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Time for more MOTM trivia!  I have put forth a few questions like this in the past.

Who proposed the original name for MOTM (Hint:  It was a women.)?

When was it proposed?

What were the original initials that were proposed?

What was the *initial* form factor MOTM was based on (Hint:  It was not the final decision.)?

What was the planned first module called?  What functions would be on board (Hint:  It never went
into production.)?

What noted synth personality helped design the VCO?

I will leave it at that for now.

Cheers!
Shemp


		
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When do we get the answers?  I've been waiting a _whole_day_  :)

Tentochi wrote:

>Time for more MOTM trivia!  I have put forth a few questions like this in the past.
>
>Who proposed the original name for MOTM (Hint:  It was a women.)?
>
>When was it proposed?
>
>What were the original initials that were proposed?
>
>What was the *initial* form factor MOTM was based on (Hint:  It was not the final decision.)?
>
>What was the planned first module called?  What functions would be on board (Hint:  It never went
>into production.)?
>
>What noted synth personality helped design the VCO?
>
>I will leave it at that for now.
>
>Cheers!
>Shemp
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Here they are!!!

> Who proposed the original name for MOTM (Hint:  It was a women.)?

Dan Higdon's wife
 
> When was it proposed?

September 10, 1997 (publicly, perhaps a day or two before privately)

> What were the original initials that were proposed?

MoM

> What was the *initial* form factor MOTM was based on (Hint:  It was not the final decision.)?

Digisound

> What was the planned first module called?  What functions would be on board (Hint:  It never
> went into production.)?

"General Purpose Processing Module"
  * precision sample/hold
  * noise generator
  * ring modulator with built-in mic pre-amp
  * undedicated VCA

> What noted synth personality helped design the VCO?

Doug Curtis (although I don't know to what degree).  I don't know if any of the fruit of this
joint effort ended up in the MOTM-300 or not ultimately.  I do know *A LOT* of ideas were kicked
around and the initial limited-run design was CEM3340 based (later discarded).

--Shemp


		
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--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Tentochi <tentochi2003@y...> wrote:
> Here they are!!!

Now I finally can go to bed  ;-)

   Michael.

> >What noted synth personality helped design the VCO?
> >


Actually, a more correct answer is Doug Kraul. He was a contributor of
Electronotes, and did the pcb layout for the '300. The design is based (in part)
from a EMu Systems 1200 VCO "submodule" reversed engineered by Charlie Thompson.
Doug, Charlie and I all worked together at Data General in Austin TX in
1979-1980.

Paul S.

Here they are!!!

> Who proposed the original name for MOTM (Hint:  It was a women.)?

Dan Higdon's wife
 
> When was it proposed?

September 10, 1997 (publicly, perhaps a day or two before privately)

> What were the original initials that were proposed?

MoM

> What was the *initial* form factor MOTM was based on (Hint:  It was not the final decision.)?

Digisound

> What was the planned first module called?  What functions would be on board (Hint:  It never
> went into production.)?

"General Purpose Processing Module"
  * precision sample/hold
  * noise generator
  * ring modulator with built-in mic pre-amp
  * undedicated VCA

> What noted synth personality helped design the VCO?

Doug Curtis (although I don't know to what degree).  I don't know if any of the fruit of this
joint effort ended up in the MOTM-300 or not ultimately.  I do know *A LOT* of ideas were kicked
around and the initial limited-run design was CEM3340 based (later discarded).

--Shemp


		
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