Totally a la carte

[Drew Mazurek]

Originally Posted by klaukholm

I would very much like to know the price of just the m40 main, no faders, knobs or automation module.

$14.4k

[corp]

Originally Posted by Drew Mazurek

$14.4k

From who???

[Bill Denton]

Just a guess, but I'm thinking this might just be an "early product" thing...

It's pretty rare to be able to maintain an acceptably low problem rate during the first production run of a product like the S6. So, they have to stop the production line, reengineer the "bad" parts, then restart the line...lather, rinse, repeat.

So, it's not unusual to have problems keeping the supply "pipeline" full as schedules slip.

Then too, Avid probably has a lot of preorders from some number of their "bigger" customers.

And it would be a real bitch to have to "sit on" a 64 fader unit for some big post house because they were short one fader unit.

So, I would not be surprised to see Avid offering the "a la carte" modules six months or so down the line...

[Drew Mazurek]

Originally Posted by corp

From who???

Dealer's price sheets. That's the list price. Street will be less of course.

[RyanC]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

So, I would not be surprised to see Avid offering the "a la carte" modules six months or so down the line...

My thoughts exactly, although I would expect Avid to (somewhat artificially) stretch this time frame to more like 2 years, especially if S3 studio is on the way so they can keep a clear multi-tiered approach.

Do people expect S3 studio to have another module with transport/jog/touchscreen?

[Drew Mazurek]

Originally Posted by RyanC

Do people expect S3 studio to have another module with transport/jog/touchscreen?

I sure hope so.

S3 Studio. Or just S3S.

Has a nice ring to it.

Price it right and they'll sell a TON. Price it wrong? More ground lost.

[RyanC]

Originally Posted by Drew Mazurek

I sure hope so.

S3 Studio. Or just S3S.

Has a nice ring to it.

Price it right and they'll sell a TON. Price it wrong? More ground lost.

Yeah I guess this is the one I'll be waiting to see. I think for a lot of us audio/music guys they really tend to overlook the importance of the form factor. I have midi keyboard sliding out beneath (vax77 out my cold dead fingers!), 5u 45 degree rack behind, and will always be KC junky, so qwerty off to the side and awkward mouse placement is a no go. I want something small enough to have all that in front of me.

Coming from artist series the touch screen functionality in the next gen eucon stuff will have to improve a lot IMO to be faster than just keyboard mouse. At this point I'm sticking with artist and hoping there might eventually be enough of a used market for S6 parts that I can do ala carte that way.

[corp]

Originally Posted by Drew Mazurek

$14.4k

What companies are selling a la carte S6 modules, M40 main unit??? List names...

[Drew Mazurek]

Originally Posted by corp

What companies are selling a la carte S6 modules, M40 main unit??? List names...

Call a GC Pro rep.

RSPE I'm guessing as well. This price is right off the dealer price sheet.

Not sure what the :roll eyes: is for.