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I have to admit I'm somewhat bewildered by this discussion.
Most resistors in MOTM modules have a tolerance of 5%. For
capacitors, the tolerance is 10% or higher. The effect of
inductance and capacitance generated by the lead wires inside IC
chips is infinitesimal in comparison to the variations due to
tolerance.

Every module is going to be slightly different. In some cases there
are trimmers to minimize these differences. In other cases the
difference does not matter. Isn't this what we want as musicians?
Does every Martin Guitar sound like every other? Does every Les
Paul sound the same? It is that way for every musical instrument.

I remember a few years ago I bought a Yamaha Grand Piano. I went to
the warehouse and tried out a dozen different pianos. There was one
that most definitely sounded better than the others. That was the
one I bought. They were all different, even though they appeared to
be exactly the same.

If you make a sound with two VCOs they will both have slightly
different characteristics. This is part of what makes them sound
analog. If they sounded the same you would say it sounded Digital.

My 2 cents.

Paul Haneberg