can i put a vote in for some modules to be even more vanilla than they are now?
at the moment, i'm short VCAs, and the only way to get more is to buy
more 190s. now the 190 is a fine module, but it's a little asymmetric
given that only one of the VCAs has a gain control, and, and this is
a big and, i think it's a little silly to have to buy more relatively
little-used ringmods in order to get more VCAs.
little-used functions are fine and dandy of course, but maybe they
should be bundled together into modules (eg noise/s&h etc) instead of
included as extras on bread & butter modules.
happy nondenominational holidays everyone
j
>a) Merry Christmas everyone!
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>b) Over the last 3 years, my focus has been on ∗shipping∗ more than designing.
>However, the next 18 months will be a flip-flop: the focus is on getting new
>designs out (and then shipping). Now that I've exceed any and all expectations
>as far as making MOTM 'successful', I can relax (cough) and get
>more R&D time.
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>I'm in the process of laying out the Frac version of the dual VCA core that is
>in the '130. The MOTM-190 uses a CA3280 which is of course hard to find. The
>MOTM-1190 (Frac) and MOTM-130 uses "standard" parts, just more of them :) The
>'1190 does not pan/fade, but it does include the output overdrive and dual
>lin/exp inputs.
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>c) I've bought the ARM HW tools for the '600 uSeq (saving $$ for the
>SW which is
>around $2800) and after NAMM I'm going to redesign the '600 CPU card so the SW
>guys can get going. The ARM may be used in the '520 Cloud if I don't use the
>embedded MicroBlaze processor in the Xilinx FPGA (I paid the $$$ for the
>royalty).
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>d) the Frac ADSR is also most of the core of the MOTM VC ADSR, so again that
>will be 'debugged' shortly.
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>e) now that the kit backlog is virtually zero (all that remains are VCOs) the
>priorities can shift so that newer stuff can appear. Just remember,
>that I need
>to sell around 35 modules of a new thing to ∗break even∗ so when a new thing
>shows up, order away!
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>Paul S.
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