MOTM

a) Although I have not been able to ship as much as I planned the last 3 weeks, 
the *next* 3 weeks I will be able to ship quite a lot. I am 85% caught up on the 
MOTM 2.0 orders. I just received 250 3-pot Stooge brackets, so I am fully 
stocked. Spectrol has quoted the 248J log pot at a reasonable price (although I 
have to buy 500 all at once) but I will place that order Monday.

I am fully committed to "zero out" the backlog, ALL of it, by  Oct 1st. at the 
*latest*. I am actually shooting for Sept 1 but chances are my "real job" will 
prevent that. I have to run some more MOTM-650 boards, that will probably be the 
last of the backlog to ship (I have pcbs stuffed for about 10 more as of today, 
and all 10 of these are going to ship by the 25th).

Tomorrow I am going to make up all of the remaining MOTM-510 WaveWarper kit 
backlog and all of the MOTM-900/950 backlog. Next, I have to ship around 24 Frac 
modules to AH. This will be followed by *all* of the VCO backlog (kits and 
assembled) and the remaining assembled backlog. This will take all summer.

b) All of that being said: R&D of new MOTM modules is *still ongoing*. I'm just 
not talking about it 'publicly yet. I have buying $100s of dollars of 
development tools (both HW and SW) since Jan. getting the preliminary designs 
ironed out. I will have at least 4 new MOTM modules in prototype form by Q4. All 
of these are not "vanilla" type modules. They are unique to MOTM.

In the past, I have asked assistance $$$-wise to 'charge ahead' prior to 
shipping. With the new shopping cart, I am going to try a new marketing tact. I 
am going to offer "early-bird" pricing for people that PayPal or give that early 
charge permission. This will be for a limited number of units (say the first 
25). I will do this when I have production-worthy prototypes ready to be 
released for board stuffing. The remaining modules will *not* appear in the cart 
until the day they are READY TO SHIP. Now, this gap will more than likely be 6-8 
weeks. But the reward for those that wish to participate is they get a lower 
price and get their units first.

What modules are we talking about?

MOTM-520 Cloud Generator
MOTM-810 VC ADSR EG
MOTM-720 VC Pulse Divider

and a not-yet discussed module. I will say it will be 2U wide, require the 
MOTM-950 or equivalent (requires +5V), and there is *nothing like it ever* that 
I am aware. Now, some people will actually snicker when they see it (and the 
price, no doubt) and I may not sell all that many. But it will probably the most 
*talked-about* module in the MOTM lineup :) The module itself has fairly 
straight-forward HW but quite sophisticated SW (we hope to use the same uP, an 
Analog Devices ADuC7026 ARM processor that is in the Cloud Generator). Once the 
prototype is running, I will post some demos.

I guess what I'm trying to say is: MOTM is not 'slowing dying out' as some may 
think. Just the opposite, actually. There are still *many things to build*. Ever 
want a Serge TKB-like touch sequencer? Think they cost a lot? Well......(cough 
cough).

Lastly, thanks to Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers for selecting MOTM as 
their new analog modular. Another MOTM-440 convert :)

Paul S.