Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

I will say that even at 10 feet away, you can instantly glance at the Buchla and see what modules
are in there. However, this adds greatly to the cost and inventory headaches. I'll be the FIRST
to admit: MOTM went for a simple, easy to inventory, easy to maintain mechanical design. The
uniformity GREATLY helps keep the inventory and labor costs low. But Don really wasn't concerned
with such trival matters :)

If I had an inkling (cough cough) to come out with a smaller, compact design, the Buchla (minus
the ∗&#%∗#! slide pots) is an interesting format. Loose the banana jacks, relocate the minis,
different color scheme, and you're on to something.

But, compactness, as I pointed out, drives the cost way UP. And you don't want to go overboard
like those Focusrite channel strips with 800 LEDs, switches, meters, etc.

Don's "problem" was he was way ahead of the available technology. By the time technology caught
up to him, the DX-7 blew the world up :(

Ask anyone in business: we NEVER 'charge enough'.

Paul S.