Will and I will want one. Bill
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, thomas white <djthomaswhite@...> wrote:
>
> This would be awesome!
>
> I have been waiting for this and really look forward
> to the 810 2U version. You can make some amazing slow
> forming sequences with a VC-ADSR and a MOTM-380 quad
> LFO. I was playing around with this earlier today with
> my ∗cough∗ Oakley VC-ADSR. Nice module but the
> exchange rate for the PCB's killed me.
>
> Paul, even if the pots are in stock can we expect this
> to happen sometime anyway?
>
> Thomas
>
> --- Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> > After I ship the 18 or so MOTM-800 kits on order,
> > and the 12 assembled ones,
> > I will be out of 1M log pots. The problem is (and
> > always has been), that
> > these are never a stock item and so I have to order
> > them as a custom. Which
> > is 16-18 WEEKS delivery and a 600pc minimum order.
> > Sometimes they will
> > accept a 400pc order, but the last time I bought
> > these was in Nov of 2005
> > and they made me take 600.
> >
> > So, if after tomorrow calling and begging, if I
> > can't get them to sell me
> > like 150 (which will last me at least 1 year) I am
> > going to retire the
> > current design and switch over to an SMT version of
> > the MOTM-1800 Frac EG
> > which ∗internally∗ has both CV control of all
> > parameters and the
> > looping/burst stuff.
> >
> > In order to be "form, fit and function" with the
> > existing MOTM-800, these
> > fancy features will not be implemented. From the
> > "outside" the function will
> > be exactly like the existing MOTM-800.
> >
> > I can add all the fancy stuff, but that would go to
> > a 2U wide module
> > (MOTM-810) to add the 2 extra jacks and the 4 extra
> > pots (plus switch,
> > pushbutton and [gasp] LED).
> >
> > You would figure a 1M log pot is not that 'rare' in
> > the real world, but
> > distribution mostly stock is linear 1K, 5K, 10K and
> > 50K. Even 100K linear
> > can be an issue to locate.
> >
> > I will keep you posted on the Great Bourns Pot Hunt
> > of 2008. The 100K linear
> > pots for all the other modules is not an issue, I
> > have over 400 of those
> > sitting here :)
> >
> > Paul S.
> > reason #488 why stuff takes so long to ship
> >
> >
>
>
> Thomas White
> Natural Rhythm
> www.naturalrhythmmusic.com
>