Thanks, everyone, for your on- and off-list responses. It looks like
the 440 has a higher part count, and many of these parts are multi-pin
ICs. There appears to a temperature-regulation resistor on there as
well. I was worried that I needed an oscilloscope to set it up or
something like the 300 osc modules. As I said, I'll probably end up
with both anyway, so perhaps I should just start with the simpler one
so I don't get discouraged. I've built a few DIY projects before,
though, and some of them even work!
Paul, does this kit use vintage/out of production SSM parts? Maybe
that's another reason to hold off on the project: I wouldn't want to
smoke one of the last remaining SSM chips.
I can hear the difference between Dotcom and MOTM – if I couldn't, I
wouldn't even consider MOTM. The price difference seems to be about
3:2, so the question is either more modules or better modules. But if
I'm not going to build the best-sounding modular synth out there, why
do it at all? :)
On Jan 2, 2005, at 9:25 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> Thanks to D. Brown, here is a good shot of an assembled MOTM-440:
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> www.synthtech.com/misc/motm440.jpg
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> Paul S.
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