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| "What's up w/ DotCom format? My DotCom panels didn't sell fer crap. Anyone want to tell me why? At this point I'm just curious. " Everyone else feel free to call bullshit, but here's my perspective... With no new modules being released by Synth Tech for quite some time (MOTM-730 being the sole module in 6 or so years) and the output of assembled modules therefrom being slow, most new modular synth players have looked around and seen euro as the vibrant industry with all manner of new shit... Harvestman, Malekko, etc. In the last couple of years, the MU format has seen a boomlet of assembled manufacturers: Hordijk, Moon, STG, and now SSL & MegaOhm. So new folks who love the large format look and feel gravitate that way. But they're assembled-only types for the most part. I'm heavily invested in MOTM format and can/will fill the next 96U with Bridechamber paneled modules. Apart from a small sequencing rig, there will be no MU. krisp1 seems to be doing a fairly brisk trade in MOTM format (with expansion into MU as well), so we're not yet dinosaurs. One problem is that for new DIYers, there's really no marvelous introduction like the Synth Tech kits that GC Fuller did for Paul... those instruction manuals were pure gold. In the thirty or so modules I did from Synth Tech, I had three modules not work properly from the point of powering up. For a beginner, that confidence was critical. Our marketplace lacks that. What's wrong with my Tau? My rudimentary circuits understanding offers little insight. eric --- On Fri, 11/12/10, Scott Deyo <contact@...> wrote: |