Damn it B, why?

[ghettosynth]

did someone say vcs3?

I hope that they do a good job and don't price it too cheaply. The verniers and pins will make or break this product.

[kritikon]

I hope they do a good job and price it really cheaply. TBH they could make it out of hairpins and Austin Allegro cogwheels and I'd still buy it.

[Seafire Mk2]

did someone say vcs3?

I hope that they do a good job and don't price it too cheaply. The verniers and pins will make or break this product.

From what I've heard/read, the pins/matrix are the big hold up. Hopefully that means they want to get it right.

[Seafire Mk2]

did someone say vcs3?

VCX 3 I believe

[D-Fusion]

did someone say vcs3?

I hope that they do a good job and don't price it too cheaply. The verniers and pins will make or break this product.

A synthesizer doesn't get better just because the price is higher.
Most companies cheap out on parts and use the same components these days and the higher price is more of a Brand tax and has nothing to do with the internal build quality anymore.

The days when companies built electronic products that was easy to repair or lasted for a lifetime is gone and it hurts less when a cheaper priced product dies after 5-10 years compared to when a expensive product dies.

[Shabdahbriah]

did someone say vcs3?

I hope that they do a good job and don't price it too cheaply. The verniers and pins will make or break this product.

From what I've heard/read, the pins/matrix are the big hold up. Hopefully that means they want to get it right.

Indeed. I'm quite fascinated with how they will choose to implement the pin/matrix, having given the design considerable thought, myself. Building longevity into the function/mechanism, I suspect is a major concern/issue.

[VariKusBrainZ]

Reckon its going to fly of the shelves

[Seafire Mk2]

Oh it will. Not for me tho, but it will def sell out immediately.

[Shabdahbriah]

Oh it will. Not for me tho, but it will def sell out immediately.

After MY order is placed!

[Uncle E]

The days when companies built electronic products that was easy to repair or lasted for a lifetime is gone and it hurts less when a cheaper priced product dies after 5-10 years compared to when a expensive product dies.

Sequential voice cards are user-swappable DIMM’s. Plus, a lot of issues can be fixed with software. Most (all?) Behringer’s are single surface mount PCB’s, difficult to service even by many professionals.

[Seafire Mk2]

Not impossible tho.

If a clone of a vintage synth that cost under 200 lasts 10 years, nobody is gonna complain. Just buy another one!

[DrGonzo]

The WASP Deluxe Behringer did was miles of better quality than the original though. The original was almost in cardboard box territory.

[ghettosynth]

did someone say vcs3?

I hope that they do a good job and don't price it too cheaply. The verniers and pins will make or break this product.

From what I've heard/read, the pins/matrix are the big hold up. Hopefully that means they want to get it right.

I hope so too. I'm not that excited about it, per se, but those and the dials will make all of the difference on this. If you don't know, venier dials like that are not so cheap to make well. You will easily pay $50 or more for well made vintage units. I bought some Japanese made clones from ebay some years ago that were making the rounds in radio forums. They're ok, but they're not great. They were touted as being decent value by the radio community at about $7 each. I would want dials with less backlash in a VCS synth. I regularly try to take things like this off of surplus vintage industrial equipment when I can find it.

[DrGonzo]

btw - did anyone hear what happened with the Yamaha DX1 clone? Wasn't that one almost ready 1.5 year ago?

[Seafire Mk2]

Yeah, apparently the BX1 is 'close' but no idea what that means

A souped up dx with a cs80/jp8? filter seems a weird concoction to me. No idea what the thinking behind that is..