"Greetings all! It has been quite a while once again since my last enewsletter... I've come to grips with the fact that life and marsynth have to be tended to in an unbalance nature with more focus needed on the prior. Nonetheless, I have been plugging away with things as I have found time and I finally have a few new and exciting things to share.
First up, I'm excited to report that the next generation of the morris box is ready to go: the MSMB2! The design saw a major revamp including a totally new (and original) vactrol filter (with a real vtl vactrol) and a new double-pulser lfo. The MSMB2 is also done in the form of the WSB series as a stand-alone PCB, so it will be available as both an assembled unit and as a kit. Some of you may have notice a few pictures and audio demos that I posted on the marsynth facebook page a week back: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marsynth/271596576199986?bookmark_t=page Special thanks to Matrixsynth for posting the info too here: http://www.matrixsynth.com/2013/07/marsynth-in-windy-city.html I'm hoping to post a video of the unit soon. The info sheet for the unit will also be posted soon (along with prices and ordering info), but this brings up a nice segue to my next bit of news...
The marsynth website is getting an overhaul! I've been slowly putting together pages that are greatly simplified which I think result in a much cleaner layout. Part of my reasoning for this update is to reflect a change in focus on my product line. I will be focusing primarily on self contained, PCB based designs for the time being and will be moving away from the custom, one-off builds that I did in the past. The main reason for this shift is time; I simply don't have enough time anymore to do all of the hand wiring and enclosure preparation that is involved with custom builds for all products. I'm also constantly looking for ways to improve and "clean up" my designs both in terms of functionality and aesthetics, and I've found self-contained PCB route to meet these desires. PCB-based designs also allows me to offer any product as a kit which is very important to me as it is how I ended up doing all of this in the first place. With all of this said, I will still take on custom orders as I have time, but they will be at higher costs and will take longer.
And for one final bit of news, I will be attending the http://www.electro-music.com/ Kansas City regional gathering this weekend with a MSMB2 in tow (along with my modular rig and other goodies). A "marsynth jam" has become an annual tradition at this event to showcase just how much of a racket can be made when dozens of marsynth creations all try to talk over each other! Good times =) If you are in the KC area this weekend, come out and say hi! Info for the event can be found here: http://kevinkissinger.com/kcregionalem2013.shtml
All for now,
Damon
www.marsynth.com"
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