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Hello Paul, is the following clip http://synthtech.com/m520/cloud2.mp3 a clip from the 
old Cloudgenerator or the new design? I found it in the same directory...

Koos

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> Not another boring update this time :)
> 
> a) There is new MOTM-650 firmware available for beat test:
> 
> www.synthtech.com/m650/motm650v13rc2.sfi
> 
> Here are the release notes:
> 
> * Bugfix - Unison & Unison Steal voice allocation modes no longer
>   generate "VA_Hosed" errors when more notes played than there are
>   voices.  Algorithm for dealing with released notes in Unison modes
>   changed, code cleaned up and made more understandable!
> * Bugfix - Notes don't hang when note #127 received and sustain held.
> * Feature Change - Note #127 (hex #7f) is ignored.
> 
> Use the MIDI updater program and install this code. Please report any bugs to me 
> (not the list). The mail fix is the Unison modes and with the Sustain Pedal.
> 
> b) We have new MOTM-520 Cloud Generator samples running on hardware (not a 
> simulation) here:
> 
> www.synthtech.com/m520
> 
> note that this hardware is 'lo-fi' recorded without any anti-aliasing output 
> filters, so it's going to sound a bit "clangy". But you can get the general idea 
> :)
> 
> chaos_nb.mp3: this is all 16 oscillators running. Starting in unison
> with the chaos amplitude at minimum and the noise generator at its
> narrowest bandwidth, I step the amplitude up to maximum. I'm taking
> pretty coarse steps here, but the hardware allows very fine control.
> 
> chaos_wb.mp3: this is all 16 oscillators running. Starting in unison
> with the chaos amplitude at minimum and the noise generator at its
> widest bandwidth, I step the amplitude up to maximum. As in the
> previous case, I'm taking pretty coarse steps here but the hardware
> allows very fine control.
> 
> pwm_lfo_sweep.mp3 : this is one oscillator playing alone while the pwm
> is swept from min to max by the lfo. The sine distortion is using a
> modulation/carrier ratio of 1.25 - many other ratios are possible.
> 
> All 3 samples have sine waves on 1 channel and pulses on the other.
> 
> c) Indiana starts the kitting of 360 modules tomorrow. This is 1 full-time and 1 
> part-time person, so it's going to *take a while*. I spent all weekend gathering 
> up parts I have here to send to Indiana, and tomorrow will order the stuff I 
> don't have. If you have not received any *kits* yet, and your order is #248 or 
> below, email me.
> 
> Until Indiana can get up enough kits to ship through ~#350 without backorders, 
> and to kit up the kits on current backorder (mostly '510s), it's going to take 
> until *early November* before more kits can be shipped. Between now and then, I 
> plan to ship 30 assembled modules: 15 MIDI-CV and 15 others. I will be getting 
> MOTM-910 prototype pc boards on Friday with the new jack style.
> 
> The week of the 22nd I am in training all week (PowerPoint overload), when no 
> one is looking on my laptop I will be working on the Pulse Divider. Email that 
> week will be late at night because my network is tied up on the web conference 
> during the day.
> 
> d) So, for the next 2 or 3 weeks, there will appear to be a 'lull' in the 
> activity but remember there is more to MOTM than shipping. You have to "do 
> stuff" in *order* to be able to ship. That's what we will be doing, if Indiana 
> finishes sooner then certainly kits will start to go out.
> 
> e) 1 last item: remember the WaveWarper switches are now *all white*, but that 
> is the only change. It's a RoHS thing :(
> 
> Paul S>
>