MOTM

>I took my first module (420 filter) to work and made everybody there look 
>at it! I even made some people turn the knobs. It's a good feeling when 
>you've put something that cool together yourself!
Barry S.



From: bruce@...
>Reply-To: motm@yahoogroups.com
>To: motm@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [motm] My family thinks I have lost it
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 05:11:29 -0000
>
>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)
>
>

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