I wanted to finally get my "review" of the 420 in. I've been preoccupied with
other stuff, so it took me a few days to get it going, but I found it to be
the easiest kit to build yet. I just finished testing it about an hour ago,
so I'm still putting it through the paces. Mine needed no calibration at all.
The 1V/oct was very close over the four octave range of my keyboard, and the
RES pot went into feedback at exactly 8, so I left it that way.
I really like its nasty overdriven sound, and the input mixer will come in
very handy. I also really like the ability to have three CV sources mixed,
and especially enjoy that reversing attenuator. I find this control best
suited, for example, to times when during the initial stages of a LPF patch
with a positive going envelope and the attenuator near 1, a mere turn of the
knob towards -1 (and a minor adjustment of the FREQ pot) can take a rather
typical patch in a new direction that one might not have thought. Well worth
the minimal circuitry!
I still haven't checked out your patch Jim, but I will over the weekend --
thanks for posting it! And I still think the Patch Page is a good idea,
thanks for the offer Steve.
And I too am interested in your controller Doug. And I can't imagine Paul
minding you mentioning a joystick controller in the context of MOTM. After
all, with a two dimensional controller, you'll have to buy twice as many MOTM
kits as you otherwise would!
I'm still thinking about Dave's Moog Ribbon, I hope that repair job is coming
along better than we last heard.
But now I've got to try Thomas's idea of plugging a distorted guitar into the
420!
More later!
John B.