[sdiy] Possibly interesting MOTM news

[Paul Schreiber]

> a) I'm having a 15% off sale running July 10 to Sept 1 on any order 
> (kits/assembled/accessories).
>
> b) I'm exiting the *kit* business at the end of the year. I will still provide 
> assembled modules, but with a 2 week or less delivery.
>
> c) Future new modules will be based on surface-mount parts (mostly) so that I 
> can offer ship-from-stock delivery times. This is how the MOTM Frac business 
> is executed by Analogue Haven. The new modules are still MOTM-sized (5U tall), 
> uses the same pots and knobs as now. The Frac line will *continue* to grow.
>
> d) there are some modules that after the stock of kits/assembled modules are 
> sold out, will not be restocked. I will have this list on the site and the 
> order page will clearly show which ones (I suppose they are now vintage).
>
> e) The order page (on July 10th not now!) will have the *total remaining 
> stock* for each module. I expect it will take quite some time to kit and ship 
> all the orders (the last time I had a 10% off sale I sold 363 modules). I have 
> contracted out most of the kitting AND assembly work but it's first come/first 
> served.
>
> f) I am excited about the future products: they will (mostly) be based on a 
> common hardware platform I call the AudioEngine. This is a credit-card sized 
> *digital + analog* module that can do amazing things. For example, using only 
> 20% of the 'horespower' a 64-output, (yes, 64-individual outputs) wavetable 
> VCO was coded up in *2 hours*. Oh, and there are 1024 different wavetables :) 
> I'll have more details after the sale.
>
> These changes are necessary so that R&D can be in the forefront once again 
> instead of me putting 543,128 resistors into little plastic bags.
>
> Paul Schreiber
> Synthesis Technology
>