals are on millions on sampling cd's (as are the bd's and the snares, too), and the onboard sequencers can be done with varoius free/commercial step sequencers out there, which even offer a lot more control i was missing in the days when the 909/808 was hip ...

on a general note, if it's true that d16 group was f**ked by roland, it's a shame ... they've been putting so much effort into their stuff ...
on the other hand, if it's true, they should have known before ...
and:
with those programming skills, come on ... do something original ...

The Roland hammer hath come down...