Origin and Origin Keyboard Hardware Questions

[Bernard]

Dear Arturia Team

We all want the software to work as planned, these will be fantastic products if this can be realized. Hardware is also important, here are my questions:

1 Are these units made in house, in France or by a third party such as CME

2 Who makes the key bed

3 Has Arturia selected premium switch contacts, pots, and encoders or gone for economy.

4 What level of quality has been generally chosen, flagship product quality or mid range etc (say compared to Roland synths)

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Bernard  

[Antoine]

Hi Bernard,

I'll try to give you some elements of response, trying to be the most accurate possible without revealing inner secrets :wink:

1. Origin synthesizers are crafted in France, only naked PCBs come from China;

2. The keyboard has been designed and built by Fatar;

3. We selected the optimal compromise between playability, reliability and robustness; might not be all ALPS controllers, but the "built like a tank" feeling is omnipresent;

4. Origin is our first hardware synthesizer, therefore we choose to release a flagship; building quality can be compared to a well known cold-white synth from Germany, but in matter of sounds nothing can be compared to Origin  

Okay, I already spoke too much...
Going to make my self-criticism at the Arturia PolitBuro...

[Bernard]

Dear Antoine

Thank you for the reply, encouraging revelations.  

Take Care now, the Arturia PolitBuro may post you here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia

To find out more about these:

http://www.geocities.com/rusynth/

Best regards

Bernard  :mrgreen:

[Bernard]

 

It lives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6I9B50qTc

 

[marcsoucy]

 ???Please please..... are we getting close?   Origin Keyboard ship date?   There's been a surprising amount of quiet lately.... I hope that's not a bad sign!