The idea of a partial kit "a la Tony Allgood" I think is the best way
of encouraging people to afford big projects that may include a very
large number of parts. In this sense, in my opinion, the super moe
project would be welcome by lots of folks and the big and several
pcbs would all be easily probably purchased. It would take much more
time before people would finish building the super moe but lots of
them would start buying the PCBs, if this is correct I don't see why
not thinking seriously about starting producing the Super Moe instead
of a dramatically simplified version?
Enrico Italy
--- In motm@y..., "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@y...> wrote:
> OK Folks, talk is cheap.
>
> After noodling around with designs for a couple of years, I've
> decided (with Paul's blessing) to offer an MOTM sequencer for
public
> consumption. Now I know that nothing stirs up a hornet's nest
faster
> than asking for input on a sequencer design, but that's what I'm
> doing. Just read my initial thoughts on the project's direction,
and
> suggest accordingly. If you ask for something completely outside of
> the scope of the design, I'll feel free to ignore it!
>
> Here are my initial thoughts on the project, in random order:
>
> 1. It will be full MOTM format, with regular sized knobs, etc.
> 2. It will NOT be modular like SuperMoe. Yes, I'm still going to do
> SuperMoe if only for myself, but call this one "MiniMoe". I'd like
> for it to be affordable enough that I can sell at least 30 or so.
So
> it has to fit on a single panel.
> 3. The clock will be external. Real estate is precious, LFOs are
> cheap, and I'd rather put sequencer features there instead.
> 4. It will most probably be PIC driven, but none of the CV outputs
> will pass through a DAC - they will remain in the analog domain.
> 5. It will exist as either a full kit or as a partial kit. I'm
> leaning toward the latter right now - a Stooge front panel, pcbs
and
> preprogrammed PIC, you supply the rest. I'm open to feedback on
this.
> 6. This is a step sequencer, not a pattern sequencer. Don't ask for
> the ability to store sequences and chain them together in playback.
> 7. I don't plan on offering an internal quantizer either. Buy a
> MiniWave instead.
>
> Format - there are a couple possibilities here.
>
> A minimal module might be 5U wide, with a 4x4 pot grid. It would be
> the least expensive, and would do basic 8x2 or 16x1 step
sequencing.
> There would not be room to supply the full complement of inputs and
> outputs for every stage.
>
> A more deluxe version might be 8U wide. It would probably have room
> to do something along the lines of the Moog 960. Lots of pots,
jacks,
> and switches to buy and wire.
>
> So, is there any interest in this thing? Fire away.
>
> Moe (ducking)