MOTM

At 9:03 AM -0500 09/06/01, Paul Schreiber wrote:
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>First, you are assuming there is a "system" :)

Well, you are an engineer named "Schreiber"  :)

>The reality is that the series was 100 and 900 to put 'placeholders'
>at the ends.

That makes sense.  Weren't the 100 and 900 the first modules offered, or
did the 900 come much later??

>But, as time went on
>I sort of have a little scheme:
>
>100: simple audio procesors
>200: reserved

Overflow from the 100 series??  I figure only 10 modules can fit in each
series, as the last digit seems to be the revision number (eg. 101)

>300: oscillators/LFO

Hence the "O" in LFO :)

>400: filters
>500: weird
>600: reserved
>700: no telling

Sequencers, routers, logic modules??

>800: DC processors, but the mixer is AC/DC so I stuck it in there

OK :)  I'm surprised the mixer wasn't named the 600 (it has six inputs) and
start a new series for traditional audio processors such as the triple
pre-amp.  I'm guessing the envelope follower will be placed in the 100
series with the other two VCA's, although like the 830 and 101, it also has
DC output.   I'm thinking the 800 series will fill up very fast, as it
seems Larry can ride a motorcycle and design new voltage modules at the
same time.  What a timesaver!!  I've never come back from vacation with
anything more than an empty wallet and a sunburn :)

>900: misc/utility

Thank you for explaining this.

>workin' on the MOTM-480 filter. Hmmmm..........wonder what THAT is??!? :)

At 7:37 PM -0500 09/07/01, Microtonal wrote:
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>Since the 410 is 3 1-pole filters,

Are you sure it isn't 3 2-pole filters??  Besides the PS-3100 also had a
fixed HPF so that would make it the 470 :)

>the 420 is a 2 pole filter and the 440 is
>a 4 pole filter, the logical conclusion is the 480 is an 8 pole
>>filter/phase shifter.

Hmmm...well 420 is from MS-20, and you would think a Prophet Five filter
clone would have a five in it, but you'd be wrong.

Oh I get it, "MS" has two letters so that's 420, and "Five" has four
letters so that's 440, and since JH has always been a big fan of those Korg
string machines, PS is probably spelled with 100 letters in
German..."additional followingaboveprevioussignaturecomment" or something,
and Paul just rounded it off to two significant digits :)

Since "Oberheim" has eight letters, the 480 would be the SEM filter, and
since Moog has an "oo" in it, so that would be the 400 -- the very first
synth filter.  Otoh, "Bob" only has three letters so maybe that's the 430 :)