Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:55 pm
This is a tough situation for Moog.
Do you try to do a bang up job on a multi voice (read that $$$$) or do you go the route of DSI and go for bank for the buck? DSI really hit the nail on the head with a $2000 street price on their Prophet 8.
People on this board are saying "keep it simple". But if you go the cheap route the synth geeks (and I mean that in a good way) will pan the instrument because it does not have enough flexibility for them.
I guess that Moog's development department needs to decide who they would be building this thing for. Can they sell more if they sell at a cheaper price but build a keyboard that is not very versitile, or do they make a super hot synth and charge a bunch of money? Seems like the guys who want super versitile already have other options out there (A6), but now the cost consious guys have an option as well with the P8.
Boy, if I were in Moog's shoes, this would be a very tough call.
I would hate to see them go into too many menus. While I give Moog credit for continuing to develop the LP and give the customers more options, I hate not having the info right up front, instead having to go into a menu system. Not much else they can do, however. It is great that they continue to make a great synth even better...
Do you try to do a bang up job on a multi voice (read that $$$$) or do you go the route of DSI and go for bank for the buck? DSI really hit the nail on the head with a $2000 street price on their Prophet 8.
People on this board are saying "keep it simple". But if you go the cheap route the synth geeks (and I mean that in a good way) will pan the instrument because it does not have enough flexibility for them.
I guess that Moog's development department needs to decide who they would be building this thing for. Can they sell more if they sell at a cheaper price but build a keyboard that is not very versitile, or do they make a super hot synth and charge a bunch of money? Seems like the guys who want super versitile already have other options out there (A6), but now the cost consious guys have an option as well with the P8.
Boy, if I were in Moog's shoes, this would be a very tough call.
I would hate to see them go into too many menus. While I give Moog credit for continuing to develop the LP and give the customers more options, I hate not having the info right up front, instead having to go into a menu system. Not much else they can do, however. It is great that they continue to make a great synth even better...