The Cyndustries List

hello cynthia,
i'm glad that all these adjustments are being made
now, so when i receive my euro ZO, it will fit nice
and correct to my doepfer a100 rack!
keep up the good work,
best regards,
bakis.




--- Cynthia <cynthia.webster@gte.net> wrote:

> We have discovered a couple of difficulties with the
> present mechanical fit of the
> Euro Format Zeroscillators and have thus suspended
> Euro format shipments for a
> week or so while we make the necessary adjustments.
> 
> 1. The depth of the Zeroscillator in it's present
> form is too deep for the
>    Doepfer Euro Rack becuase it interferes with the
> Doepfer power distro card
>    that runs horizontally across the middle of the
> rackspace.
> 
>    Note: This only affects Doepfer Euro Racks,
>    Analogue Systems racks are fine in this regard.
> 
>    The Fix: We have designed a backplane right-angle
> card that shortens the
>    Zeroscillator by 1.5" inches, they are in the
> soup, and the boards should be
>    here and built within the next week or so.
> 
> 
> 2. The circuit board immediately behind the Euro ZO
> front panel is just a
>    tiny bit too long at the bottom, and interferes
> with both brands of racks.
> 
>     The Fix: Our original PCB design easily allows
> for this adjustment,
>    we just have to file or mill the edge a bit more
> than we already are, and
>    mount the Vari-Synch pots in their alternate PCB
> mounting holes.
> 
> 
> Most Euro ZOs will fit, (albeit tighthly) into an
> Analogue Systems Euro Rack,
> but none of them will fit a Doeper Euro Rack
> properly until we make the
> above adjustments.  Thankfully these two issues are
> simple to fix.
> 
> 1. Because of all of the case swapping, there has
> also been a lot of power
>    connector swapping.  We sent the first units out
> with Doepfer 10-pin
>    power cables, but it seems that customers want
> the 16-pin Doepfer cables
>    instead.  Also provision must be made swap over
> to the Analogue Systems
>    power connector more easily.
> 
>    The Fix:  We are changing over to the Doepfer
> 16-pin power connector
>    on the Zeroscillator instead of the 10-pin, (and
> will impliment the version
>    with the plastic surround with the polarized
> keyway).
> 
>    We will include two power cables so you can have
> it both ways.
> 
> Thank you to our Customers who have been so patient
> that last few weeks,
> we needed the time to send a few units out, get some
> feedback, and then
> some time to properly digest that feedback and
> design the solutions.
> The upgrates are already underway, and shipping will
> resume quickly.
> 
> To those who have already received their Euro ZOs,
> we will contact you
> in the next week to resolve these issues to your
> total satisfaction guaranteed.
> 
> There will be some delay of all format Zeroscillator
> shipments during this
> brief interval while we focus on these quick
> adjustments.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your support!
> 
> 
> Cynthia
> 
> http://www.cyndustries.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 


Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds
[Doepfer_a100] group owner
http://www.parallel-worlds-music.com
http://www.shimarecords.co.uk
http://www.rubber.gr
Athens-Greece

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com