Canceling Your Preorder... A Good Idea?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Smag

I cancelled my pre-order and used some of the money to buy a Waldorf Q, liked it but not very user friendly so I sold it again on Ebay for the same price and am now waiting for an XT to arrive. This way you get to mess around with other synths until Access sort themselves out, you're still making tunes and learning. When they do release the Ti I'm sure I'll flog my interim synth again on Ebay and get one - that's provided I haven't fallen in love with it, but at least I won't have been sitting on my arse doing nothing in the meantime. I suggest to use this time in a positive way by learning other synths and seeing what's out there.

Derek, I've done my homework, for half the price of a Lotus Elise (UK price) you can have all of these:

1) Omega 8
2) Hartmann Neuron
3) Ti Keyboard
4) Original Minimoog
5) Blindingly fast PC and 19 inch TFT screen
6) Creamware Pulsar soundcard
7) Sherman Filter Bank
A copy of rebirth (optional)

I know but the Elise is sooooo much fun to drive... It's my therapy, after a crappy day I jump in an go for a spin and return with a HUGH grin on my face.

As for Access's comment on the TI release... TBH it just shows that they are being unrealistic with their expectations. Have any of you every heard of a hardware / software product with anywhere close to the level of complexity of the TI being released and working fine in every setup on the 1.00 version?
There is always an update or two needed before things start to work correctly.

Of course anything is possible; perhaps the TI will work because Access is secretly using some type of advanced alien technology... But what are the odds of that?

Bottom line, Access will delay and delay the release to get it perfect. Then when it is released it will work "mostly" for some users and not work usably for others. I'm sure if used strictly as a keyboard it will work fine, but that VST side will be tricky and I think most here realize all the problem will not be put to rest until it is released and the users have a chance to report the bugs to Access.

Access must know this. So that means they can?t even get it to work with the limited amount of configurations that the beta testers are using. I predict a huge mess when the TI is finally released. There really are no two setups that are totally identical. There will always be something a little different; maybe a different sound card or video card. Different chips sets on the system board. The point is that until the TI is released to the public beta testing will never be over. All the talk about releasing a perfect version 1.00 TI is dangerous, because it builds an unrealistic expectation; and after all these delays people will not be happy when it turns out that version 1.00 is just as buggy as all version 1.00?s are.

Hey Access? When your users are freaking out because version 1.00 doesn?t work remember this? YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF.