Over The Edge
05-20-2004, 09:21 AM
Taken from Sonikmatter:
"Dead? Dead? Are you out of your fuckin mind? Who or what gave you the right to pronounce us dead. And who gave you the right to speak for the engineers. I'm still here, my reps are still here, and yes even engineers at R & D are still here! It seems when there is a transition of this sort, there is always someone who crawls out from under a rock and has an opinion. I don't like the fact that some of these valuable people were let go, but they were.
And as far as what Samick decides to do with the chips, that's their business since they own 46% of Young Chang
Obviously, there are things that I wish were different right now, but what it is, is what it is.
And your information is old, David. This week we had a meeting at YCRDI with our engineers to determine the agenda of development on product. Our priorities may have changed somewhat, but the VA-1 is still in the running. Mara is still the big focus, and will be on schedule as planned. There are other products planned earlier this year, to be released by Korea later this year. Since you seem to know all things, maybe you will elucidate on the timing for release of these products. I would've called you if I would have known how you wanted to pontificate on these matters concerning Kurzweil. And I'm sure that I speak for at least some of the people who are still employed by Samick/YCA/Kurzweil that in spite of what you may proclaim as our demise, this still means more to us than just earning a paycheck.
Concerning the VA-1, when it ships, there will probably be bugs, and we'll fix them. But I had no idea, that you had so much information about shipping and manufacturing in Korea. I'll make sure that Daniel Kwon contacts you with any changes in the schedule,FYI.
So, if read your email correctly, you say that there were problems when Kurzweil was owned by Ray, and then Young Chang, but in spite of that, Kurzweil still produced great products. So what's different, other than we have less engineers? Will we put out less product? The answer is no.....
Another company bought a controlling interest. With this alliance, in the near future, comes additional monies for changes in the product.
When I look in on this forum, I read a lot about how cool VAST is, but we have the wrong programs, or too many people don't understand what VAST is, or a litany of other things that need to be changed on Kurzweils in general.
Maybe it is time to change how we do things. What features to offer, what parts of VAST can be made more marketable to more consumers.
I don't profess to know all the answers, but I do no some of them, and we're all still here. Kurzweil has had a tradition for years of the best sounds and the greatest capabilities to shape those sounds into unmatched excellence. The people at SMC, (Samick America) do not want to lose that tradition, they want to build on it. But it won't and can't be done in it's present state. Profit has to be generated in order to fund R & D.
There are no quick answers or magic pills. For the last three years, everyone has contributed to keeping Kurzweil viable. From closing GC, to firing the engineers back in 2002, to former rumors of Kurzweil-for-sale, to piss-poor management from Korea, and all the other things heaped on us, we've fought hard to keep this going, and I might add, with some sucess.
And I'll be God Damned if I let some little pissant tell me Kurzweil is dead."
Jeff Dunmire
National Sales Mgr.
Kurzweil Pro
"Dead? Dead? Are you out of your fuckin mind? Who or what gave you the right to pronounce us dead. And who gave you the right to speak for the engineers. I'm still here, my reps are still here, and yes even engineers at R & D are still here! It seems when there is a transition of this sort, there is always someone who crawls out from under a rock and has an opinion. I don't like the fact that some of these valuable people were let go, but they were.
And as far as what Samick decides to do with the chips, that's their business since they own 46% of Young Chang
Obviously, there are things that I wish were different right now, but what it is, is what it is.
And your information is old, David. This week we had a meeting at YCRDI with our engineers to determine the agenda of development on product. Our priorities may have changed somewhat, but the VA-1 is still in the running. Mara is still the big focus, and will be on schedule as planned. There are other products planned earlier this year, to be released by Korea later this year. Since you seem to know all things, maybe you will elucidate on the timing for release of these products. I would've called you if I would have known how you wanted to pontificate on these matters concerning Kurzweil. And I'm sure that I speak for at least some of the people who are still employed by Samick/YCA/Kurzweil that in spite of what you may proclaim as our demise, this still means more to us than just earning a paycheck.
Concerning the VA-1, when it ships, there will probably be bugs, and we'll fix them. But I had no idea, that you had so much information about shipping and manufacturing in Korea. I'll make sure that Daniel Kwon contacts you with any changes in the schedule,FYI.
So, if read your email correctly, you say that there were problems when Kurzweil was owned by Ray, and then Young Chang, but in spite of that, Kurzweil still produced great products. So what's different, other than we have less engineers? Will we put out less product? The answer is no.....
Another company bought a controlling interest. With this alliance, in the near future, comes additional monies for changes in the product.
When I look in on this forum, I read a lot about how cool VAST is, but we have the wrong programs, or too many people don't understand what VAST is, or a litany of other things that need to be changed on Kurzweils in general.
Maybe it is time to change how we do things. What features to offer, what parts of VAST can be made more marketable to more consumers.
I don't profess to know all the answers, but I do no some of them, and we're all still here. Kurzweil has had a tradition for years of the best sounds and the greatest capabilities to shape those sounds into unmatched excellence. The people at SMC, (Samick America) do not want to lose that tradition, they want to build on it. But it won't and can't be done in it's present state. Profit has to be generated in order to fund R & D.
There are no quick answers or magic pills. For the last three years, everyone has contributed to keeping Kurzweil viable. From closing GC, to firing the engineers back in 2002, to former rumors of Kurzweil-for-sale, to piss-poor management from Korea, and all the other things heaped on us, we've fought hard to keep this going, and I might add, with some sucess.
And I'll be God Damned if I let some little pissant tell me Kurzweil is dead."
Jeff Dunmire
National Sales Mgr.
Kurzweil Pro