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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie McGee" data-source="post: 115613" data-attributes="member: 6656"><p>Re: New Midas M32 Console</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Let me understand this correctly. How many times do I need to post on a public forum in order to have a voice? I thought that I had permission when I registered for the site? Do I need someone else’s permission?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">JR, are you claiming to have invented applying a 60mm fader on a small format mixer?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Or did you perhaps copy that feature from a large format mixer? Surely, you are not claiming to have been the first one to invent mixers altogether? Based on your own analysis, it would seem that you are unethical to design mixers in the first place since you clearly copied other mixer ideas.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Also, thanks for posting the pictures. I agree with Karl that the mixers just aren’t the same at all. They don’t have the same features, shape, color, or other features. I briefly checked the specs and they are also not the same. JR, the reason why your analysis is incorrect on this issue is because if it were correct, we would only have one TV manufacturer, one car manufacturer, what about laptops, or pretty much every product ever created that has competition. Clearly, the problem here isn’t copying, it’s competition.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">You accuse Behringer of copying your feedback patent since they did not design it “out of a vacuum”. JR, I believe that it would be disingenuous for you to claim that you designed your patent “out of a vacuum” either. As you may recall, there were more than 30 prior patents cited as part of your own patent application and visual indication of equalizer bands was well known before your patent. To my knowledge, audio analyzers were very popular in the 70s and could be found on every simple car radio or home stereo equalizer. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">JR, you simply designed one version of a mixer and one version of a Feedback Indicator. So did Behringer and so did others. To claim that a competitor of your design is really a copy is a pretty distorted view. I also find it interesting as people challenge your view point, you want the topic to go away and escape the discussion or try to “lock it”.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlie McGee, post: 115613, member: 6656"] Re: New Midas M32 Console [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Let me understand this correctly. How many times do I need to post on a public forum in order to have a voice? I thought that I had permission when I registered for the site? Do I need someone else’s permission?[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]JR, are you claiming to have invented applying a 60mm fader on a small format mixer?[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Or did you perhaps copy that feature from a large format mixer? Surely, you are not claiming to have been the first one to invent mixers altogether? Based on your own analysis, it would seem that you are unethical to design mixers in the first place since you clearly copied other mixer ideas.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Also, thanks for posting the pictures. I agree with Karl that the mixers just aren’t the same at all. They don’t have the same features, shape, color, or other features. I briefly checked the specs and they are also not the same. JR, the reason why your analysis is incorrect on this issue is because if it were correct, we would only have one TV manufacturer, one car manufacturer, what about laptops, or pretty much every product ever created that has competition. Clearly, the problem here isn’t copying, it’s competition.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]You accuse Behringer of copying your feedback patent since they did not design it “out of a vacuum”. JR, I believe that it would be disingenuous for you to claim that you designed your patent “out of a vacuum” either. As you may recall, there were more than 30 prior patents cited as part of your own patent application and visual indication of equalizer bands was well known before your patent. To my knowledge, audio analyzers were very popular in the 70s and could be found on every simple car radio or home stereo equalizer. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]JR, you simply designed one version of a mixer and one version of a Feedback Indicator. So did Behringer and so did others. To claim that a competitor of your design is really a copy is a pretty distorted view. I also find it interesting as people challenge your view point, you want the topic to go away and escape the discussion or try to “lock it”.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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