MOTM

---- "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
> Several have asked "Why is the 500 series not subscription?"
> 
> Well, the though was these are not 'mainstream' modules. These are
> designed
> for specific types of sound.
> Maybe the "subbers" will want them anyway :)

I definitely do, I got into Analog synths back in the early seventies
just to make unique sounds whether musical or not.

> Since I'm tired of getting blasted for not being "weird enough" I thought
> I'd do something about it. Wiard
> has it's Wogglebug (I listened to the demos, laughed my *** off. This
> is
> desired??!?). So I'm cooking up
> COMPLETELY NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE modules. I don't even know if they
> are
> "musically useful".
> As most of you know, this has been my #1 goal with MOTM: to make modules
> that are USEFUL.

I, for one, will find a use for just about any sound generator/mangler.
 
> R&D takes a LONG time. R&D time is 'taken away' from filling orders.
> This is
> why I put in 18 hour days, 7 days
> a week for the last 3 years. With NAMM coming up, my goal is to first
> DEVELOP the new modules, not to pressure
> myself to offer them for sale. It's a vicious cycle: I offer module
> X, which
> then I get 60 orders to fill, which means
> I can't them work on Y and Z because I have to ship Xs. I am lucky
> to have
> talented folks as customers (I screen
> my customers carefully! HA!) that I can 'farm out' some of the R&D.
> 
> So, in a way I am a victim of my own success. If sales were 2 to 3X,
> I could
> have a 'real' business with fancy offices
> and labs and a real copy machine. The reality is that the profit margin
> is
> low (contrary to popular belief) and so
> I must limp along. I am trying to increase the speed of the limp.

There's no urgency here. I'll be happy if another module is never produced.
We already have more than the "pioneers" had.

> 
> So relax, patch up some stuff, and wait for your CD to get there (sent
> 45
> yesterday, 45 more today).
> 
> Paul S.
> 
-- 
James Holloway
jimh54@... - email

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