MOTM

> From: Tkacs, Ken <ken.tkacs@...>
> Here would be some things I would like to
> see in an MOTM vocoder:
> 
> ## Wide range, not limited to vocal range;
> 
> ## However, certain niceties catered to vocal
> processing, such as the standard sibilance 
> bypass for consonants/plosives;

SNIP... out a lot of other cool sounding stuff (some of which I did not
even understand)

> Ultimately, it would be nice if it worked stand-alone
> as a vocoder, but still opened itself up fully to be
> useful as a component of the modular, too.

I would like to echo in particular these comments Ken has made.

> From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
> 
> JH & I are just "tire-kicking" the vocoder idea.

Kick harder <snicker>

> The MOTM plan is NOT to be in the $600 range, but
> more like the $1400 range.

It the MOTM vocoder = MOAV (the one everyone points at 3 or 5 years down
the road and says "yes, that's the one you want,"  then $1400 seems like an
OK range for me.
 
> Also, there are many, *many* tradeoffs.

If you are making MOAV, the there should not be.

> And then it has 138 panel controls...........hmm......

A nice SIZE for MOAV would be 5U high X 10U wide, so that case and rack
guys alike could integrate it into their system.  Although that sounds
large, would it be easy to make it that small?
 
> If we DO decide, then we will ask for $500 deposits
> to get the R&D effort off the ground.

Hand poised over order form on MOTM site where it says "$500 deposit for
MOAV."
Sign me up.

Larry (don't know squat about what makes a vocoder good) Hendry