Modular Synth Panels

Couple of thoughts...

Don is still in this business and still sells 292
Lopass Gates (quad version). This is not my design,
even with the mods. I added something to Peter to
something from Paul to make a "compilation" PCB of
sorts. 

Honestly, I never thought the project would get the
desire that people have shown due to the many other
versions on the market. My boards are sold for
extremely cheap compared to others out there so maybe
that had something to do with it. The project was
posted on Electro Music for months before a 2-week
order period began. I regret to have missed people,
but keep in mind my request of Don involved a single
run and not one that would compete with Euro format
directly out of respect for Peter Grenader, Doepfer,
Wiard, etc

If Don says go for it I'll advertise here, on AH and
on synth_diy this time and not on Electro-Music to try
and hit others that missed the limited first run. In
the end, I am not in this as a business. I made boards
that filled my immediate need and shared with others.
One does not have any idea how much time it takes to
make boards, take orders, and ship them around the
world until you try it... that is the foundation for
any hesitation to really do this, and part of why I
hope to partner with Bridechamber for future
distribution along with his convenient offering of
MOTM-format panels since no one has previously made a
LPG in that format. All my best,

Thomas
--- David Vandenberg <dragonslair@...> wrote:

> Am I missing something here?
> This is a second run of boards, did you get
> permission from Don for
> the first run? if so, why would you need permission
> for a second run
> of the same board?
> On another note, the basic idea and design was
> Don's, you have
> modified the design and added other aspects to the
> circuit, so it is
> no longer his design, but yours. 90% of the designs
> in DIY (and in
> production synth modules) are based on something
> else, whether it is
> someone else's circuit, a modification of the app
> notes for the IC, or
> a circuit out of the old Electronotes, it doesn't
> matter, if you make
> any changes to it, it is now your design, most of my
> designs are based
> around the chip manufacturers app notes, or a
> circuit I found in
> Electronotes, so according to your logic I should be
> asking the chip
> manufacturers for their permission before I get any
> boards done up, or
> I should spend years trying to track down the guy
> who submitted the
> circuit to Electronotes 30 years ago, sometimes this
> "Intellectual
> Property" can be pushed a bit to far. 
> If you want to make a direct clone of a specific
> module
> (panels,circuit,pcb) then yes, you should get the
> original designers
> permission, otherwise I see no reason for it.
> 
> My 2 cents worth,
> Dave
> 
> 


Thomas White
  Natural Rhythm
www.naturalrhythmmusic.com