MOTM

I wanted to finally get my "review" of the 420 in. I've been preoccupied with 
other stuff, so it took me a few days to get it going, but I found it to be 
the easiest kit to build yet. I just finished testing it about an hour ago, 
so I'm still putting it through the paces. Mine needed no calibration at all. 
The 1V/oct was very close over the four octave range of my keyboard, and the 
RES pot went into feedback at exactly 8, so I left it that way. 

I really like its nasty overdriven sound, and the input mixer will come in 
very handy. I also really like the ability to have three CV sources mixed, 
and especially enjoy that reversing attenuator. I find this control best 
suited, for example, to times when during the initial stages of a LPF patch 
with a positive going envelope and the attenuator near 1, a mere turn of the 
knob towards -1 (and a minor adjustment of the FREQ pot) can take a rather 
typical patch in a new direction that one might not have thought. Well worth 
the minimal circuitry!

I still haven't checked out your patch Jim, but I will over the weekend -- 
thanks for posting it! And I still think the Patch Page is a good idea, 
thanks for the offer Steve.

And I too am interested in your controller Doug. And I can't imagine Paul 
minding you mentioning a joystick controller in the context of MOTM. After 
all, with a two dimensional controller, you'll have to buy twice as many MOTM 
kits as you otherwise would!

I'm still thinking about Dave's Moog Ribbon, I hope that repair job is coming 
along better than we last heard.

But now I've got to try Thomas's idea of plugging a distorted guitar into the 
420!
More later!
John B.