I have no clear intuitions about how many of us roam the earth, and that’s weird. Are there now more bedroom producers than people learning the violin? Are there more octatrack players than bassoon players? Are we niche, or are we the mainstream?
For example
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are there 1,000 maniacs who set out to master the octatrack, or 10,000, or 100,000? Is the digitakt three or fifty times more popular?
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what about cheaper tools from mainstream outlets? I have no idea how many are sold of, say, volca, Roland boutiques, behringer (yuck) model d?
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how many units will a (afaict) small manufacturer sell, like… Twisted Electrons blast beats, is it 100 or 5,000? 1010 lemondrop? Oto boum?
I don’t really care about it from a commercial perspective, and I’m not interested in detailed commercial secrets. I’m interested in the culture.
I’d love informed guesses!