MOTM

a) I have built MOTM-900 and MOTM-950 power supply kits up for all of the 
existing backlog. If you are owed a power supply kit, please email me with 
the Order # and I will ship theis week. This speeds things up versus 
searching through the order database (SQL queries not all that easy to use 
in the existing framework).

b) Worked most of last week and all weekend on assembled module orders. MOTM 
2.0 orders are 95% caught up. Wed-Sunday the #1 issue is kitting MOTM-300s. 
My MOTM time will be limited the middle 2 weeks of October, but shipping 
MOTM kits in October is what I am going to focus on. Note: there are still 2 
MOTM-300 VCO kits left to buy. I also plan to ship the last week of October, 
all of the MOTM-510 kit backlog.

So, by Nov 1st, the plan is to have <20 kits remaining to be shipped. These 
are the few left-over kits that GC Fuller in Indiana were not able to ship 
at the end of last year (like VCFs, a few MOTM-190s, etc). I'm also going to 
release this week to the pcb house the MOTM-910 Mult pc board, so these will 
all ship around Nov 8th.

c) I have 10 weeks remaining for 2007 (I close Dec 15th, reopen Jan 15th). 
It has not been "smooth sailing" as I hoped, but looking at the backlog 10 
weeks will be enough time to ket all the "old stuff" out the door, so I can 
focus on what I've been wanting to do for the last 2 years: R&D! The focus 
of new R&D is to create modules that have an 'immediate and dramatic effect' 
by being added to your existing systems (and to spur non-MOTMers to get with 
the program). Believe me, I have *lots* of module ideas. Enough for at least 
8 *new modules*. Being free of providing end-user kits will allow me to 
offer more 'Buchla-esque' stuff for all the bug music lovers out there :) I 
am *extremely motivated* to flush out the backlog and get on with the design 
end of things. I have been saving capital dollars for Q1 2008 in order to 
buy the reels of SMT parts needed to rapidly build 100s of modules (guessing 
about $6200). Waiting 2 years for delivery will be just old news. Just wait 
and see :)

Paul S.