Memorymoog

[Barry L Klein]

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From: 	Don Tillman[SMTP:don at till.com]
Sent: 	Monday, April 26, 1999 12:02 PM
To: 	Barry.L.Klein at wdc.com
Cc: 	synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl; WeAreAs1 at aol.com
Subject: 	Re: Memorymoog

Compare the physical design of the MemoryMoog with the Rhodes Chroma. 

Maybe I should've made myself more clear in my previous message - I meant I liked the
electrical/functional design - what the unit can do and the parts it uses to do it.  The
physical implementation is beastious but if you are going to use CEM's and a Z80
controller system, you're kinda stuck doing it that way, just use better interconnections.
  Its basically a 6 voice 3 oscillator per voice system prewired the way most of us would
want to use it.  I think the P5 (at least the version 2's I've seen) are even less
physically sturdy due to the way the power supply 3 terminal regulators are implemented. 
You're always going to have a discussion going on the best way to wire pots..........  I
see both sides to it and jeez, flip a coin.

The thing's kinda like a BMW 'from what I've seen' of both.  Fun to use but nightmare to
maintain.

Curious to learn what you techs have found as percentage of failure causes for the
Memorymoog.  Mainly connections or are the CEM chips blowing?  Maybe stick some TVSD's
around various areas and then fuse the supply lines?

Barry