MOTM

As some of you can attest, it's been a busy shipping week. Over 180 kits have 
been shipped in 2 weeks. That is still less than 1/3 of the total :)
But we are trying to ship as much as possible with the parts issues to deal 
with.

I am going to go back over this evening all of the orders from #190 to #1 off 
the new cart, to see

a) if I missed anybody
b) what Texas stuff needs to go out
c) see what that assembled backlog is

I tested the new WaveWarper switches yesterday, they are OK. The CM made 4ea, 
these all went to assembled backlog. I am sending 70pcs off tomorrow for wiring 
up, this will cover the 16ea kits from the sale, and then hopefully some for 
more kits later in the year. NOTE!** the new switches are all white (the old 
ones were black and gray). I will have to edit the assembly instructions some to 
show this. I expect to get these switches back around Oct 13th. That is when all 
of the sale kit '510 backlog can ship out.

There is still a bug in the V1.2 '650 firmware that interferes with Unison Mode. 
I am waiting for a code revision to ship more '650s. I will make up my usual set 
of 8 this week to ship, they can go out when the code is ready.

The Spectrol pots are now the pacing item. This will effect VCOs mostly. They 
are the only modules that *require* the 149 cermet pots. Unless Spectrol can 
beat their ship date (which historically, they do not), I have only enough pots 
for about 40% of the kits and 10% of the assembled backlog. I'm only going to 
have these for the COARSE/FINE pots. Since the leads are short now, I will use a 
"pot chiclet" for the COARSE panel pot. This is actually easier than hand-wiring 
to the longer leads anyway. I will solder to the pcb and attach the wire, all 
you will have to do is solder to the pc board. What a deal.

BTW: I checked the price of the AD538AD used in the '510, the price has 
*doubled* since Sept (I guess the demand is low). When additional '510 kits are 
released, expect a price increase of around $30.

Paul S.