MOTM

Although I did notice that the EG behavior was a little different 
than what I had expected when playing fast at short attack settings 
I did not consider this a problem.  I assumed that it was just a 
property of the MOTM EG, just as the great sound quality is also a 
property of the MOTM.  Now that the problem has been defined and 
quantized a solution would be great, but I certainly do not consider 
this to be a serious problem or even a problem at all.  It's just 
like any other mod.  Some people may prefer one thing, others may 
prefer something else.

I certainly am not going to cancel the order I currently have with 
Paul which includes EGs.  I don't even expect him to bear the cost 
of the modification if one becomes available.  If I want it I'll pay 
for it.

I'm just thankful that there are people out there like Paul and his 
cohorts so that I can spend my time playing the thing instead of 
trying to design it.

Indeed if anyone is reconsidering an 800 order, that would be 
unwise.  This EG kicks ass.

Mike

--- In motm@y..., "paulhaneberg" <phaneber@o...> wrote:
> Although I did notice that the EG behavior was a little different 
> than what I had expected when playing fast at short attack 
settings 
> I did not consider this a problem.  I assumed that it was just a 
> property of the MOTM EG, just as the great sound quality is also a 
> property of the MOTM.  Now that the problem has been defined and 
> quantized a solution would be great, but I certainly do not 
consider 
> this to be a serious problem or even a problem at all.  It's just 
> like any other mod.  Some people may prefer one thing, others may 
> prefer something else.
> 
> I certainly am not going to cancel the order I currently have with 
> Paul which includes EGs.  I don't even expect him to bear the cost 
> of the modification if one becomes available.  If I want it I'll 
pay 
> for it.
> 
> I'm just thankful that there are people out there like Paul and 
his 
> cohorts so that I can spend my time playing the thing instead of 
> trying to design it.

> Indeed if anyone is reconsidering an 800 order, that would be
> unwise.  This EG kicks ass.

I recently received the four -800 kits that I purchased as part of my first
MOTM order. I've built one but haven't had a chance to even power it up. Do
I have any second thoughts about these modules based on what I've read here?
Absolutely not. OTOH I might wait to start building the other three until
after Paul has tinkered for awhile. :-)

Paul, I'd vote that you don't fix the
decay-acts-like-attack-when-sustain-is-10 bug. That sounds more like a
feature to me. The decay parameter really has no meaning when the sustain is
10, so if it does something unusual in this circumstance, that sounds like
behavior that might be useful. Essentially it's another attack contour, and
we can always use different contours from one modulation source.

--Adam

Yes, this *is* smart if you want the fix and it involves part 
changes.  I guess I would have two unfixed and two 'fixed'...

--- In motm@y..., Adam Schabtach <adam@s...> wrote:
> > Indeed if anyone is reconsidering an 800 order, that would be
> > unwise.  This EG kicks ass.
> 
> I recently received the four -800 kits that I purchased as part of 
my first
> MOTM order. I've built one but haven't had a chance to even power 
it up. Do
> I have any second thoughts about these modules based on what I've 
read here?
> Absolutely not. OTOH I might wait to start building the other 
three until
> after Paul has tinkered for awhile. :-)
> 
> Paul, I'd vote that you don't fix the
> decay-acts-like-attack-when-sustain-is-10 bug. That sounds more 
like a
> feature to me. The decay parameter really has no meaning when the 
sustain is
> 10, so if it does something unusual in this circumstance, that 
sounds like
> behavior that might be useful. Essentially it's another attack 
contour, and

> we can always use different contours from one modulation source.
> 
> --Adam

Agreed!  However, I would make the fix available as an option.

George

----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Schabtach <adam@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Re: MOTM 800-EG


<snip>

> Paul, I'd vote that you don't fix the
> decay-acts-like-attack-when-sustain-is-10 bug. That sounds more like a
> feature to me. The decay parameter really has no meaning when the sustain
is
> 10, so if it does something unusual in this circumstance, that sounds like
> behavior that might be useful. Essentially it's another attack contour,
and

> we can always use different contours from one modulation source.
>
> --Adam

I love my 3 '800s!  I agree that after 4 years and hundreds of customers, it
is not that big of a deal.

> Agreed!  However, I would make the fix available as an option.

Paul, when you find a "fix", sell it to us; please do not give it away.  And
implement it in all new kits as your process allows.  Rev 3!

Thanks!
Shemp