MOTM

Several have asked "Why is the 500 series not subscription?"

Well, the though was these are not 'mainstream' modules. These are designed
for specific types of sound.
Maybe the "subbers" will want them anyway :)

Since I'm tired of getting blasted for not being "weird enough" I thought
I'd do something about it. Wiard
has it's Wogglebug (I listened to the demos, laughed my *** off. This is
desired??!?). So I'm cooking up
COMPLETELY NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE modules. I don't even know if they are
"musically useful".
As most of you know, this has been my #1 goal with MOTM: to make modules
that are USEFUL.

R&D takes a LONG time. R&D time is 'taken away' from filling orders. This is
why I put in 18 hour days, 7 days
a week for the last 3 years. With NAMM coming up, my goal is to first
DEVELOP the new modules, not to pressure
myself to offer them for sale. It's a vicious cycle: I offer module X, which
then I get 60 orders to fill, which means
I can't them work on Y and Z because I have to ship Xs. I am lucky to have
talented folks as customers (I screen
my customers carefully! HA!) that I can 'farm out' some of the R&D.

So, in a way I am a victim of my own success. If sales were 2 to 3X, I could
have a 'real' business with fancy offices
and labs and a real copy machine. The reality is that the profit margin is
low (contrary to popular belief) and so
I must limp along. I am trying to increase the speed of the limp.

So relax, patch up some stuff, and wait for your CD to get there (sent 45
yesterday, 45 more today).

Paul S.

---- "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
> Several have asked "Why is the 500 series not subscription?"
> 
> Well, the though was these are not 'mainstream' modules. These are
> designed
> for specific types of sound.
> Maybe the "subbers" will want them anyway :)

I definitely do, I got into Analog synths back in the early seventies
just to make unique sounds whether musical or not.

> Since I'm tired of getting blasted for not being "weird enough" I thought
> I'd do something about it. Wiard
> has it's Wogglebug (I listened to the demos, laughed my *** off. This
> is
> desired??!?). So I'm cooking up
> COMPLETELY NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE modules. I don't even know if they
> are
> "musically useful".
> As most of you know, this has been my #1 goal with MOTM: to make modules
> that are USEFUL.

I, for one, will find a use for just about any sound generator/mangler.
 
> R&D takes a LONG time. R&D time is 'taken away' from filling orders.
> This is
> why I put in 18 hour days, 7 days
> a week for the last 3 years. With NAMM coming up, my goal is to first
> DEVELOP the new modules, not to pressure
> myself to offer them for sale. It's a vicious cycle: I offer module
> X, which
> then I get 60 orders to fill, which means
> I can't them work on Y and Z because I have to ship Xs. I am lucky
> to have
> talented folks as customers (I screen
> my customers carefully! HA!) that I can 'farm out' some of the R&D.
> 
> So, in a way I am a victim of my own success. If sales were 2 to 3X,
> I could
> have a 'real' business with fancy offices
> and labs and a real copy machine. The reality is that the profit margin
> is
> low (contrary to popular belief) and so
> I must limp along. I am trying to increase the speed of the limp.

There's no urgency here. I'll be happy if another module is never produced.
We already have more than the "pioneers" had.

> 
> So relax, patch up some stuff, and wait for your CD to get there (sent
> 45
> yesterday, 45 more today).
> 
> Paul S.
> 
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At 8:56 AM -0500 9/6/2001, Paul Schreiber wrote:
>Several have asked "Why is the 500 series not subscription?"
>
>Well, the though was these are not 'mainstream' modules. These are designed
>for specific types of sound.
>Maybe the "subbers" will want them anyway :)

I'd be willing to bet that most subscribers would want the 500's as 
well. I mean, if this list is any representation of the whole 
subscriber community, we're not a particularly mainstream bunch...

>
>Since I'm tired of getting blasted for not being "weird enough" I thought
>I'd do something about it. Wiard
>has it's Wogglebug (I listened to the demos, laughed my *** off. This is
>desired??!?). So I'm cooking up
>COMPLETELY NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE modules. I don't even know if they are
>"musically useful".
>As most of you know, this has been my #1 goal with MOTM: to make modules
>that are USEFUL.

I think that a lot of us use the MOTM specifically for the more 
bizarroworld end of synthesis. Not that MOTM doesn't make a terrific 
conventional synth by any means, I've been patching some really nice 
bass sounds using the 440 lately. In fact, you could probably make a 
really kickass monosynth from boards you've already designed, and not 
having heard the Moog unit, I'd still bet yours would be the better 
unit (and probably cheaper).

So don't worry about being musically useful. We'll make some music 
with whatever you put out (perhaps with a pretty liberal definition 
of the word "music"). I like being challenged to figure out how to 
use a new module. For instance, I had no idea how I'd use a MiniWave 
based on the descriptions from Wiard and Blacet. But I knew Grant and 
John well enough to trust that it would be something cool, and got 
one. Same with the Dark Star. And I trust your designs enough to know 
that if you think a module's interesting, I will too! I know that 
when I heard the 6-way ringmod demo, I was hearing sounds that I 
wanted to make!

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sorry paul, did it again - replied to sender by accident - must have been
zombie resonance or something
anyway chaps on the list:

> > COMPLETELY NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE modules. I don't even know if they are
> > "musically useful".
>
> hello all,
> i just cannot wait - really really cannot wait
> especially since a new book hit the doormat today:
>
> "Electronic Projects From The Next Dimension - Paranormal Experiments For
> Hobbyists"
> Newton C Braga
> Newnes (ISBN 0-7506-7305-2)
>
> things are going to get a whole lot stranger from here on in...
> :-)
> cheers
> paul b
>

Could not agree more!  That's what's its all about - unleash the 
floodgates and someone will find a unique application to use/abuse 
the design.  

That's totally the reason I went the modular route (plus the 
immediacy of it) and I'd bet alot of other people on the list would 
agree.  If all I wanted was a standard selection of modules I'd have 
decided on a simple monosynth with patch storage capabilities - much 
smaller, much less expensive, and, arguably, more convenient.  I'm 
not saying I don't think some of the current modules don't have 
unique features - I think they do.  I'm just stating that you've got 
a talented lot of thinkers w/ a different perspective on things and 
whatever you throw at us we'll make the most of.

I do understand producing the standard lot from a marketing/sales 
perspective but if we got one whacked out design for every 4 standard 
modules I think we'd all be happy.

Viva MOTM and the MOTM Compatible family...

>> So don't worry about being musically useful. We'll make some music 
with whatever you put out (perhaps with a pretty liberal definition 
of the word "music"). I like being challenged to figure out how to 
use a new module. For instance, I had no idea how I'd use a MiniWave 
based on the descriptions from Wiard and Blacet. But I knew Grant and 
John well enough to trust that it would be something cool, and got 
one. Same with the Dark Star. And I trust your designs enough to know 
that if you think a module's interesting, I will too! I know that 
when I heard the 6-way ringmod demo, I was hearing sounds that I 
wanted to make!