Dangers of sharing stuff online...

[Neperdun]

seems like reading audiofeel's public. Sorry, guys. It's misprofessional.
Using old stuff to get "originally-distorted sound" be ready for such a sureprises.

 

[saulpickett]

on the other side of the coin.... anything can be fixed, even this classic mic. Another side of the coin... There's a huge trend towards DIY, which I am obviously not against if I am typing on a forum called "Group DIY." the thing is though... People who are specialists, experienced in a certain discipline for a long time... you really can't go wrong just hiring them. You really cannot outperform them economically on a DIY basis. I've done electronics repairs and stuff for a long time now... Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Mixers... it would be hard for someone, who has even done excellent repairs on guitar amps or synths or whatever.... I mean it would be impossible to outperform me on these three things.... that said? There are rhodes and wurtlizer and mixer guys out there who are even more efficient and cost effective and better performance than me. Microphone repairs? Tube amp repairs? etc? All of this stuff is DIY'able. but like. if you think you're going to out build Warm Audio? I mean... forget about it. You know what I mean? I think with a lot of this DIY mentality; a lot of versatility has come into people's lives and we have all expanded our skillset. But man. I got a friend whose done so many wurlitzers and rhodes... if you think you're going to fix a rhodes or wurltizer half as good, for twice the money, in four times the time? youre out of your mind you're going to expend more for less result. And you know. He's fair. Like. Very fair prices.

like studio wiring . that's a good one. A lot of studio owners or whatever want to design their own wiring scheme and do their own console installs and all this.... like man. you're going to do it and redo it three times and five years later you're going to realize you should have just hired a wiring company to do it for literally beans bro correct the first time.... but people don't see it that way they just think oh its some simple little wires how hard could it be?

 

[kingkorg]

if you think you're going to out build Warm Audio? I mean... forget about it. You know what I mean?

While i do agree on most of what you said, when it comes to microphones Warm Audio is easily "out-buildeable", and not a great example of how mics should be built. Proven here many times before. On the other hand, there are many other great companies in Warm price range, or much less that would be difficult to beat.

 

[RuudNL]

How about seeing your own design as a commercially produced product?
It's happened to me more than once...

 

[MicMaven]

How about seeing your own design as a commercially produced product?
It's happened to me more than once...

Yeah, me too! I contributed a couple of antenna design ideas to a product currently in production in Germany ... er ... um ... not that I made any money for it, but it is kinda fun just the same! James

 

[RuudNL]

Isn't copying the greatest compliment you can receive?

 

[OneRoomStudio]

I used to own a guitar pedal company (now defunct). My designs were all original (not clones of Tube Screamers and Big Muffs like most companies). It took me many months to design those circuits, and within weeks of releasing them, there were posts on diyeffectspedals.com of people reverse-engineering the circuit. I thought, "That's fine - it's DIY. I love DIY." Then someone produced a kit...then people started selling assembled kits on eBay...then people started selling clones on eBay.

I don't know if that can be avoided. Do I wish it didn't happen? Yes. Did it cut into my sales and contribute in some way to the demise of the business? Maybe. Do I regret designing and releasing the product? Nope.