MOTM

> Now that the ice has melted, and all of our cars are caked with salt and sand, I can drive to

> post office and actually *ship* stuff next week. And trust me, I know *exactly* how far behind

> am. I just spent 1 hour updating the backlog and planning the building/kitting/parts ordering
> schedule for the next 10 WEEKS.
>
> Assembled backlog (not counting 500/600 series)
>
> Has reached an all time high! Which is great because Feb. is the traditional slow month here
> (folks paying off the last of the Christmas debts and waiting for tax refunds). I shipped 61
> assembled modules in Dec/Jan/Feb with NAMM sucking up 6 weeks of that period. Most of the

> is from *new* customers, one all the way from Russia! The majority of the backlog is '190s,

> and '800s. I'll be soldering the entire week of March 10th. Right now I'm working on a batch of
> 440s.
>
> Kit backlog (not counting 500/600 series)
>
> I have stocked completely the '190, '490, '310 and '830. Starting Monday on 48 kits of the '800
> followed by 36 kits of the '300. Looking over the current backlog, I should be able to ship

> 125 kits out next week! I also made up some '940s, so some of you waiting on those will see

> I am out of '910s, and it will take until around March 21st to get more back in stock (built by
> outside shop). I do now have *plenty* of '960s and '990s. I have all of the parts in for the

> *except* the new wire set, which gets ordered on Monday.
>
> 500/600 series
>
> The current guesstimate on these things shipping are as follows:
>
> WaveWarper - mid April. I need to implement the last pcb tweak and get the rotary switches

> The good news is that the Spectrol 100 ohm pots (for the 'Warp Factor' control) arrived Friday.
> I'm not the only slow company around: these were ordered Oct. 11th :)
>
> Fixed Filter bank - early May. The design is done, I'm going to order the front panels in about

> weeks. The pcb design needs to be completed (going from 1 large pcb to two small ones) with the
> expansion connector added. Several beta testers have played with it, all give it a huge thumbs
> up.
>
> Cloud Generator - June. This is all my fault, I have to get off my butt and do the prototype

> so the firmware can get going. The week of March 24th is Cloud Off My Butt Week.
>
> uSeq - late April/early May. Needs 1 pcb revision, but the hardware is solid. Front panels in
> stock. I'm ordering parts for 50 units next week. Right now, about 38 are on order. If you want
> to get in the first run, now the time to order. I can't keep much inventory due to the high $$$
> cost and the fact the parts cannot be used by other modules (like say TL072 op amps can be).
>
> MIDI/CV - May. Atmel (the uP vendor) shafted us in late Dec. and we now have to add a small PIC
> uP to assist in the SPI I/O hardware. Nothing much we can do here as about 2 months prior HW/SW
> went bye-bye.
>
> Also: the MOTM-480 will *finally* see the light of day in late May as well. I can't schedule

> to do the pcb layout until April. I do have 95% of the parts for it, including front panels.
>
> Well, that's the 'bad' news. MOTM is still growing despite war gloom and a down economy.

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From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
Triple Preamp
Envelope Follower
VC Pulse Divider
VC Envelope Generator (880)
JH interpolating scanner
JH-5 style dual LPF

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: elle_webb <elle_webb@...> [mailto:elle_webb@...]
>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:56 PM
>
>Pro-One/MacBeth Kit
>A kit for a complete basic lead synth similar to a Pro-One (without
>the keyboard) or a MacBeth. Two basic VCOs, noise, a LFO, a VCF, a
>VCA, two EG's, switches for selecting modulation routing, a basic
>Midi converter, and jacks for the most commonly used cv modulators in
>and out. 1 panel, 5U by 19". This could be used for live performance
>and situations where you want MOTM quality, but also need rapid
>switching of common modulations.

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From: <elle_webb@...>
Here are a few ideas that may be a little "out there":

Preset panel/wiring kit (The "spaghetti in your guts" module) A simple panel
and wiring kit that would support configuring 2 or 3 semi-permanent
normalized presets. Switch it in, and it would make the 5-10 connections
inside your case for a basic patch. Switch it out, and it does nothing.

--LH--
A while back, Paul talked about a possible module which might share some of
this functionality. He talked about a preset module with several voltage
outputs that could be remembered as part of a patch. I'm not sure how many
CV outs make sense. But, to me, this kind of module, coupled with some 700
switches and VC modules could be awesome. However, to run the real estate
down somewhat, I would think some switches built in would be a cool think
too.

Of course, this is all from gray matter long-term storage memory which is
not near as good as it used to be.
Larry

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