MMaximus wrote:

Also, please post if you have blatant examples from other companies...

So you want literally every single soundcard released from Creative then? 😉 *I'm rather snarky today*

On the topic of that Sound Canvas design, the front panel quality is very poor.

This is actually not that uncommon since certain designs can be reused for future products until they've reached a point where they are no longer viable (or out of date).
In some cases, a lot of research and development costs goes into designing something from scratch and it would therefore only be logical to try and recoup those costs for as long as possible.

It is actually applied in different industries where some manufacturers (think of your car manufacturing industry) sometimes use exactly the same parts on different models (can be something very trivial, like side mirrors).

ZanQuance wrote:

So you want literally every single soundcard released from Creative then? 😉 *I'm rather snarky today*

It's true that Creative launched so many different iterations of their SoundBlaster card over the years that it's hard to keep track! I was rather speaking about visible re-using of elements like casing, buttons etc. - once the soundcard is in the case, you're not supposed to see it so I guess it makes it easier for companies to re-use existing designs without their customers noticing so much 😀

Stojke wrote:

On the topic of that Sound Canvas design, the front panel quality is very poor.

I definitely agree... the buttons don't feel particularly sturdy and are not really satisfying to operate. On this topic, the SK-88Pro keyboard is another product which featured the same buttons:

jesolo wrote:

This is actually not that uncommon since certain designs can be reused for future products until they've reached a point where they are no longer viable (or out of date).
In some cases, a lot of research and development costs goes into designing something from scratch and it would therefore only be logical to try and recoup those costs for as long as possible.

It is actually applied in different industries where some manufacturers (think of your car manufacturing industry) sometimes use exactly the same parts on different models (can be something very trivial, like side mirrors).

Very valid point! Just to clarify, I am not saying this is necessarily a bad thing - just that some manufacturers may do this more than others, and in the case of Roland in the '90s it seemed particularly obvious.

Is the Roland UA-100 reliable for games?