MOTM

Hi,

For years I've been looking at all the great synth DIY projects. Been  
lurking on the sdiy list for many years. Even got the Electronotes.

When Paul Schreiber announced that he would stop selling kits, that  
was the point that I started filling the shopping cart in sort of a  
now-or-never effort. I finally ordered about 18 modules today. (The  
MOTM-700 was already sold-out, pity.) It'll probably take me more  
than a year to build everything, but I am sure looking forward to  
it. :-)

I'm not sure about delivery times now. I read the messages here about  
parts slowly arriving, so we'll see. Anyway, no rush.

Best regards,
Ben (Zandvoort, The Netherlands)

On Thursday 31 August 2006 17:48, Ben Stuyts wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For years I've been looking at all the great synth DIY projects. Been
> lurking on the sdiy list for many years. Even got the Electronotes.
>
> When Paul Schreiber announced that he would stop selling kits, that
> was the point that I started filling the shopping cart in sort of a
> now-or-never effort. I finally ordered about 18 modules today. (The
> MOTM-700 was already sold-out, pity.) It'll probably take me more
> than a year to build everything, but I am sure looking forward to
> it. :-)

18 modules in one go to get started? Omg... :)

Gefeliciteerd Ben!
Heeeele goede keuze. ;)

- Robert (Dieren, Netherlands)

Gefelicteerd. (congrats)
Voorlopig niet naar het strand. (No time for the beach)

Grtz,

Dennis

On 8/31/06, Robert van der Kamp <robnet@...> wrote:
> On Thursday 31 August 2006 17:48, Ben Stuyts wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For years I've been looking at all the great synth DIY projects. Been
> > lurking on the sdiy list for many years. Even got the Electronotes.
> >
> > When Paul Schreiber announced that he would stop selling kits, that
> > was the point that I started filling the shopping cart in sort of a
> > now-or-never effort. I finally ordered about 18 modules today. (The
> > MOTM-700 was already sold-out, pity.) It'll probably take me more
> > than a year to build everything, but I am sure looking forward to
> > it. :-)
>
> 18 modules in one go to get started? Omg... :)
>
> Gefeliciteerd Ben!
> Heeeele goede keuze. ;)
>
> - Robert (Dieren, Netherlands)
>
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On 31 Aug 2006, at 18:16, Robert van der Kamp wrote:

> 18 modules in one go to get started? Omg... :)

Yes, well, it's the 15% discount that did that. :-D

In my teens I did a lot of DIY, building lots of sound-related stuff  
(amps, mixers, light-shows and so on). Almost built a Formant way  
back then, and still have the books for it. But then studies came and  
work (also electronics related) interfered, so it's been almost 20  
years since I built something not work-related. Nowadays I mostly  
work on software, and it feels right to start a major electronics  
hobby project again.

> Gefeliciteerd Ben!
> Heeeele goede keuze. ;)

Bedankt! (Thanx!)

Ben

Ben,

I've worked as software developer for twelve years now.  I got into MOTM 
synthesizers in 2002 because I needed to build stuff.  Real stuff!  
Given that in my youth I had worked as a factory electronics assembler 
in avionics and later found work building audio and video synthesizers, 
I had all the requisite skills.  I still had my tools, too.  I have 
soldered every joint in my synth over the past four years without 
needing to change the soldering iron tip on my GC Supertemp, an obsolete 
temperature-controlled soldering station.  It is over 25 years old and I 
used it again today.

Happy building, and congrats on getting in on the last round of MOTM kits.

Richard Brewster
http://www.pugix.com

Ben Stuyts wrote:

> Nowadays I mostly  
> work on software, and it feels right to start a major electronics  
> hobby project again.
>

On 31 Aug 2006, at 18:33, Dennis Verschoor wrote:

> Gefelicteerd. (congrats)
> Voorlopig niet naar het strand. (No time for the beach)

Thanks, well.... the dog won't like that! (I live about 300 m from  
the beach.) Also, a walk on the beach is good to clear the head. When  
there's no tourists, that is. :-)

Are there many MOTM owners here in the Netherlands?

Ben

Hi Richard,

On 1 Sep 2006, at 02:14, Richard Brewster wrote:

> I've worked as software developer for twelve years now.  I got into  
> MOTM
> synthesizers in 2002 because I needed to build stuff.  Real stuff!

Yeah, I feel the same. For example, I have a Yamaha An1x which does a  
lot of the old-style sounds, but there's so much missing.

> Given that in my youth I had worked as a factory electronics assembler
> in avionics and later found work building audio and video  
> synthesizers,
> I had all the requisite skills.  I still had my tools, too.

I need to get some new measuring equipment. My old analog multi-meter  
is shot, my DMM is a toy (one of those chinese things for a few  
euro), and my scope broke more than 10 years ago. Maybe I'll have a  
look at a local dump-store (http://www.baco-army-goods.nl/ for the  
dutchies). They sometimes have old Tek scopes in stock. On the other  
hand, those new portable Tek scopes are really nice (and expensive).

> Happy building, and congrats on getting in on the last round of  
> MOTM kits.

Thanks :-)

> http://www.pugix.com

Man, that looks good!

Ben