Hi all,
A slightly weird request perhaps but it's a well-meaning one.
There are lots of threads here with feature requests and that is fair enough; we are fortunate to own a box that has grown with us all and, for those of us who have had it a while, it's now a much better box than it was when we got it.
I don't agree with the company stance of 'don't announce anything until it launches'. Yes, I realise it's their company not mine and that I am entitled to absolutely nothing. It's just my opinion and here is why:-
Lots of folks are arguing about an editor. Or about reverbs. Or about new effects. The threads go on endlessly and need policing by mods so as they don't go off the rails.
A simple 'we are currently working on......' thread would, I think, be helpful.
This will not hand competitive advantage to other companies - telling the world you are making an editor is not going to get the other guys working on editors as they already exist. Ditto with all 'standard' effects - what is the harm in telling the user base? Of course, the company has a habit of bringing out cool things which no-one thought of and, naturally, these should stay secret. But for 'me too' features? I think the time has come to be more open for what is coming.
I realise there is a risk of users then demanding 'when??' But I think this would be a positive change.
In this world of information, everyone feels entitled to know what is going on because we are constantly bombarded with soundbytes. This can be unwelcome and too much (think the constant tweeting of a certain president) but the opposite 'complete silence' seems strange in these times.
Again, I completely realise that it's the exclusive right of the company to be work this way.... 'wait patiently in silence and we'll tell you what we want to tell you, when we want to tell you'. No-one is entitled to anything. Fair enough. But my point is this: there is a global user base for a product that has a history of evolution and an open forum / twitter / website for communication.
You will not offend those who are patient / fine with silence by giving information so 'no harm there'.
You will not lose competitive advantage - in fact you may win sales from people who are not jumping on board due to 'feature xyz being missing so 'no harm there.
You will give a more positive experience to those who, in this modern world 'expect' communication / information. You may believe this second group are not entitled to know anything and you may be right but these people paid their money, same as everyone else. So 'no harm there, in fact it's a big positive'
Please realise this is not me moaning and saying that Kemper is terrible / I hate everyone / I'm going to buy something else instead etc. I'm a happy user of 5 years who loves it for what it is now, for what it was and for what it will become. I just feel these forums would be much nicer if the company would consider this simple change in communication policy - I quite accept I may be missing something but I think this change should be considered as the positives far outweigh the negatives.
Thank you
Gary