MOTM

At 12:22 PM -0600 03/24/01, Paul Schreiber wrote:
>>
>> >d) Dual VCA
>>
>> I'd like a better description of this.  Does this mean that motm system
>> will no longer be offering a ring modulator??
>
>Moe is working on graphics/mock-up. The 3330-based Ring Mod will be
>replaced by *something*.
>Just not sure what. Get the '110 while supplies last! (about 27 left).

You'll get your money by Wednesday :)

>> >e) VC Pulse Divider
>>
>> Like a Serge divide by n comparator??  Cool!!
>
>Serge design = toy
>MOTM design = kick ass

You must need special pants ;)

>> >f) Delayed Vibrato
>>
>> Is this like the "LFO delay" on many synths??  Couldn't this effect be
>> produced by running the mod source through a VCA controlled by an EG with
>a
>> slow attack??
>
>Not, that just a slow attack. We want *voltage-controlled* delay :)

The TCV input to he UEG??  Of course, I can see how replacing 6U of modules
with one specialized module would be cost effective, space saving, and
convenient.

>> >g) Triple Pre-Amp
>
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>
>I'm not going after Summit or Benchmark.

Well, why not??  Everything else motm seems to demonstrate a stellar
dedication to quality.  Even the two mult panels are quite clever.  If you
are going to include a pre-amp, I say include a pre-amp with an innovative
combination of features that will attract people to the system.  Then
again, this is merely my opinion.  I apologize if anyone found my comments
offensive in any way.

>The Preamp has 1 guitar/bass input
>and 2 line-level inputs. The guitar/bass has a gain of 150.

150dB??

>The other have gain of 10. It is 1U wide with 3 knobs and 6 jacks.

OK :)  I thought there was an unwritten rule about having more than two
rows of jacks (which would explain the size of the 320 and 820).

>> >h) Envelope Follower
>>
>> Is this going to be a 1U or 2U module??  Unless it has some amazing
>> features I can't yet imagine, I'm guessing it should fit in 1U -- four
>> jacks: in, gate out, envelope out, reverse envelope out; and four knobs:
>> input level, slew, gate on threshold, and gate off threshold.  Adjustable
>> slew is very important
>
>Probably 2U. Yep, it's going to be a mind-bogglin' thang. Uses dBx
>technology.

I see a THAT Corporation RMS detector in my future :)

At 6:13 PM +0000 03/24/01, mate_stubb@... wrote:
>
>Delayed Vibrato - 1U special purpose module with built in sinusoid
>LFO, which is damped for natural delayed amplitude buildup. Yes, you
>could reproduce it rather closely with 3 other modules. It will be a
>boon to small system owners.

OK :)

>Triple Preamp - 1U, 2 line level inputs (for a stereo synth, for
>instance), 1 guitar level input. No mic inputs. I don't agree that
>this module is not needed.

I never said it wasn't needed.

>I don't have mics and mic preamps laying around.

However, I would think most people with electric instruments or microphones
have amps and mic pre's to go with them.   Regardless, if you are going to
plug a guitar or bass directly into your modular wouldn't you want it to
sound as good as possible??

>Most preamps are not optimized to amplify to the 10V p-p
>levels MOTM uses. If you do have something that does the job already,
>then you don't need this module.

Going into motm how many volts p-p is line level??  Is +4dB hot enough??
What about -10dB??  This is an important question.  Someone just posted
they need this pre-amp to use their 410 with an external signal.

>Envelope Follower - 2U, I don't remember the announced features.
>Search the archives for details.

I did, and all I found was a discussion about using the 820 as an envelope
follower, and the desirability to have threshhold settings for both gate on
and gate off.

>SEM filter - Paul promises it will have all the dc offset leakage and
>otherwise crappy specs of the original. Rumored to have a cool extra,
>maybe voltage controlled mode (HP, BP, LP, Notch).

Groovy!!  :)