MOTM

1) Got the MOTM-820 VC Lag front panels in the machine shop queue today.

2) Will get flat rails in the shop after 4th of July holiday. The world of
machine shops is S  L  O  W.
Remember, they throw away in the trash each day what I get in 1 year. I'm
not exactly their #1 priority.

3) Starting to get a trickle of nibbles from the EM ad. No, orders are not
"pouring in". But I have sold 14
modules this week. Good thing, because wife bought new tile and a Jenn-Aire
range today. YIKES!!

4) Lobbying EM editors to do a cover feature on analog modulars! Stay tuned!

5) Still ship something, to somebody, every day! Be patient, stuff will turn
up. Will accelerate kit shipments
next week. Got caught up with assembled stuff last 10 days (the joy of
calibrating 12 VCOs...sigh).

6) I know some of you have ordered synthesizers.com stuff. Please let us
know what you think :) Really, I can
take it. My doctor says I'm *much better* now.

Paul S.

well, after getting my car towed during soundcheck and losing my keys and
fogetting my mixer, I finally did my first show with my MOTM!  I had a great
time (& made some really good coin to boot!) I've done lots of live shows,
but never with motm before - i was a little worried, but:

I was INCREDIBLE!

I took everyone's advice, and left most of it pre-patched, taking full
advantage of multiple ins on the 420, etc.  Things went perfectly smoothly,
and the MOTM was the hit of all the trainspotters.  :)

"what is that thing?"
"did you make it yourself?"
"is that a minimoog?"
"I've never seen a DJ with one of those!"  (sheesh...)

I labelled all the patch cables, and didn't try to go too crazy with
repatching everything.  I got into some difficult situations, but
serendipity seemed to prevail & just when I thought I was completely
confused, the most amazing sound would start coming out of the thing :)

complete gearlist of the show:

me:
-MOTM (of course!)
-jx 3p w/pg200
-behringer 2804 eurorack mixer
-FutureRetro 777 (the other hit of the show)
-jomox xbase09
-tr606 with 7 trigger outs mod  (trigger sequencer MONSTER)
-BOSS dsd-2 digital delay sampler stompbox (with a trigger in) - my secret
weapon
-MPC2000

other guy:
-sh101
-tr909
-bunch of simmons analogue drums (these are sooo cool!)
-some kind of vocoder
-another 606
-mackie 1604
-mc202

-paulw
www.puffboy.com

>6) I know some of you have ordered synthesizers.com stuff. Please let us
>know what you think :) Really, I can
>take it. My doctor says I'm *much better* now.

I have not bought any of this stuff, but i have been looking at the website
alot. For as much as this guy disagrees with your design philosophy, I
don't see that much in savings between substandard sympathisers.com and
high quality MOTM. At first, I may have been interested in the sequencer,
but at $500, I'd rather wait for DoMOAS. Did this guy scope out our
newsgroup before designing his modules? His joystick module sounds
suspiciously close to what we had discussed, his multiples are very close
to what we had discussed as well (but how much variance can you really have
in mult panels.) If this guy really wants business, my suggestion for him
(or any synth manufacturer *hint-hint*) is to start looking into ribbon
controllers, it's the one facet of analog synth control that no other synth
company presently offers. Anyway, back to the point, I probably will not be
buying any of Roger's stuff, I'd rather wait for the better MOTM equivelant
to come out.  -Nate