MOTM

Based on what I heard of the samples of the filters, I'd buy one.  
Especially in the 490 form factor!

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, The Old Crow <oldcrow@o...> wrote:
> 
>   It is not my intention to make a clone GX1.  Building the 
mechanical
> parts of such a machine would take far too long, for me at least, 
to
> justify such a project.  More realistic would be to convert say an 
EX-2
> into a sort of GX-2, and that would still be a huge project.
> 
>   I am determining the designs of the original submodules mainly 
out of 
> interest in whether the discrete circuits were the ancestors of 
the custom 
> chip set Yamaha made for the CS line.  Of secondary interest is 
making 
> spare parts for instruments that used them (SY1/2, CSY1/2, GX1).
> 
>   It is not hard to adapt the design to be a panel module, so if 
enough 
> folks were interested I was going to make one.  I'd like it to be 
MOTM 
> but Paul has enough to do as it is.  Perhaps if I gave him a turn-
key 
> design that used, say, the same panel layout as a 490 module, so 
that the 
> only effort he would need to provide is silkscreen of a different 
model 
> number and switch legend, and have a hole drilled for a mode 
select switch 
> (HP/LP).
> 
>   That is all up to him, though.  Talking about making modules is 
easy.  
> Producing them is not so easy.
> 
> Crow
> /**/
> 
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, edibennardo wrote:
> 
> > Is Crow's and other people's intention making a sort of GX1 
clone 
> > available in the future? or is it just the simple intention to 
> > reproduce some important GX1 parts for existing not working 
> > instruments? I read the word "production" somewhere and this 
sounds 
> > interesting though.
> > Enrico (Sicily)