What's the deal with the ASM-1? Can't seem to contact Gene Stopp.

[Magnus Danielson]

>>>>> "KDB" == Kurt Dwight Bleach <gghegel at earthlink.net> writes:

 KDB> I just got a pcb from Gene a few weeks ago, so I know he's out there.
 KDB> His e-mail address is listed incorrectly on some of the ASM-1 pages--if
 KDB> you still haven't found it, let me know and I'll give it to you.

 KDB> I'm in the final stages of assembly and even with my very limited
 KDB> electronic experience I've been able to get most of it to work. (Though
 KDB> I still haven't tried out the VCO's, yet... :-o) Gene has done an
 KDB> incredible job of putting it all together.

 KDB> If you're going to tackle the project, I would highly recommend a visit
 KDB> to Roy Tate's site:
 KDB> http://www.ionet.net/~roytate/diy/index.html
 KDB> He's put together an archive of ASM-1 related postings, as well as some
 KDB> trouble shooting tips which could save you a lot of grief. Also, I think
 KDB> there's a Mouser parts list, which saves a lot of legwork. (The one
 KDB> thing I found confusing was the contradictory information regarding the
 KDB> leg pinouts of the JFET, which Mangus was kind enough to straighten me
 KDB> out on: the middle leg has to be crossed over.)

I added a short comment about that on my webpage yesterday. I have
some PDF file somewhere showing the diffrent pinning...

 KDB> In terms of sound quality--well, like I said, I haven't gotten the VCO's
 KDB> to work, yet, so I can't comment on that. However, I've been reasonably
 KDB> impressed with everything else. It's a little noisy compared to, say, my
 KDB> Doeper, but it's entirely possible that that's due to sloppy assembly.
 KDB> (I'm a ways from "perfecting" my soldering skills...)

Check out if you happend to run into the lockup problem maybe... it's
on my page... where else ;)

Cheers,
Magnus