MOTM

--- In motm@y..., "Tentochi" <tentochi@c...> wrote:

> I believe only about 10 of the Mini-Wave were sold by Wiard

This is correct - only 10 were made, and MOTMites are known to hold 
at least 4 of those!

> The Mini-Wave has a 400 kHz A/D converter.  I belief someone here 
> said Wiard used the Digisound chip in its design.  It also contains 
> a 64k EPROM.  (Does the Mini-Wave morph between sounds as on the 
> PPGs and Waldorfs?)

There is no 'Digisound chip'. The Wiard uses different addressing 
circuitry than the Digisound, but the heart of the module is just a 
ROM. The original Digisound had a Curtis VCO built in to drive 
counters to address the ROM, while the Wiard / Blacet uses external 
CVs thru A/D converters to generate the ROM addressing. Note also 
that two of the Wiard wave banks duplicate the original 32 Digisound 
waves.

> I hope that John Blacet uses a standard MOTM-sized PCB, standard 
> mounting hole locations, ZIF EPROM socket and a standard MOTM power 
> connector in his design.

It's dangerous for me to speak for John, but I think it's safe to say 
that his pot mounting locations will fit the Blacet format as all his 
other designs do, not the MOTM format. You will be able to convert it 
to fit MOTM format much like you do any Blacet module. I'm most 
interested to see if he retains the Wiard signature LED row, or finds 
another way of displaying the address (a 2 digit hex display ala 
Modcan, for instance.) I'm sure you can continue to count on a 
standard MOTM power connection, and John mentioned on this list that 
he was attracted to perhaps including a ZIF socket. But he can speak 
for himself whenever he's ready...

> I am assuming that Dave and Larry will probably be doing a run of 
> Mini-Wave FPs in the future...

That's a pretty safe bet, as long as there's interest.

Moe