I remember that @kreeg , And I like both the case and the monolith. The final product looks very similar to the proposed one. I’m curious though, if feedback from the old forum members yielded any changes in the design along the way?
P.S. Good luck with the products. They look great.
We weren’t aware of the forum that early on in the process. We also had no plan on making more than two for our own personal use or starting a company!
We did consider some of the feedback we got though. We tried really hard to make a midi version of the monolith but we would have had to make the over all thickness of the case much too thick to accommodate the connectors.
We also looked into having a cast or laser cut high-density polyethylene version since some people aren’t really into the wood aesthetic and hoping it would be cheaper but it turned out to be much more expensive to make those large molds.
There are a lot of limitations in making small-run niche products. It’s hard to pay off set-up costs and molds, it’s difficult to even get manufacturers to work with you when you don’t meet their minimums.
We will certainly be looking for more help / feedback with future products!
Ha, the Monolith is exactly what I’ve been dreaming about! I’ve designed it in my head already, but I’m glad someone made it. I had a few other requirements in my design. I also wanted MIDI DIN in/out, 4 more encoders which you could programme to send CC messages to the OP1, and all in hospital grey of course. But the damn thing would be half the size of the OP1 once you stuff all that into it.