MOTM

All,
    When I assemble modules, I do 5 or 6 resistors at a time. Gather, bend 
leads, stuff board, solder, inspect, clip, inspect again.  What works well 
for me is the cheap, red lead bending guide.  I used my dremel to grind the 
first 3/4's of an inch of the lead bending tool's thin side down to .4 or 
whatever the correct width is.  This way I can hold maybe 7 resistors at a 
time on the guide and bend the leads in one shot.  It works for me, I just 
thought I'd share the idea and add to the list's collective knowledge..
    There was a question I had for Paul.. Why don't you buy the resistors on 
tape, maybe the 10 most common values. (I know you just said that doing every 
value would be cost prohibitive)  It seems that that would make counting them 
out into bags easier for you, and would make sorting out the values for us 
kit builders quicker as well..  
    But Paul, don't listen to our bitches/complaints..  Keep on keepin on.  
We're like kids in a candy shop with the MOTM catalog, while you're the lone 
confectioner in the back making each piece of candy, I'm amazed at what 
you've done already.  
        .  . .<+><+><+>++##!!!!ROCK ON!!!!##++<+><+><+>.  .   .
    
    Module Idea:  If an MOTM VCpulse delay module comes out..  Make the 
original pulse available at a panel jack as well as the delayed pulse.  My 
brand "D" pulse delay is nice, its a dual (two per panel) with knobs for 
delay and pulse width, but I really miss not having the original pulse 
available on a separate output.  Or maybe just one output, with a pot to 
control the mix of original to delayed pulse.  Like a wet/dry control.  From 
just the original pulse, to both original and delayed pulses, to just the 
delayed pulse.  But having the original pulse as a separate jack would 
definitely be nice and free up a few mults and patch cords  Maybe give the 
pulses a pot to control their voltages from -10v to +10v, or make that VC'd.. 
 Oh yeah VC pulse width as well..  This is starting to sound pretty fully 
featured, I guess the idea of having two per panel isn't going to happen..  
So lets see..  Jacks: Pulse in, Mix CV in, Delay cv in, Original PW cv in, 
Original pulse voltage cv in, Delayed pulse voltage cv in, Delayed pulse PW 
cv in, mix pulse out.  Damn.  8 jacks, OK thats still 2u panel territory..  
Another jack that I'd like but I guess wouldn't fit would be the through for 
the original, non affected pulse.      Knobs: Mix, delay, original pulse 
voltage, delayed pulse voltage, original PW, delayed PW.  6 knobs, ok..  Oh 
yeah and three bi-color LED's of course, one for the original input pulse and 
one for each of the outputs that would go red on positive pulses and green on 
negative pulses, staying lit for the duration of the PW.  So that's my dream 
pulse delay..  I'm just thinking about triggering a bass drum..  bom, Boooom, 
tik tik tik, bom Boooom, tik tik tik (everyone knows that "tik" is the sound 
of an 808 hi-hat right? ; )  Having the mix of pulses VC'd would definitely 
be cool too, kind of like the 700VC switch, but it would fade, not switch 
abruptly.  And all the other VC stuff.. having one of these and a few 320's 
or utility LFO's would be sick.  Similar to a cool use for the 820 when it 
comes out..  Put it after the 700 and have it smooth out the switching..
anyway..  That seems to be a very MOTM-esque featured Pulse delay if there 
ever was one..  Would be like a western (Texas) Dirty Harry .357 magnum 
compared to my brand D Ruger.. ha ha ha
    Played live lastnight, MOTM and all..  My friend's brother's band played 
and as they were playing I'd alternately run their signals and my signals 
through the modular.  I don't think they were really ready for the extreme 
levels I eventually took them out to, but In my state at the time I didn't 
give a shit, I was too into the music..    They definitely liked having their 
mic's run through my 410 though.  Analog bliss. It was fun..   And the 
drummer who was supposed to bring the drums never showed up, so I had to give 
the other bands drummer a crash course on my DR660 little black drum 
machine..  Seeing a drummer behind a big drumset flailing around definitely 
is alot cooler looking then a guy sitting in a chair with a lttle black box 
on his lap tapping away at the pads with his fingers.  Like watching a guy 
scrolling through menus on a DX 7 compared to Emerson going off with his big 
Moog, pyrotechnic ribbon controller and all..  He got pretty damn good though 
by the end of their set and was soloing away and going nuts.. It definitely 
sounded better than it looked..  

one last thing..  what got me on the whole pulse delay line of thought..
I dont have the modules for this but I'm sure someone does.
3 300 square waves out soft sync'ed, with an LFO controlling each of their 
PWM.  The 3 LFO's would be set as close as possible to each other in 
frequency (maybe one cycle in 10 seconds)  Where the pulse delay comes in is 
when you shoot the first 320 with a pulse to reset his wave and then that 
pulse is delayed and shot to the second 320's sync input, and then the 
delayed brother of that second pulse is given to the third 320 to sync to.  
I dunno I just thought of it today in my hangover state on my way home..  
Don't some synths use PWM as their main synthesis engine?  Casios?

okay thats it,
~SteveM