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motm@yahoogroups.com, "John L Rice" <Drummer@...> wrote:
>
> It all sounds like good if not exciting news, Paul! :-)
>
> Merry Christmas to you, your family and all at Synth Tech! Also Merry
> Christmas (or winter holiday of your choice ;^) to all on the MOTM list.
> "Paul Bless Us All With Modules, Everyone!"
>
> John L Rice
>
Hey, speak for yourself! ;^) I'm pretty darn excited.
I didn't realize I was the one who'd been waiting the longest for
stuff at this point, but I'm glad the wait is almost over. I look
forward to plugging the last couple VCOs into the holes in my
cabinets, and doing some last minute power stringing. Hopefully by
the end of my 2 week vacation I'll be making some interesting noises
with this thing for a change. (Of course there's always the chance
that I'll flip the switch and lights will go dim all over metro NY!)
Hope everyone else gets what they wanted for Christmas, too...
JN
(apologies to John for getting this twice, grr web interface grrr)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Paul
> Schreiber
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:50 PM
> To: MOTM List
> Subject: [motm] End of 2008 update
>
> a) first order of business: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to
everyone. I
> hope everyone will have time to goof off with their synths, build some
> ancient kits and Internet shop to boost the economy. If you got $20
and a
> Steam account, get Defense Grid ∗immediately∗.
>
> b) the 15/10% off sale has 1 more week to go.
>
> c) As been the theme for many years, I never get to ship out as much
at the
> end as I like. I will be able to ship a bit next week as I do not
have to
> report for work until Jan. 5th. I ran out of MOTM-000 breadboards,
but they
> arrived yesterday. I also want to ship the MOTM-940 backlog. I was
able to
> remove John Neilson from the 'longest suffering MOTM customer'
status only
> to be replaced by a fellow New Yorker.
>
> d) I looks like for 2008 ~ 250 MOTM (not Frac, that was ~ 80)
modules will
> be shipped. Not a stellar year (in 2001 I shipped almost 1200).
However,
> most of the existing kit backlog are 300/310/480s which I also plan
to begin
>
> kitting up Jan. 8th. I expect MOTM-380 panels by the end of the year
and the
>
> last panel to order out will be the MOTM-700s. I have to space these
out a
> bit: since I no longer have a steady CEM IC revenue and a typical panel
> order is about $2000 I can't do more than 1 at a time right now.
>
> I an fully stocked with pc boards (they all came in yesterday, over
400 of
> them of various models). That first week of Jan. I need to make more
> MOTM-960s as I have 1 left (but parts to make 75).
>
> e) The MOTM-730 VC Divider will start shipping the 3rd week of Jan.
> Remember, it's in the shopping cart now (but not on sale).
>
> f) 2009 will finally start to show the result of what I started in June
> 2006: not offering full kits (but most of the parts) will allow me to
> finally open the R&D floodgates. No longer constrained by circuit
> topologies, board formats/brackets/design rules like pad sizes I can
start
> to release modules that have been dormant for many years (like the
Fixed
> Filter Bank). I am also going to switch over (by March or so) to a new
> series of pc board mounted pots from Beckman (well, now called BI
> Technologies). The only real differences are:
>
> 1 - the shafts are 5mm shorter, so the knobs will be closer to the
front
> panel. Don't worry, you anal folks can torque the set screw up the
shaft to
> have 1/8th wavelength of sodium light coplanerity :)
>
> 2 - the touch is like the ∗old∗ Spectrol 148 pots (the black ones,
not the
> white ones). It is not as 'light' as the Bourns.
>
> 3 - the pots are conductive plastic only. I have been using cermet a
lot
> (mainly because in 1998 cermet was all Mouser stocked, not for any
design
> reason). These are more temperature stable BUT the life of a cermet
is 20%
> of a conductive plastic AND these BI pots have a (gulp!) 1,000,000
minimum
> rotational life.
>
> g) Saving the biggest for last: in late April to early March I will be
> offering Euro Rack modules. The first is called the E340 SuperSaw
VCO. It is
>
> a digital VCO that has up to 8 detuned sawtooths and sines. It's not a
> full-blown Cloud Generator, it has maybe 40% of the features. Yes,
there
> will be a Frac version. More details to follow :)
>
> I still plan the 520/521 MOTM modules, it's just a matter of time and
> revenue right now. In December, I've had to buy over $12,000 of
parts and so
>
> I need to get the existing backlog out before diving into Cloud
Generator's
> complex CAD design.
>
> Thanks to everyone for putting up with me, I know that I can be
erratic but
> I've held on almost 11 years now. Hang on a bit longer and see what
I have
> planned for 2009 and going forward.
>
> Paul S.
>
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