MOTM

I spent several hours going over all of the current (as of today) kit orders.
This does include the MOTM-485 GX-1 VCF (more on that later) and the '510.

The rather shocking number is that the number of kits exceeds ***500***. Now,
about 150 of those are 480/485/510 kits, which leave about 350 kits of the
"shipping now" category.

Good news #1: there are almost 40 FFB kits on order, so that can proceed. Good,
because *I* wanted one :)

Bad news #1: only 27 GX-1 VCFs on order. I know it's rather difficult to order a
VCF without samples. Mike Marsh will have a unit in about 10 days to start the
process. My "break-even" here is 32 kits. If some folks are fence-sitting,
please feel free to order before July 1st. Has a MOTM filter ever let you down?
:)

Good news #2: my new kit prep assistant is doing a great job. 3 months until
baby comes, so I'm loading her up big time :) She finished prepping 1000 jacks
today, and I gave here all the 1M log pots for MOTM-800 kits to prep. Then she
starts in on the 'real' MOTM-510 kitting. The initial run is 60 kits. There are
53 on order right now. So, there are 7 'slots' in this first batch (hint hint).

What does all this mean in terms of delivery?

Well, it means that for the *12 weeks* AFTER July 1, the ONLY thing shipping is
backlog. Period. Orders placed after July 1 will have to wait a MINIMUM of 8
weeks. The goal is to "over kit" on the popular kits (like the '190) so that
orders placed after Nov. 1st are shipped in *2 weeks*. But, in order to 'get
there', I have to place a 'freeze' on new order delivery and flush this backlog.
New order gladly *accepted* any time, but with the 8 week lead time.

Tomorrow I log the assembled backlog and schedule those poor suffering folks
some time in this 12 week 'freeze' as well.

I guess the 'bright' side is the MOTM module backlog exceeds the total module
output of Buchla.

Paul S.

On Sunday 27 June 2004 07:53, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> Bad news #1: only 27 GX-1 VCFs on order. I know it's
> rather difficult to order a VCF without samples. Mike
> Marsh will have a unit in about 10 days to start the
> process. My "break-even" here is 32 kits. If some folks
> are fence-sitting, please feel free to order before July
> 1st. Has a MOTM filter ever let you down?
>
> :)

You sound like a salesman. 
Oh wait, you *are* one. :P

Anyway, one 485 added to your backlog. :)

- Robert

>Bad news #1: only 27 GX-1 VCFs on order. I know it's rather difficult to
order a
>VCF without samples. Mike Marsh will have a unit in about 10 days to start
the
>process. My "break-even" here is 32 kits. If some folks are fence-sitting,
>please feel free to order before July 1st. Has a MOTM filter ever let you
down?

Dammit! I even ordered *two*-- as I was on the fence about whether to get
one or two.

For those who are curious, there's a nice article at Old Crow's page
describing the rather extreme (!) reverse engineering of these filters, with
a little taste in .WAV format of what they sound like, to whet the appetite!
:-)

http://www.cs80.com/ne_proj.html

Would I be disappointed if the GX-1 filter doesn't meet the break-even
point? Yes, very much so!

Frank In Baltimore

P.S wrote:
> > Bad news #1: only 27 GX-1 VCFs on order.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Vanaman <fvanaman@...>
> Dammit! I even ordered *two*-- as I was on the fence about whether to get
one or two.

--LH--
I also ordered two as I feel that emulation of that particular Yamaha sound
may be better with a pair of 485s instead od a 480.  Of course, I still have
a 480 on order.  However, while I have doubled up on all my other MOTM
filters, I am ordering the pair of 485s as opposed to getting two 480s.

> For those who are curious, there's a nice article at Old Crow's page
describing the rather extreme (!) reverse engineering of these filters, with
a little taste in .WAV format of what they sound like, to whet the appetite!
:-)
http://www.cs80.com/ne_proj.html

I had the pleasure of an on site demo at AHMW 2004.  I think this filter
will find a way in many acoustic sounding patches. Crow has done an
exceptional job of reverse engineering what looked impossible to me. :)

Larry H

I just listened to the crow's 485 demo and it's cool, I noticed on 
the last note,a low C (almost b natural actually) that opening the 
cutoff makes the pitch more flat while closing it gets sharper, I 
think this is somewhat a psychoacoustic matter also but I think this 
behaviour was far more evident than in other filters, did I miss 
something? any thoughts?
Enrico (Italy)

now I remember.  What the heck, it's 199 and I have some freebies 
coming.  Time to cash in.

- chris

On Jun 28, 2004, at 10:42 PM, Robert van der Kamp wrote:

> On Monday 28 June 2004 22:41, Chris Walcott wrote:
>> I can't find this on the web site.  Is it only on the
>> order page?
>>
>> I just checked the "new modules" page and it's not listed
>> there.  I vaguely remember it being discussed on the
>> list.  Can someone point me to where I can get more info?
>>  I'll most likely order one.
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> try this: http://www.cs80.com/ne_proj.html
>
> Cheers!
> Robert
>