I think that the SMT modules will sell. I suspect that the slow
divider sales are caused in part by saving for the cloud generator. I
understand that you wanted to start with an easier module, but people
have been watching th CG for years. The most interesting MOTM modules
to me are the CG and the 102. I'm a west coast guy with little need
for a rack full of filters. I would love to have them, but I can't
afford it. I'm building clones of the Buchla 291 and 292 instead.
Since there are options in MOTM format for basic analog modules, any
new analog modules should be quirky. A vocoder would be great, but JH
is working on one.
I end up coming back to digital modules. One thing that is keeping
large formats relevant is the explosion of new digital/analog hybrids
from MOTM and Modcan. After the CG, I would love to see some more
additive pitch sources. Either an oscillator or perhaps some kind of
VC pitch shifter/harmonizer. I would love a sampler or a
multi-operator FM/AM, etc. generator similar to the Plan B model 30,
rather than with the fixed ratios, discontinuous wave changes and
strict phase locking of the Modcan VCDO. So, I suppose that my vote is
for SMT R&D, but the order of release is critical. I'm one of the many
who can no longer buy modules regularly. The divider is cool, but I
need pitch sources and the 102.
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> Don't get me wrong, the esoteric stuff is great. But I want to build
upon a
> core, well-spec'd, MOTM quality, analog system.
>
> I would be curious to know what essential modules, not available
from other
> sources, are still missing in the MOTM line.
>
> This is what the previous discussions have distilled down to:
>
> a) if I spend all my R&D time on 'esoteric', SMT-only modules, will
they be
> sold in enough quantities to be worthwhile?
>
> b) if there are other, modules I need to focus on ('blank board
friendly' or
> not) then what are they?
>
> c) is my R&D time better spent doing more filters, panners, peramp
that sort
> of thing?
>
> Paul S.
>