MOTM

hello all,

i even got out of bed for this one:

if you had a spare 822 board you could assemble it with jacks where the
rotary switches would be, patch it to a bank of motm#700s attach a clock
source, a clock divider - and hey presto - a sort of arpegiator..?

fortunately i had the forethought to order two sets of pcbs and only the one
set of panels :-)

of course, this is probably a very badly flawed idea

cheers
paul b
(an android dreaming of electric sheep..?)

One of the problems with using something like the analog switches for
something like this might be the resistance of  the switch.  Small amount of
resistance makes a big difference in the 822 summing circuits.  However, you
have touched on something.  An extra input can be added to the 822 or 831 in
many different ways for a variety of functions.  Each channel has an extra
spot on the PCB where one more summing resistor could be installed thanks to
the trim / no-trim option.  There are several functions that could be
implemented here.  Just some quick thoughts:
FM input. (this might be nice on the upcoming micro VCO_
Master tune for the VCOs on that switch (all channels at once.)

I plan to do development down that line later and document it on my web
site.  However, I am deep in metal brackets right now.  As for the shortage
of 822 / 831 panels.  You are not alone.  Interest in this DIY project
increased significantly once PCBs were made available.  After these final
resistor tweaks I am looking at this weekend and the completion of assembly
docs, and custom panels (thanks to Dave Bradley - THE man) and custom made
mounting brackets, this thing is about 90% up to kit status.  I never had
any plans for this to happen.  If  I had known, I would have spent more prep
time up front instead of such a piece meal operation.  Which of course, does
bring up another interesting question.  Would additional people be
interested in these if I were to do a very limited edition of kits or
assembled modules?  There are more PCBs.  Inquiring minds .....

In any case, the next run of Dave Bradley's Stooge-approved panels will most
certainly include 831s and 822s for all those with 822 and 831 PCBs and no
panels.

Larry Hendry

----- Original Message -----
From: sikorsky <vulture.squadron@...>
To: <motm@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:12 PM
Subject: [motm] another stupid idea


hello all,

i even got out of bed for this one:

if you had a spare 822 board you could assemble it with jacks where the
rotary switches would be, patch it to a bank of motm#700s attach a clock
source, a clock divider - and hey presto - a sort of arpegiator..?

fortunately i had the forethought to order two sets of pcbs and only the one
set of panels :-)

of course, this is probably a very badly flawed idea

cheers
paul b
(an android dreaming of electric sheep..?)