MOTM

Thanks for the info on this Paul.  As usual, sounds interesting.

This is called the micro-sequencer - hmm... so does that mean that a)
someday there will be a macro-sequencer, and b) it will be more
"traditional", i.e. pots, switches & leds?  (MOAS anyone??) <grin>

George
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
To: Mike Marsh <mmarsh@...>; Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@...>
Cc: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Re: uSequencer!!


> There hasn't been much about it "officially", but behind the scenes there
has been 2 months of HW
> and SW work.
>
> Full details will come later (with all the other 500 series) on Dec. 1st
(full web pages, demos,
> ordering, etc). Here is a 'teaser':
>
> a) It's a digital sequencer with both CV in and CV out. The uP is blazing
fast, 5 MIPs (million
> instructions/second). FLASH memory is used to store setups and sequencer
data (no batteries).
>
> b) the panel does not look like a traditional sequencer. The trade off was
functions versus $400
> worth of pots, LEDs and switches in a big panel. The MOTM-600 is 3U wide.
>
> c) you can chain multiple MOTM-600s together via small ribbon cables at
the rear.
>
> d) it will take getting use to the 'fingering' to use it live. Just like a
flute has different
> fingering than a sax, the MOTM-600's panel has a different 'fingering' to
say a Moog 960. But it
> has about 65 MORE features than a Moog 960 :)
>
> e) It is not a kit. It wll be fully assembled. The *bugetary*  price is
$399. The *maximum* price
> will be $499. I don't think I can get down below $359 due to parts cost.
>
> I want the HW and SW to progress until mid-Nov until I start talking
specifics, because certain
> desires now in the spec (the SW/functional spec runs over 30 pages long)
may be undoable do to
> time/code space/timimg issues.
>
> Sequencer 'traditionalists' may not warm up to the interface. But before
you make your mind up,
> wait for the details to emerge and I think you'll see the power lurking
behind the panel.
>
> Paul S.