MOTM

OK Everybody, let's all take a deep breath and keep our cool.  It isn't fun 
seeing folks I respect start to have it out in public.

I am grateful to Tony, Larry, Paul, and all of the others who support our 
collective desire to make noises with synths.  This is truly a great time 
for synthesis.

While I'm not thrilled with Tony's layout and knob choices on the FS, I'll 
still buy one.  I do believe there are better ways to lay out the panel but 
it may be too late for that since the layout is integral to the way Tony 
does his boards.  I guess I'd rather see him shipping the units than to 
wait for him to have another gap in his day gigs to do the redesign.  If 
you recall, his original question was about the tick marks and not about 
the layout and knob choices.  It appears that the ship has sailed on those 
issues so there isn't much that can be done.  I also don't see this module 
as a potential stooge modification again because the pot mounting is 
integral to the board (look at the back of a UEG to see what I mean).  BTW, 
on the topic of tick marks, I don't care, and from the responses so far, it 
doesn't seem to be what most folks care about.

For the knobs, I don't care.  If it bothers me enough, I'll put different 
knobs on it.  There probably is a missed opportunity here for better visual 
impact but a MOTM format FS is better than none.

Regarding the schematics, it is Tony's prerogative to keep them private and 
we should respect that.  It is his design and intellectual property and no 
one should be dis'ing him for wanting to protect it.  Some designers are 
much more generous in this area and I salute them for sharing their designs 
with the community but I don't think negatively of Tony for going the 
strictly assembled route and protecting his designs.  I'm glad he is doing 
this in MOTM format so I can use it in my system.  Perhaps we have become a 
bit spoiled with the current choices offered these days.  I don't think 
anyone got schematics out of Bob Moog or Alan R. Perlman without being an 
authorized service center and probably signing some agreements.

Let's be thankful for what we have and encourage more designers to make 
more modules available!

Regards,
	Eric