From djacques@csulb.edu Mon Jun 06 09:24:02 2011
Subject:Re: NUMA (or whatever) - should you wait to buy?

You make some good points, if you believe that these manufacturers are
doing everything they can regarding producing a bugged-out system. It
is my belief that they rush out these products to meet some kind of
marketing decision and let the consumer worry about the problems.

Silly you say? Just look at the history...

Diversi rushed out their organ even though they knew that there were
issues. So what happened? Musicians were left with operating system
crashes and dead organs in the middle of performances. "Don't worry,
an operating system update will fix that". Sorry, that did not help
those poor souls who had to stop and cancel their shows. And look what
happened to that company.

A similar problem of deadly power crashes has occurred with at least
one Numa. This is no minor deal, by the way. Imagine ourself being on
stage and watching tyour instrument die before your eyes. Not much fun.

We all knew that the Numa had at least one bug when we viewed the Joey
D. demo on YouTube. We heard that pitch jump several times during his
performance. That certainly raised a big red flag to me.

What a good manufacturer would have done is to stop production and fix
the software, then reload the operating system on their products. Or
they could have included an EASY was for the consumer to update the
system when he/she opened the box before they turned it on. Instead
you have a company who made it almost impossible to find the link to
upload the new OS. They could have just slipped a paper into the box
that said: Go to www.makemynumawell.com before turning this organ on.
Instead we all discovered what happened.

A lot of companies are guilty of rushing out products before they are
ready. How many software products immediately update themselves when
you load them into your computer? Why not do the same with a keyboard/
computer?

Again, I am not ragging on the Numa as a product. I could give a shit
as I don;' perform live anymore and would not in the market to
purchase a clone. What I am ragging on is the policy of these
corporations to allow the consumer to be the ultimate beta-tester. No
matter how much they deny it, or how illogical it may seem, this is
what happening. The only way to make it stop is for the consumers to
return their products and tell the companies to call them when they
are bugged out. As that will never happen, I would choose to wait at
least 6 months.

On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:40 AM, wrote: