[sdiy] friends don't let friends buy dope-fur!

[CasioRZ1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/27/2001 11:33:54 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
djblue at graffiti.net writes:

<< okay, a pal of mine wants to buy this:
 http://www.doepfer.com/pc.htm
 it's basically a midi control box with 16 knobs that are assigned and
 programed via a PC so you can control your softsynth etc with real
 knobs... it's $155.00  
 
 does anybody have any suggestions as to an alternative staying under
 the same price, so my friend doesn't have to buy from this
 manufacturer?
 or would this be a fine thing to purchase?
 
 -ben >>

I don't think that that's too unreasonable of a price for such a device, but 
it would also be really easy to build.  One such example... 
http://www.geopath.com/~jraden/knobs.html
<a href="http://www.geopath.com/~jraden/knobs.html">is here</a>

Your initial price would be about the same, as you'd have to buy some kind of 
programming kit (a basic stamp II kit, or a PIC or Ubicom type thing).  
However, once you get the initial cost in, additional units would be really 
cheap... the cost of the pots and a box to put them in.

Derek