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Here I am, laboring away on Labor Day weekend....sigh....but I'm groovin' to
Terry Furber's 'Orbital Decay' CD (great MOTM stuff on there!).

a) The MOTM-480 CS-80 VCF is officially ∗∗∗done∗∗∗. I just finished checking out
the production pc board and resistor/cap values, making sure the wires reach the
jacks, etc. A fine piece of work, if I do say so myself. The synth world
trembles in amazement :) Old Crow did a great R&D job, and the hard work
rewarded by it's wide-spread use.

IMPORTANT NOTE: this module uses a LOT of power, more than any other MOTM module
to date. The current draw off of the +-15V supplies is 45ma on each side (that's
90ma across 30V or 2.7W!) Not that it gets hot or anything, but be aware that if
you are on the edge of your power supply's rating, this might put it over the
limit (hint: you plug it in your system and suddenly the whole thing dies, or
usually 1 side of the supply current limits and then you get "frozen" LFO LEDs,
etc).

This week I will take the blank boards and the parts list to the board stuffer.
I still have to write this manual, the '485 manual and tidy up the '510 manual
for the CD ROM. Bear with me, it's slow going.

BTW: about 10 of these are left, soon to be a collector's item!

b) I made a slight dent in the assembled backlog over the weekend, and plan to
ship a total of 20 assembled modules this week. Not a lot, but something.

c) That's about it for now. Now that these 3 new modules are "done" (in fact the
'510 is all kitted!) attention (R&D-wise) is turned to the MIDI-CV converter.

Paul S.