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Hardware Sequencers => BeatStep Pro => Beatstep Pro - Feature requests => Topic started by: JF on April 10, 2021, 01:05:35 pm

Title: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: JF on April 10, 2021, 01:05:35 pm
It's very silent, are you around?
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: JF on April 14, 2021, 09:10:28 am
Hmmm, now you're scaring me..
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on April 15, 2021, 10:50:39 am
Nothing scary, what exactly do you want someone to answer?
This is mainly a users' forum, arturia staff don't regularly post here.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: JF on April 15, 2021, 11:14:02 am
Oh, okay, I thought this was an official Arturia forum, with the company participating in the discussions.

Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on April 15, 2021, 12:05:18 pm
It's an official forum but first and foremost its a users' community.
But Arturia staff do read through  and take note of feature requests.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: Ar1 on June 24, 2021, 01:05:17 pm
Is there any reason to keep opened "feature request"? It was created by Arturia, not users, but I would to know is any plan to make firmware update for BSP. If no, it will save our time and stop requesting features and bugs.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: FlavioB on July 19, 2021, 12:14:15 pm
+1 here... there's plenty of feature requests open/pending since years and no firmware upgrade...
F.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: marcokelso on July 19, 2021, 10:00:00 pm
+here too.

Can you please answer if there is a plan for a firmware update taking under consideration the feature requests?

An honest answer will really help us make decisions.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: FlavioB on July 19, 2021, 10:29:12 pm
Yes - please let us know what's on the roadmap for the BeatStep Pro. As of today it looks like a dead horse... :-(
F.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: biggir on October 22, 2021, 11:28:11 am
No answer ?  ??? ???

Come On Arturia !  :-*
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on October 22, 2021, 12:23:29 pm
Literally no business will tell you what their future plans are on a public facing forum. Get real.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: marcokelso on November 18, 2021, 09:41:10 pm
That's not completely true. There are other companies that let us know when they were working on upgrades for their products, specially ON THEIR FORUMS. Of course as a company they can choose not to disclose any details, but just for us knowing is a big deal. And these forums are hosted on the Arturia domain, if they don't care about them they might as well shut them down . We can all keep chatting someplace else.

It's us buying their stuff, and as I see it, even though I love my BSP, this attitude sucks.

They should get real.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on November 19, 2021, 09:24:45 am
They do sometimes tell us when they are working on upgrades. What they won't say is what or when, except when they are working on bug fixes. Because why should they use this forum as a platform to give competitors a heads-up on what they are developing.

Sometimes they even reach-out to existing customers and ask for beta testers, who have to agree to an NDA.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: F23 on December 29, 2021, 02:13:49 pm
Literally no business will tell you what their future plans are on a public facing forum. Get real.

Are you an Arturia employee?
In any way, this statement is quite last century.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: F23 on December 29, 2021, 02:16:14 pm
That's not completely true. There are other companies that let us know when they were working on upgrades for their products, specially ON THEIR FORUMS. Of course as a company they can choose not to disclose any details, but just for us knowing is a big deal. And these forums are hosted on the Arturia domain, if they don't care about them they might as well shut them down . We can all keep chatting someplace else.

It's us buying their stuff, and as I see it, even though I love my BSP, this attitude sucks.

They should get real.

Bravo Marco
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: Wesslan on August 01, 2022, 12:48:56 pm
Hi guys!
New on the forum and owner of BSP since the first release.  :)

I fully understand the users asking for feedback on users suggestions posted on this forum. I also understand the users saying they prefer to take their discussion to other non-official forums due to lack of committment from Arturia on the official forum, witch I find regretful.

I do not understand the position of Arturia. For example vague arguments with reference to business secrecy, that Arturia would give competitors heads-up, that no other firm therefore would give feedback on forums. Those claims from Arturia are not based in facts. There are other businesses in the sector do discuss, rather closely and frequently, with forum users their suggestions. That is a fact. And they commit to fixes in upcoming firmware. That is also a fact. As an example, I would recommend 1010 Music's user communities, my specific experience is on their product Bluebox forums https://forum.1010music.com/forum/products/bluebox-compact-digital-mixer-recorder (https://forum.1010music.com/forum/products/bluebox-compact-digital-mixer-recorder) (be adviced some parts accessible only to registered users).
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: Wesslan on August 01, 2022, 12:58:51 pm
A point on the more sentient side:

Apart from the facts I stated above, I am a bit surprised by the tone in Arturia official's reply's in this thread. I find the language used by them rather on the excessively sharp side, not to say aggressive or rude. Even if Arturia posts were to be true in facts, which it isn't according to my points above,  it can be forwarded in a respectful manner.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: Wesslan on August 01, 2022, 01:01:19 pm
On posting my replies above I was given an automated warning telling me that this thread is more than 120 days old.

