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<blockquote data-quote="Joe Sanborn" data-source="post: 115706" data-attributes="member: 2062"><p>Re: New Midas M32 Console</p><p></p><p>Dear Guys,</p><p></p><p>Let me start first, by saying that our strict company policy requires every employee posting on forums to ALWAYS use their real name and association with the MUSIC Group. You can check my profile on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-sanborn/27/b82/892" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The other people who post from our company are the CEO, Uli Behringer, John DiNicola (NYC), Evan Hooton (Colorado), Sean Fairchild (Seattle), Mario VanHelden (Germany), and from the Professional Division Chase McKnight, and Kyle Chirnside (Las Vegas). If other staff help out, they also identify themselves as employees.</p><p> </p><p>Our team of Product Specialists are primarily involved with the forums to answer questions about our products. The X32 alone has represented the largest ever thread on SoundForums with over 1 million views. As a sound engineer myself, I fully understand that when you need help with a product, you require immediate assistance as “the show must go on”. For this reason, we answer forum questions, PM messages, emails, and even phone calls in the evening and on weekends. We are passionate about our products and the company we work for and hence we are going out of our way to help our customers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to answering product questions, we are also here to set the record straight in case there is misinformation. For many years, we have stayed out of forums and kept silent; as a result we left the playing field to certain individuals and also competitors who deliberately spread wrong information. While we are not here to “rewrite history” as often claimed, we will stand up and correct false information – all this through providing proper facts.</p><p> </p><p>In today’s global Internet culture, “myths” often develop a life of their own and manifest themselves. If it is on the internet, it must be true, right?</p><p> </p><p>One of the cases that endures in people’s memories is when we were sued by Mackie over alleged infringement of their alleged IP. After a series of very costly and bitter court cases all of which we won, Mackie reached out to us for a settlement which did not involve any money.</p><p>It is important that you carefully read what the BEHRINGER Wiki says: “The Mackie suit also <strong>mentioned</strong> similar cases filed by BBE, dbx and Drawmer.” Among the many accusations Mackie made in their complaints, this was another false one – we were never sued by BBE, dbx or Drawmer. Just to clarify once more, we also did not copy Mackie’s schematics and PCBs as proven in court. The persistent rumor that we had competitor’s logos on our PCB’s, is plain stupid. It was proven in multiple courts that we had neither copied Mackie’s schematics nor PCB layouts, nor had we infringed on any patents as there were simply none.</p><p> </p><p>If you need more information, please refer to Uli’s earlier post <a href="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4299-uli-behringer-music-group-q-3.html#post29363" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The MUSIC Group is leading the industry with ground-breaking products and we are very proud of our achievements. We just won 6 major industry awards at the recent NAMM show, earned only by those who are producing the most innovative products and pushing the envelope in terms of technology. As an employee myself, I say this out of pride and also for all the thousands of people at MUSIC Group involved.</p><p> </p><p>Having worked for 8 years for MUSIC Group, I could not be prouder of the work we’re doing. If anyone is in China, we invite you to come by our factory; if you happen to be in Las Vegas, please stop by our CARE facility. If you are in the UK, drop by our MIDAS Research facility, and if you are in Los Angeles, let me take you to lunch and talk about any aspect of our products. </p><p> </p><p>We are a dedicated global group of engineers with extreme passion for what we do as we are now building the next Big Thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe Sanborn, post: 115706, member: 2062"] Re: New Midas M32 Console Dear Guys, Let me start first, by saying that our strict company policy requires every employee posting on forums to ALWAYS use their real name and association with the MUSIC Group. You can check my profile on [URL="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-sanborn/27/b82/892"]LinkedIn[/URL]. The other people who post from our company are the CEO, Uli Behringer, John DiNicola (NYC), Evan Hooton (Colorado), Sean Fairchild (Seattle), Mario VanHelden (Germany), and from the Professional Division Chase McKnight, and Kyle Chirnside (Las Vegas). If other staff help out, they also identify themselves as employees. Our team of Product Specialists are primarily involved with the forums to answer questions about our products. The X32 alone has represented the largest ever thread on SoundForums with over 1 million views. As a sound engineer myself, I fully understand that when you need help with a product, you require immediate assistance as “the show must go on”. For this reason, we answer forum questions, PM messages, emails, and even phone calls in the evening and on weekends. We are passionate about our products and the company we work for and hence we are going out of our way to help our customers. In addition to answering product questions, we are also here to set the record straight in case there is misinformation. For many years, we have stayed out of forums and kept silent; as a result we left the playing field to certain individuals and also competitors who deliberately spread wrong information. While we are not here to “rewrite history” as often claimed, we will stand up and correct false information – all this through providing proper facts. In today’s global Internet culture, “myths” often develop a life of their own and manifest themselves. If it is on the internet, it must be true, right? One of the cases that endures in people’s memories is when we were sued by Mackie over alleged infringement of their alleged IP. After a series of very costly and bitter court cases all of which we won, Mackie reached out to us for a settlement which did not involve any money. It is important that you carefully read what the BEHRINGER Wiki says: “The Mackie suit also [B]mentioned[/B] similar cases filed by BBE, dbx and Drawmer.” Among the many accusations Mackie made in their complaints, this was another false one – we were never sued by BBE, dbx or Drawmer. Just to clarify once more, we also did not copy Mackie’s schematics and PCBs as proven in court. The persistent rumor that we had competitor’s logos on our PCB’s, is plain stupid. It was proven in multiple courts that we had neither copied Mackie’s schematics nor PCB layouts, nor had we infringed on any patents as there were simply none. If you need more information, please refer to Uli’s earlier post [URL="http://soundforums.net/junior-varsity/4299-uli-behringer-music-group-q-3.html#post29363"]here[/URL]. The MUSIC Group is leading the industry with ground-breaking products and we are very proud of our achievements. We just won 6 major industry awards at the recent NAMM show, earned only by those who are producing the most innovative products and pushing the envelope in terms of technology. As an employee myself, I say this out of pride and also for all the thousands of people at MUSIC Group involved. Having worked for 8 years for MUSIC Group, I could not be prouder of the work we’re doing. If anyone is in China, we invite you to come by our factory; if you happen to be in Las Vegas, please stop by our CARE facility. If you are in the UK, drop by our MIDAS Research facility, and if you are in Los Angeles, let me take you to lunch and talk about any aspect of our products. We are a dedicated global group of engineers with extreme passion for what we do as we are now building the next Big Thing. [/QUOTE]
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