Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

1) I have finished a batch of both '300 VCO kits and '390 uLFO kits. Orders
waiting on either (or both!) of these kits will ship this week. There are about
18 VCOs spoken for. Now is the time to get one, because when these run out it's
usually 4-5 months until I have time to make more. Next up are '440s and '410s.
Also, if you are thinking about one of these NOW is the time to order.

2) I have started placing parts on the pc board for the GX-1 filter. It's going
to be dense! A 4/5 rating. There are 4 (ack!) trimpots, which is the 'price' you
pay for an all-discrete design (no op amps in the signal path at all). I have
1/2 of the parts placed. Something like 12 caps, 53 (!!) resistors 5 DIP
package, 4 trimmers in the design......sigh......

3) I'm still mainly focusing on reducing the assembled backlog. I just finished
5 '190s, now I'm building some '490s followed by shipping 5 people some modules.

4) Just a heads-up: there WILL be policy/price changes coming up in the fall.
Yes, the points system is OK :) If you are thinking about modules you need,
think about saving up and ordering before Sept. 1. There are several reasons, in
order:

a) my daughter graduates high school, and my son enters Middle school (6th
grade). My wife (on-call substitute nurse) has signed up to double her schedule,
because she wants to remodel the kitchen (big $$$). Overall available MOTM time
∗will be reduced∗. There is not much I can do about that, it's just the way
things are. So......

b) I will outsource A LOT MORE of MOTM activities, meaning somebody's gonna pay,
and it ain't me! :)

5) The greatest price % increase will be assembled modules. Again, save $$$ over
the summer, place orders BEFORE Sept. 1.

Yawn, off to bed.

Paul S.