I appreciate that, and I would be more than happy if Arturia have changed their mind since 120+ days. Although I do not find any indications that such a change in attitude has occurred.

Keep on stepping those beats, folks!
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on August 01, 2022, 01:50:16 pm
Apart from the facts I stated above, I am a bit surprised by the tone in Arturia official's reply's in this thread. I find the language used by them rather on the excessively sharp side, not to say aggressive or rude. Even if Arturia posts were to be true in facts, which it isn't according to my points above,  it can be forwarded in a respectful manner.
Arturia haven't made any official statements in this thread. I'm not an Arturia employee: just a user, like you. I joined one day because I needed help, and decided to stay to help others, when I can.

On the previous page, I gave what I presumed were the reasons why Arturia never tell us what's on their radar. Despite someone responding to say that stance is so 'last century', it still stands true. Many manufacturers, not just Arturia, still generally do not ever publicly tell us what products or updates they plan to release before the release-date is officially announced.

Apple will be working feverishly on the iPhone 15 right now, for launch next October. There's no way they'll tell us on a public forum what spec's it's going to have.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: Wesslan on August 17, 2022, 08:26:39 pm
[...]
I'm not an Arturia employee: just a user, like you. [...]

I gave what I presumed were the reasons why Arturia never tell us what's on their radar. Despite someone responding to say that stance is so 'last century', it still stands true. [...]

Apple will be working feverishly on the iPhone 15 right now, for launch next October. There's no way they'll tell us on a public forum what spec's it's going to have.

Your argument with regards to Apple is irrelevant. Firstly, the iPhone 15 release is a new tangible product, not a firmware update as is the case on this Beatstep Pro forum. Secondly and again: other musical hardware companies are taking part in their Feature requests/Wishlist forums, as I've given an example of above, and as other users have made clear in this thread (hello @ marcokelso !).

Thirdly, i find it to be true that the non-administrator users in this thread are merely asking on Arturia's participation on this forum with regards to Beastep Pro, not to reveal upcoming product releases. There is obviously a difference between the two, at least to me. It is also understandable that users expect an administrator on a forum in the domain "arturia.com" to be speaking on behalf on Arturia, especially when the administrtor is not purely administrating, such as cleaning up the forum with regards to the forum rules et cetera. Good that you that you've now made it clear that you're not, you were sort of grey area.

Finally: as an Arturia non-employee, "just a user", you are clearly not the person to make statements on Arturia's reason and whether "it still stands true". I find it to be self evident that it is up to Arturia to anounce what stands true or not when it comes to their policies and the reasons behind policies.

Apart from the above, thanks for your answer. However, I do believe I speak for all the non-administrator users in this thread when I say that we are rather asking for Arturia's voice than the Administrator's.
Keep stepping those beats, folks!

//W.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: MajorFubar on August 18, 2022, 04:14:14 pm
Your argument with regards to Apple is irrelevant.

We're just going to have to agree to disagree on that, because in the context I gave, it's exactly the same.

It is also understandable that users expect an administrator on a forum in the domain "arturia.com" to be speaking on behalf on Arturia, especially when the administrtor is not purely administrating, such as cleaning up the forum with regards to the forum rules et cetera. Good that you that you've now made it clear that you're not, you were sort of grey area.

Arturia staff use naming conventions that very clearly identify them as Arturia staff. Do you really think a member of Arturia staff logs in with a public-facing handle of 'MajorFubar'? I think all Administrators are in fact Arturia staff (I'm just a volunteer mod, not admin, there's a big difference), but even that I'm not sure of. But either way, Arturia staff certainly do not use anonymous handles.

Finally: as an Arturia non-employee, "just a user", you are clearly not the person to make statements on Arturia's reason and whether "it still stands true". I find it to be self evident that it is up to Arturia to anounce what stands true or not when it comes to their policies and the reasons behind policies.//W.

<<sigh>>

The only reason I chirped-up was to manage frustrated users' expectations, like yours, based on my experience of being here for years. No disrespect but I've got food in the freezer that's been there longer than you've been here, so I've seen Arturia's 'modus operadi' several times. In the past, Arturia have reached out to this forum for volunteers to test beta versions of upcoming firmware releases, the most high-profile occasion was for the Matrixbrute. The volunteers all had to agree to an NDA. That's just the way they work. No clues, no heads-up, no giving secrets away on the forums.

Am I speaking from authority? No. Am I speaking from experience? Yes.

TLDR: don't go hanging off a cliff by your fingernails waiting for some authoritative explanation from Arturia staff detailing their business practices.

Have a nice day.
MF.
Title: Re: Is there anyone from Arturia listening and taking note here?
Post by: minimaltom on October 28, 2022, 04:49:26 pm
If anyone is listening, please make the note tie function better, it sucks

Thank you
 :)