Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

There's an implicit assumption in the email below that I've been chewing on all day.  Any module worth producing, esoteric or not, implements some function we require in a patch.  An unconventional implementation shouldn't limit sales, it may inspire them if it's done well and serves to better the instrument's expressiveness.

So its range of functions needs to be clear and preferably broad.  The most useful of esoteric modules should interact with CV generating modules, have implications for generative patches, and be valuable even in a small system.  I had fun today sketching up some ideas.

And the concept should be sold not only in terms of specifications, but in terms of videos illustrating a variety of functions. 

I can't wait for my MOTM730 to try out some of my ideas... yet my card remains uncharged.  Ahem, uncharged!  Check the voicemail, Paul.  :)

cheers,
eric f

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:

From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
Subject: [motm] Essential modules
To: gjames@..., motm@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:43 AM

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.