tone-def wrote:someonelikeyou wrote:I'm sure Roland must have thought of re-releasing stuff. Can' really see why not. Production costs must be so much cheaper today. Someonelikeyou.
it's a lot cheaper and easier to make digital instruments. a real 909 would cost a lot more to build than roland's current products. don't forget profit is the most important thing in the world.
Roland don't employ any analogue engineers who could make a 909. their all computer programmers.
it's old technology. look at what the MC-909 can do. you can make a whole tracks on it. what would roland's new generation of customers think of something with just drums?
customers will complain that it's not as good as the original even if it's exactly the same.
they cant even make it exactly the same, many of the chips and parts have been extinct for years. if the processor chip goes in your 909 now, you're fukked
the chances of Roland ever making a TR909 again, or even something that is remotely close, is zero.
they are not going to spend all that money tooling up to satiate the appetites of the tiny minority of people who can tell the difference between the real thing and an emulation, when they can make shitloads of money fooling innocent newbies by using the numbers 303, 909 etc on a characterless crap groovebox.
its sad and downright dishonest corporate bullshit....rant rant rant
support the guys who care, the ones you can discuss the design of their next bit of kit with personally. design your own kit, be a part of the process, and keep some talented young guys in beer money.