MOTM

1) Preliminay pcb layout finished for MOTM-850 Pedal Interface. It can also
convert GATE to S-Trig for
Moog weenies :)

Will probably announce it for sale next week. PLEASE DO NOT "order" via
informal email PLEASE use the order form
or call me or Fax it in or send via snail mail 'wife stealth' mode (you know
who you are!). I will update the form
over the weekend.

Price is $99/$159. This IS a subscription module.

I expect shipments starting Oct. 18th. Depends on sheet metal (they are a
little pokey right now) and time
(at least it doesn't have 90 resistors).

Thanks to Stooge Tech 3rd Class Larry for the testing/breadboarding. Did I
mention it has a LED??!?

2) Despite my best efforts, MOTM continues to sell. The assembled backlog is
now 82 modules. I am getting
some help in soldering, and trying to get more. Out of '101 kits, will set
aside time next week to make some up
(a 'break' from soldering...grrrr....). After the '850 is rolling, will
start the '130 Dual VCA pcb layout. I'm trying
a new approach, using a 'quick turn' pcb service instead of point-to-point
wiring. I'm pretty fast laying
out the board once the parts are placed and the netlist is correct (this is
80% of the total time budget).

3) Check out Jim Aiken's column in Nov. issue of Keyboard :)

4) I am getting worried about 'NAMM compression' for time. Although I have 6
new modules in various states
(BTW: the MOTM-480 is a CS-80 filter) we will see what gets done in the next
3 months. First, the 82 assembled modules need to be shipped. That's only
fair to the people waiting. My goal is to have as many PROTOTYPES
working at NAMM. If this new pcb service works out, then once I come back
it's a matter of kitting up/writing
the manual/sheet metal. If the designs and pcbs are done by NAMM, then a
MOTM flood will happen.

Yawn. Time for bed. Soldered 8 '800s yesterday/today, started 6 '420s and
finishing up 7 '320s.

Paul S.