MOTM

Ok.

Some of you may not think this is a big deal, and all of you without 
sin may cast the first stone.

Last night I built my power supply.  First module, no big deal as it 
was pretty much bold and connect with almost no soldering.

Today, I was going to tackle the easiest of the kits that I got in my 
first batch, the MOTM-800 Envelope.  So about 15 minutes ago I 
finished and tightened up the knobs.  I ran out of the garage and into 
the house to show everyone. Yeah, even made my dear wife look at it.

I cannot stop smiling.  It was not a big deal or super tough, but it 
has been a dream of mine to have a modular synth since I was about 12 
and got to see the one at the UofI in Champagin IL.  My "over the top" 
dream was that I could actually build my own.  But in school I went 
software instead of hardware, and even though I spent a good 4 years 
in the military doing Avionics, I lack the design skills to do the 
full life cycle.

So I am sure it has been said before, but thanks to Paul and everyone 
else who put work into making these things real.  It is truely a dream 
come true for me, and it is tough to feel the joy of building it.  

So tomorrow night I move myself up the skill scale and take on my 
filter.

8-)

Bruce Henderson
(still grinning from ear to ear)