I feel better for you saying it too. (not me for a change) My Ladder VCF from .com doubles as a white noise module when you turn up the resonance. AND I have it far away from all power sources so who knows what it would sound like in a cabinet. My 2 module experience (I have a VCA too that does what it says just fine) has come to the end of the road. Don't get me wrong, the VCF does have the moogish qualities as stated, but next to the "Overly Vanilla HA!" MOTM and even my Big Briar MF-101 I notice the noise big time. Another point is that any CV plugged into the module will still effect the frequency even with the attenuators all the way at zero. Anyone ever have this problem with your 440's or 420's? Didn't think so. Bring on the uModules and the big boy dual Moog VCF next year. I have learned the value of holding out and having patience in the meantime. MOTM forever!
Thomas White
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: [motm] In appreciation of MOTM design quality
Not to start a jihad with the dot commers but...
I've been noticing more and more issues creeping up with dot com
users, including sequencer output voltages drifting, octave switches
not calibrated in-tune, power supplies humming, panel flexing,
keyboard velocity output resolution problems, reports of excess noise
in filters unless they are relocated...
Now MOTM is not perfect (the 300 soft sync STILL doesn't work as well
as E-MU's!), but I have NEVER had any issues whatsoever with system
noise or hum or drift. Ever.
There are some who pooh-pooh the MOTM design philosophy as 'gold-
plating toothpicks', but apparently sometimes you DO get what you pay
for.
So I just wanted to thank Paul publicly for remaining true to his
vision (while giving us all a chance to voice our own design
opinions), and state that I'd rather have a trickle of superb modules
than a torrent of so-so ones. There. I feel better.
Moe
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