<div dir="ltr">I would have thought combining two of the most unreliable electromechanical components in an electronic system (throw in a switch for bonus points!) into one giant, expensive single-point-of-failure might not be a great idea....<div><br></div><div>Neil</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 at 07:21, Mattias Rickardsson <<a href="mailto:mr@analogue.org">mr@analogue.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">That said, it COULD potentially be quite useful and nifty in some other system where parameters are EITHER set fixed with knobs OR fully remote controlled by patched CV cables from somewhere. <div dir="auto">It could also be used for (audio) signals and their levels/routing, instead of parameters and control.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Not sure what system that would be, though. </div><div dir="auto">Preferably something where the patched cables could come from anywhere, since it would otherwise be easier to use switches to select between known sources.</div><div dir="auto">And something where it's worth throwing money on the Hall/magnet/uC/bespoke knob tech.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">/mr</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den mån 9 juni 2025 23:35Eric Brombaugh via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> skrev:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This exactly. Cool tech, but not well aligned with the needs of control <br>
voltage systems.<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
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On 6/9/25 2:27 PM, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:<br>
> Nice engineering, but... misunderstood?<br>
> Parameters almost always need<br>
> <br>
> value + control signal*amount<br>
> <br>
> I've never encountered a parameter where I'd be okay with removing the <br>
> parameter value setting and replace it with a CV at full amplitude. 🙂<br>
> <br>
> /mr<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Den mån 9 juni 2025 02:46Ben Stuyts via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth- <br>
> <a href="http://diy.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">diy.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>> skrev:<br>
> <br>
> This is just great: <a href="https://youtu.be/dLw2QQdOLaM" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/dLw2QQdOLaM</a> <<a href="https://youtu.be/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/</a><br>
> dLw2QQdOLaM><br>
> <br>
> I’m not sure how useful it would be in practice, or how wel it would<br>
> stand the test of time. (As he says so himself.) But I’m very<br>
> impressed by the concept. One of those things that seems obvious<br>
> once you’ve seen it, but being the first to come up with this is<br>
> extremely impressive to me. Or has anything like this been done before?<br>
> <br>
> More info here: <a href="https://mitxela.com/projects/euroknob" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mitxela.com/projects/euroknob</a> <https://<br>
> <a href="http://mitxela.com/projects/euroknob" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mitxela.com/projects/euroknob</a>><br>
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> Ben<br>
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