[sdiy] ARP pots

[patchell]

    Just to add my 2 cents...

    The Mikado Sequencer I did has about $700 in material in it, plus you still
need a panel, which would probably add about $250 from Schaffer...It is amazing
how fast the material costs add up for stuff...as much as we sometimes think
people are paying outrageous prices for stuff on EvilBay, in reality, you still
can't build stuff for the same price...

    And many times, they way we construct our projects, we don't consider the
sometimes 100's of hours that go into just building the dang stuff...

jhaible wrote:

> > 2) PCB for a rack mount ARP sequencer clone. I am completely amazed that
> > original ARP sequencers go for $600 to $800 on a regular basis on evilbay.
> > I'm fairly sure that a replacement could be made for less than $100 in
> parts
> > (with rotary pots, no sliders), so I think I'm going to start making
> clones
> > and selling them! No MIDI, no nothing that isn't on the original. Okay,
> > MAYBE add Blacet's MIDI to Sequencer interface chip to allow stop, start
> and
> > clocking via MIDI, but that's all.
> >
> > Your thoughts?
>
> I think it's a good idea, except:
>
> $100 for electronic parts +
> $100 for decent pots, switches & jacks +
> $200 for a custom made enclosure +
> $ 50 (just as a guess) for your PCB =
>
> $450 already for *parts*.
>
> I think that's more than a Frostwave FAT Controller costs.
>
> Not to discourage you - I would be the first to buy one if it really
> were just a little over 100 dollars! - but I think you underestimate
> the total costs. Unless you'd really go professional, build
> hundreds of them, and thus find a decent solution for unexpensive
> mechanical harware ...
>
> JH.

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 -Jim
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