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Bass and resistors

2005-02-20 by Jeff Laity

I finished putting together my first batch of modules last night and 
got to actually play the synth a little bit. The first thing that 
grabbed me was the BASS! I thought I had some synths with bass before 
(Super Jupiter, Andromeda), but the MOTM absolutely kills any synth 
I've ever owned or played. It just leaps out of the speakers. I can't 
wait until my second oscillator comes so I can start doing some real 
damage.

I have a little tip for first time kit builders. Instead of soldering 
resistors one at a time, place them all first. I would go to a step, 
find the resistor value, measure each one to make sure I had the 
correct value, then put them in the board. Once all of the resistors 
were placed, I would solder them all. This way, if I happened to put a 
part in the wrong hole, I wouldn't have to de-solder it to change it 
out. I would get the the next step, say "oh, there's already a part in 
R17," and then put them in their proper places. (I think this might 
have happened one time.) I did this for the capacitors and other 
related parts as well when possible.

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