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Depends on what you mean by "design".

There is electrical, mechanical and pc board design.

Then, you have to realize that many analog synth circuits are "cut and paste" sections that in
some cases are 35 yrears old (like the Moog ladder section in the MOTM-490).

Also: some of the basic designs I use are just the "core" circuit, and then I 'MOTM-ize' it. Some
circuits are too much to fit on the pc board: the 'MOTM-ized' portion gets shipped.

I also get ∗ideas∗ for modules that even though I do the "design", that was the EASY part. The
COOL part was thinking up the modules in the fisrt place.

Lastly: just because you are handed a "good schematic" doesn't mean you can build 100s of them
with consistancy. I spend MANY hours in parts selection (call it "system engineering") trading
off cost versus sound versus the fact if I can buy chips next year. Have you ever seen pc boards
nicer than in MOTM? No, I didn't think so :)

Besides me, others that have contributed are (in no particular order)

Bernie Hutchins (Electronotes, where many basic 'core' circuits existed, like the '120)
Bob Moog ('490)
Dave Rossum (chief designer at EMu, '440 and '300)
JH (too many to count)
Doug Kraul ('300)
Robert Rich ('510, '520)
Thomas Henry ('110, '800)
Larry Hendry ('850)
Adam Schabtach ('600)
Old Crow ('520, '480)

and some others toiling in the 'shadows' of R&D :)

Paul S.
cheif cook and bottle washer