MoogSpace: rather boring ?
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Free idea for Moog
<< I know how many man-hours is required to create new and interesting entertainment, and without putting someone on the moogspace full-time it's going to lag behind... >>
Agreed. I think Moog should hire GregAE for this and let him take care of MoogSpace, whether MS is free or not. He seems to know a thing or two about running a synth website (SquareWave), and he's been a big contributor to this forum and MS in the past. He's a logical choice to take it over, IMO. If this could be arranged, it would allow Moog to take care of business as usual (new prod development, trade shows, demos, tech support, etc.) and give MS the dedicated resource needed to create/coordinate new content and interesting info.
How about it, Moog? Greg?
Agreed. I think Moog should hire GregAE for this and let him take care of MoogSpace, whether MS is free or not. He seems to know a thing or two about running a synth website (SquareWave), and he's been a big contributor to this forum and MS in the past. He's a logical choice to take it over, IMO. If this could be arranged, it would allow Moog to take care of business as usual (new prod development, trade shows, demos, tech support, etc.) and give MS the dedicated resource needed to create/coordinate new content and interesting info.
How about it, Moog? Greg?
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Not that it's up to me. But, for what it's worth, I'd also like to see someone from this forum, like gregae, officially connected to Moog Space. If this forum, squarewave, other Moog sites, and MS could be merged with a moderator from this forum in charge-- MS would be a very worthwhile site to visit.
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I would say yes, if you look for the changes since the start of this thread by me 25 days ago.sergiovalente9 wrote:...
Is the moog space dead????
Not a single posting by users at the MoogSpace forum has been answered.
All the open bugs and inconvince things on MoogSpace (all pictures as download, not enbedded in the cklicked photo file page) are still unchanged and uncommented since the last official posting by the Web Guru Zimm on the 8th of december.
No new files in the file section since the 10th of december.
The latest content (not counting the long promised Moog Modeler) was the "Cyril Lance demos the FreqBox!" just after the NAMM.
And till today not a single word about the new Voyager OS version.
This is not premium at all. And not worth a single cent !
Sorry Moog, but if you start something, you should not ignore the faithful members that contributed, helped to improve and paid for it.
And by the way:
the new forum is still showing the default phpbb forum layout. No Moog logo at all. Hey, what's going on in Ashville?
Hopefully there is someone from the Moog home at the Frankfurt Messe to talk to when I go there by the end of this week.
keep on turning these Moog knobs
Sequence:
Prodigy * minimoog '79 * Voyager * MF102 * MF103 * MF104z * MP201 * Taurus 3 * Minitaur * Sub Phatty * MF105 * Minimoog 2017+ MUSE * One 16
Sequence:
Prodigy * minimoog '79 * Voyager * MF102 * MF103 * MF104z * MP201 * Taurus 3 * Minitaur * Sub Phatty * MF105 * Minimoog 2017+ MUSE * One 16
Crap! I was so much looking forward to the Modeler too.
Little Phatty TE #1023 • Schrittmacher • Walking Stick ribbon • Korg microXL/Electribe MX/KaossPro • Sonnus G2M
MF-101 Filter • MF-102 Ring • MF-103 Phaser • MF-104Z Delay • MF-105 MuRF • MF-107 FreqBox • MF-108M Cluster • Etherwave
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MF-101 Filter • MF-102 Ring • MF-103 Phaser • MF-104Z Delay • MF-105 MuRF • MF-107 FreqBox • MF-108M Cluster • Etherwave
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ditto on that.goldphinga wrote:To me its simple...
scrap moogspace and incorporate all the good stuff from it into this board with greg as chief mod.
they could add the benefits that the personal profiles added here. maybe keep uploads to a minimum at first (they were already doing this, but maybe they could limit the number of uploads, like myspace), add the modeler, a featured artists section, and put more techy news information in here in a pleasing layout for those interested. maybe in a while, moog could push a few select advertisers (that sell moog stuff, for instance) somewhere, that would enable them to afford the bandwidth for file uploads/downloads.
it has to be free at default though. this will fail unless they offer a free version, and then allow users to upgrade to a premium version with cooler options/perks/more contests for gear/etc.
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BINGO. That right there is the simple truth. Good support forums with added content sell products. I just bought a Nord G2 to add to my setup, but I never would have bought it if the electro-music.com forum wasn't so extensive.goldphinga wrote:moog will get its money back through the added number of new members who end up buying moog products.
Exactly. In fact all this was said ages ago, before Moogspace started. I'm sure of that because it was originally me who made this point, and several other people on here made other valid points tha have since proved to be justified.donato wrote:BINGO. That right there is the simple truth. Good support forums with added content sell products. I just bought a Nord G2 to add to my setup, but I never would have bought it if the electro-music.com forum wasn't so extensive.goldphinga wrote:moog will get its money back through the added number of new members who end up buying moog products.
Basically this thread about Moogspace after the event echoes all the things that were predicted in earlier discussions when Moogspace was first announced.
If there's a lesson to be learned, maybe it's that next time someone at Moog thinks they have a great idea, it might be worth floating the idea on here and seeing what sort of comments come back. I'm sure most of us would prefer to work with Moog and not against. We're all people who've bought Moog products, so we have something valid to say about what sorts of things make people customers, and many of us work seriously to develop and deepen our knowledge and skills with these instruments.
Moogspace has been a bit of a cock-up, and that probably could have been avoided with some forethought and some conferring with the people here. That would have been better for Moog in terms of avoiding wasted effort as well as in terms of image. Obviously the answers that come back from people here may not always be what a company wants to hear, but they'll generally be honest and for the most part constructive.
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