MOTM

Just a note on the topic if anyone cares.

I have stayed in touch with Robin, and here is the say on the
Vocoders.  As of December of '99:

the 2000    £950
the 3000	£2850
the 5000	£6500

"The 2000 is in stock...there are only 8 units left.  After this I
really don't know whether to do a redesign or just find a new package
for it."

"The 3000 is a bit pricey...just to get a row fo 16 channel
attenuation pots.  It is assembled in Germany...usning the same
eletronics I use in the 2000."

"The 5000 is in there just for dreaming - the last time we made one
of these was in 1982.  We still have the capability to make them but
would need about 50% up front"

SOOOOOOOOO....  vocoder...should I stop looking......??????


aaron

I know I am new but a quality vocoder is something I would love to see. I
was reviewing the archived messages and Paul had stated at one time that to
make such a MOTM would be
$600-$800 (I would assume lots of DIY building time as well). This is still
less than the EMS prices. I think this price for the MOTM was for a vocoder
in excess of 11 bands (Maybe 40 band?). New vocoders out there lack sound
quality (not counting EMS). You are then left to buy a Roland VP-330 off
EBAY for $1000 or more (these are the only "common" vocoders I have seen).
Regardless even a "more than 11 band vocoder you get nowadays"  would be
very cool.

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Swihart [mailto:aaron@...]
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 1:06 AM
To: motm@onelist.com
Subject: [motm] EMS Vocoder...

From: "Aaron  Swihart" <aaron@...>

Just a note on the topic if anyone cares.

I have stayed in touch with Robin, and here is the say on the
Vocoders.  As of December of '99:

the 2000    \ufffd950
the 3000        \ufffd2850
the 5000        \ufffd6500

"The 2000 is in stock...there are only 8 units left.  After this I
really don't know whether to do a redesign or just find a new package
for it."

"The 3000 is a bit pricey...just to get a row fo 16 channel
attenuation pots.  It is assembled in Germany...usning the same
eletronics I use in the 2000."

"The 5000 is in there just for dreaming - the last time we made one
of these was in 1982.  We still have the capability to make them but
would need about 50% up front"

SOOOOOOOOO....  vocoder...should I stop looking......??????


aaron


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I would love to see a vocoder module set for MOTM in the future as well. It 
would be cool and less expensive (due to installments) to sell the whole 
system in separate modules (Filter bank, Slew Limiter, Voiced Unvoiced 
Detector, etc) that can be used on their own with other modular gear (ie. 
Similar to Doepfer, but with much higher quality and more bands!) I would 
pay the $600 to $800 because I know it would be a vocoder like no other and 
I think we all can appreciate that. Imagine how stable the MOTM would end 
up! What type of clarity is really possible now adays? Hopefully we see 
someday :~)

I also like Nathans idea for an octave switching/CV transposing type module! 
It would be useful for me to have this feature on the joystick module and 
you could also adjust the bend (CV out) amount on the same module.

Does anybody remember how many inputs will be on the future mixer? Have 
there ever been plans for flanger/delay/chorus modules? BBD Based? What 
about spring reverb? Tube Processing module?

Thomas White
PS Welcome to all the new guys!


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In a message dated 3/16/2000 4:02:33 AM, kpeek1@... writes:

<< I was reviewing the archived messages and Paul had stated at one time that 
to

make such a MOTM would be $600-$800 (I would assume lots of DIY building time 
as well). >>

This could also be marketed as a stand-alone unit very successfully to the 
remix/DJ-Producer market.  Along the lines of the Sherman Filterbank or 
Mutator.  There is a big market for a $1200 good quality vocoder for this 
market.

Ivan