[sdiy] Tasty Crap in small packets

[Batz Goodfortune]

Y-ellow Glen 'n' all.

At 11:51 PM 7/29/03 -0400, Glen wrote:
>At 11:40 PM 7/29/03 , Batz Goodfortune wrote:
>
> >Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
>
>Here's a thought:  If we come up with an appropriate connector, and maybe
>even some tiny controls, how are you going to *label* everything? Will you
>even have room for labels?
>
>I would ask about getting your fingers on the tiny controls and plugs, but
>I assume you are prepared to use tweezers and a jeweler's loupe?   :)

A number of my friends are small furry rodents. It's not a problem.

Actually the knobs aren't that small. Rather elegant in fact. The dial 
markings are already on the pot's housing. Sure, for someone who labels 
their panels with dymo tape this is going to be a problem but even my 
crappy lazy printer should suffice as an initial panel print. When a 
critical mass of panels is achieved I can use the time honored method of 
getting a colour laser print of a bunch of panels and having them 
heat-pressed with a nice, low reflective stipple finish.

Since, (dare I say it) most of my stuff is digital, I can save a lot of 
space.  The processing etc, is all Analog of course. Digital control is the 
key here but I don't want to run a digital control bus. Although I have 
thought about it. Doing such a thing would be really compact but lacks that 
human feel and immediacy which inspires creativity. (Mmm. Must remember 
that for a press release.)

Space is the problem. I'd love to have a wall of standard sized modules. I 
just don't have any wall left. But I've got about 4Us of rack space. And 
this handy little cage which would do the job.

Thanks again.

Be absolutely Icebox.

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