I agree. It’s a complicated business, with so many separate skills that one needs to master.
At the same time though you can see corporate growth from them too. Recall that NDLR for a period of time was, i don’t know if the word is dropped exactly, but that product did take a back seat. Covid was a challenge for every manufacturer.
The Terrain is definitely a step up in complexity ( though the MRCC had it’s own sort of complexities too ). And yet Conductive Labs was able to develop this one while simultaneously dealing with MRCC and NDLR production.
I think of another company Tasty Chips, who have self funded ( with pre-orders ) the GR-MEGA production, and have faced challenges meeting demand. The GR-MEGA and the Terrain are similar sorts of products to my simple mind.
ADDED ( Seven Months Later ) : To add to this comparison Tasty Chips just completed a Kickstarter for the GR-2, a mid cost granular synth that brings a GR-MEGA like system into a smaller less costly package. ( thread )