Hey Paul,
As one of the remaining old timers I have to say this
Sounds exciting! The extra features on the expander
sound like this will be one serious monster DCO!!! I
heard that it will surpass "through zero" and go "Thru
Infinity"... is this correct?
Aesthetics Question: Will the Expander have the
smaller Frac knobs or the larger Classic MOTM knobs?
With a three space panel, and the fact it will sit
next to the original panel spacing of the actual CG
module I am hoping for the latter.
Aesthetics Comment (IMHO): The 730 pic looks awesome,
but the Frac knobs seem out of place visually. We were
taught by MOTM to learn to "envision" and build our
own systems. My visions have been of PKES knobs, even
if smaller than normal monstro size. This is one
reason why I just can't put Bruce's white Modcan
panels in my system. I would love to see a picture of
the 730 with the smaller PKES60 on those shafts. I'll
be going that route with mine.
Thomas
--- Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
> There is still work to clean the site up some more.
> I spent way too much
> time on it
> yesterday, I have to move on to other stuff. But I
> agree with all your
> points. I will
> have time next week on "vacation" (yea...right!) to
> clean up every page,
> remove
> all the references to kits, etc.
>
> The Cloud Generator Expander allows control of all
> the internals of the
> '520.
> I uses USB or a panels editor (4x20 LCD and
> encoders). The filters are for
> controlling
> bandwidth of noise and LFOs into the SPREAD and
> CHAOS portions of the
> modulation
> matrix.
>
> I don't have the panel 100% designed, I am working
> on the schematics today
> and tomorrow
> and maybe someone will be able to create one. It is
> a 3U wide panel, has 5
> jacks along the bottom
> row (SAW OUT, TRI OUT, CHAOS CV OUT, AUX CV IN and
> PATCH SELECT IN.
>
> There is a USB connector (type 'B') and 3 NKK
> JSF-15SP2 square tact switches
> (above the jacks
> in a horizontal row). The top portion is the LCD and
> 6 rotary encoder: 3
> along the top edge
> and 3 along the bottom edge of the LCD (like an
> Oberheim Xpander). The
> display is 4 lines x 20char
> and is 'reverse' backlit (yellow-green characters on
> a black background).
>
> The FFB is there because now that it is not a kit, I
> can make it in
> SMT/trhu-hole 'hybrid'
> for a LOT less than before.
>
> Paul S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Elhardt" <elhardt@...>
> To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [motm] Site update/MOTM-730 photo
>
>
> > Paul S. writes:
> >>>In the past week I had 4 emails from folks
> assuming I was no longer in
> > business because my website was old and stale as a
> piece of bread behind
> > the
> > fridge.<<
> >
> > I've also noticed that. And even now that it's
> been updated, I'm more
> > confused than ever. Modules that were announced
> to be discontinued a long
> > while ago are still there. Some still show kit
> prices when I thought
> > there
> > were no more kits. The FFB which was also
> announced as a dead project do
> > to
> > little interest suddenly has new pricing
> (assemebled price is now lower
> > than
> > old kit price) and a new estimated delivery date.
> The cloud generator
> > says
> > it has 8 VCO's in one place (spreads apart the
> frequencies of 7 of the 8
> > oscillators), yet in another place it says it has
> 16 oscillators. Plus it
> > also has 48 filters and 48 lfos? I don't see any
> controls for 48 filters
> > or
> > lfos nor a description of their use in the module.
> How does one use 48 LP
> > filters with only 8 or 16 oscillators anyway?
> >
> > Dazed and Confused.
> > -Elhardt
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Thomas White
Natural Rhythm
www.naturalrhythmmusic.com