We all know there's a forthcoming MOTM480 (CS80 filter)and I remember
Chris working on a VCADSR MOTM880, this is a good starting point for
a line of modules with CS80 in mind, and though the monophonic
modular way is not the most obvious approach to recreate CS80
features and feel, I guess there may be interest around CS80 based
modules. Any thoughts? Is the 880 still a possible future project?
Enrico (Sicily)
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, The Old Crow <oldcrow@o...> wrote:
>
> It is not my intention to make a clone GX1. Building the
mechanical
> parts of such a machine would take far too long, for me at least, to
> justify such a project. More realistic would be to convert say an
EX-2
> into a sort of GX-2, and that would still be a huge project.
>
> I am determining the designs of the original submodules mainly
out of
> interest in whether the discrete circuits were the ancestors of the
custom
> chip set Yamaha made for the CS line. Of secondary interest is
making
> spare parts for instruments that used them (SY1/2, CSY1/2, GX1).
>
> It is not hard to adapt the design to be a panel module, so if
enough
> folks were interested I was going to make one. I'd like it to be
MOTM
> but Paul has enough to do as it is. Perhaps if I gave him a turn-
key
> design that used, say, the same panel layout as a 490 module, so
that the
> only effort he would need to provide is silkscreen of a different
model
> number and switch legend, and have a hole drilled for a mode select
switch
> (HP/LP).
>
> That is all up to him, though. Talking about making modules is
easy.
> Producing them is not so easy.
>
> Crow
> /∗∗/
>
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, edibennardo wrote:
>
> > Is Crow's and other people's intention making a sort of GX1 clone
> > available in the future? or is it just the simple intention to
> > reproduce some important GX1 parts for existing not working
> > instruments? I read the word "production" somewhere and this
sounds
> > interesting though.
> > Enrico (Sicily)