MOTM

This module will be quite interesting with all the voltage control!  Might I
ask - any ETA?  How about a panel layout?

A single 3U panel with all of the available functionality in one module
would be my preference.  It would certainly look unique.  And I would think
it would cost less than having to buy two modules to get the full CS-80
specs.  Also (in typical MOTM fashion) it would have an extra function - in
this case the extra VCA, which I'm sure would be put to good use.  Excellent
job Crow!

George

----- Original Message -----
From: The Old Crow <oldcrow@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: [motm] "MOTM-880" update


>
>   This is my back-burner project which I am slowly bringing to completion.
> As stated before, the '880 is a bipolar EG designed to replace the
> IG00152-based (custom Yamaha IC) EG as used on the CS-50, 60 and 80.  As
> with the CS-80 filter, I hope to see it made into an MOTM module.  One
> issue I am dealing with is that given this EG has voltage-controlled
> everything (A,D,S,R, initial level, attack level, slope shape) as well as
> a manual gate button and bicolor status LED, it is just not practical to
> fit all of the panel hardware onto a 2U plate.
>
>   Therefore, I am proposing the 'MOTM-880E' as an expansion 1U panel to
> the MOTM-880.  Given that the dual OTA in the '880 is left with one unused
> section, it seems a shame to never use it.  The '880E would be a 'OTA' VCA
> normalled to the EG CV, where jacking in an external CV would supercede
> this normalizaion.  I would place the EG's slope shape CV jack on the
> 880E, which makes everything else fit nicely on the 2U 880.  The 880E
> would have three signal inputs (2 AC, 1 DC) with an A/B mix knob and a
> separate C level knob, and a CV level knob.  The VCA
> response is linear, given that the EG can provide a variable-slope CV.
>
>   I suppose this could all be made into a 3U panel, but I really want to
> keep the EG to 2U.  The only thing lost if one never adds the 880E is the
> shape CV jack (though, its connection would still be on the PC board--it
> would just need to have a jack mounted elsewhere).
>
>   FYI,
>
> Crow
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