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From: <bigd@...>
Larry?..........
Did I see the words, fuzz, vocoder and loop on your modules ?
Jim
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Yes, you did. So, in the interest of trying to answer this and future
questions at the same time, here is a brief rundown of what you see in my
rack. Please delete now if you don't care. Starting at top, working left
to right:

Row 1: Custom power supply panel - Power one in the back,
nice analog meters back-lit with neon. JLH-822, JLH-831,
MOTM-300 (three of them)

Row 2:
MOTM-820, MOTM-800, JLH-831, MOTM-300 (two more),
Blacet 2040 mixer (custom panel by Ken Tkacs)

Kenton pro2000 - connections brought to front on rack rears.
Left ear - 6 aux outs - right ear CV1, CV2, Gate1, Gate2

Row 3:
MOTM-320 (two), MOTM-120 (two), modified Blacet 2020 Frequency
Divider (custom panel by Ken Tkacs)

PAiA vocoder (the strange words you saw Jim)
PAiA dual tank spring reverb (silver face) from years ago. I do intend to
re-do
this someday with a black face (just to look good) and a few more features.

The PAiA vocoder is VERY cool. If you are like me and cannot justify the
expense of an higher end vocoder for occasional use, this is the ticket. I
have
audio samples if anyone want to hear what it sounds like. C Aderton design.

The PAiA spring reverb, is just like most spring reverbs (expect for the
noise
canceling dual tank design). Spring reverbs have a unique sound that you
can
say is cool or sucks depending on your point of view. This one is like
that.

Row 4:
MOTM-700 (two), Encore UEG, MOTM-820, Oakley 3 x 1 mixer (custom
panel by Dave Bradley), home built 4 X 4 mult (about 2 years ago).

Row 5:
MOTM-800, MOTM-420, MOTM-100 (the world traveler), MOTM-800
MOTM-440, My pedal interface. This pedal interface goes to Paul on April
15th for has evaluation and consideration for MOTM-fame. However, I am
sure there are many ways to do such a simple module and this one may not
make the MOTM cut. But, I submitted it for consideration. A description of
the modules "features" can be found at my web site on the projects page. No
schematics or other details at this time.

Row 6:
MOTM-800 (two more), MOTM-110, MOTM-410, blank, temporary mult.
The temporary mult is something to just hold me over until the wood case,
magic
buss mult is finished. This is actually an old 700 panel front that I
ruined by
twisting one of the studs out of the back. I had to go begging to Paul for
a new
panel front. He sold me one at a reasonable price. So, the scrap one....

Row 7: Synth.com modules. I bought 3 of them to do two things. 1 - fill
in my missing gaps where I needed something to hold me over until Paul's
stuff was available. 2 - check out the build quality. There are (left to
right):
VCA, Instrument interface, Pan / fade.

Once Paul's dual VCA is available, I will replace the Synth.com VCA and
panner / fader with a couple of MOTM-130s. Same with the instrument
when Paul's pre-amp and other instrument interfacing modules become
available.

Brief comments on Synth.com stuff:

Great for the budget minded. For $80 each assembled (what I paid for these)
they are a good value in my opinion. However, I am not budget minded in my
approach to the only modular I will ever own, so these will hit e-bay or be
otherwise
sold once I am done with them. If I was going to keep them, I would.
replace all
the cheap jacks, and replace all the wires between jacks, pots, and
switches to the
board, soldering them directly to the board and getting rid of all the
"plug-in" connectors
that Roger used. I can tolerate the pots until they get noisy.
My biggest complaint on Synth.com - NO SCHEMATICS.

Row 8: Yes no room for it in this rack, but I already have some other
modules
either finished or under construction that will also go in my MOTM system:

JLH-822 (my second one)
Two Blacet Time Machines (custom panel by Dave Bradley)
One Blacet Klangwerk (custom panel by Dave Bradley)
DIY 4x1 or 2x2 mixer with bias control based loosely on the Blacet mixer.
Another Oakley 1U 3 IN mixer
MOTM-300 # 6
Oakely Wavefolder (custom panel by Dave Bradley)
MOTM-420 (my 2nd)

That's about it. In the next day or two, I will post all of my photos from
AHMW at my site and will put up the vocoder samples for download if anyone
is interested.

Larry Hendry