Thank you for your inputs, @falkTX.
Further to the initial belief from most here that MOD would keep providing support to Duo X users, your statement provides reassurance as to that intention. I have myself expressed such belief above – precisely based on what you’ve been doing with the Duo:
Now, for this question
If you’re referring to what @tllk had asked, then you have provided a comprehensive answer (assuming the “you” in your question refers to his previous posts.) We appreciate that. And by the way, we have also acknowledged that the recent 1.12 update brought improvements and (not only bugfixes) to the Duo X, for which we are thankful – and for which I personally thanked MOD in one of my posts in the the 1.12 release thread, other than mentioning that in this thread.
Now, if the “you” in question is all of us here, then the answer we are looking for is: what can be done to keep the X strong and well featured? This question is present in the initial post and in others below.
We are trying to devise ways in which implementation of some features of the Dwarf could also be present in the Duo X. This derives from my interaction with you in that same thread, whereby I was informed that Snapshot management would not come to the Dwarf due to a business decision. (Which, by the way, we repeatedly acknowledged and most of us are understanding of.)
What we’ve been asking here is to brainstorm a way so that these improvements could also be brought to the X, including the now twice-mentioned sponsorship by the parties interested. I mention that in the initial thread and lately @unbracketed waved that same flag:
For a complete answer to that question, MOD’s input is obviously of the essence.
For instance, if we were given a figure for the cost of porting those improvements over to the X, company and users could devise a coupon or other investment of the sorts so that we could dish the money needed to pay either you or a freelance/assistant you would hire to do that work. That’s similar to what you’re doing with the Dwarf, except that the cost in this case is only labour and therefore the risk is minimal, with cash-in going much higher than cash-out. Then the burden for MOD is minimal, the cost borne by the community, and everyone is happy – even those who did not pay for it.
For something like this to happen, we would need to hear from MOD if that is a possibility.
If instead turning the page on the X for whatever reason is what MOD is looking forward to, then all you need to do is tell us.
Hope this clarifies things.
What I believe he said is that it still supports newer plugins and then Falk said support will continue in very clear and specific terms, other than previous statements to that same effect. So there’s no reason Perfect Circuit should warn users that they’re buying some soon-to-be-dead unit, unless MOD specifically says that they will let the Duo X die out. And since they haven’t dropped the ball on older Duos, we always believed they would come through for the X.
That is a real danger to the extent that MOD uses a web browser in some external device. So if MOD Audio fails completely and at some point browsers no longer recognize the devices, we’d be locked out when it comes to building pedalboards.
However, as a standalone unit, it would still work.
