[sdiy] presets on a modular

[Paul Maddox]

hi,

> That would be really cool if the blinking led's could have lots of
different
> colors so each connection would have one.  Also a creative way to use
> multiple inputs and outputs, like one button and a row of LED's
representing
> mixer inputs, off unless it's patched.  Attenuators would still take up
real
> estate though, maybe up a shared knob/slider to control brightness of the
> LED matched with the signal attenuation.  Then the blinking can represent
> which input you are editing, selected by moving the pot /slider.

what I thought of was using a colour scheme that a lot of people use.
Say, something like RED for Audio, Green for CV and Blue for gate.
wach output would have a colour associated with it, so an oscillator output
would be a RED Led, an EG output would be a GREEN LED.
When you patched an output to an input, the input LED would be an RGB LED
(thank god someone finally made them!), and the input LED would match the
colour of the output LED.
So to patch you hold down a source button, then push a destination button,
simple and quick.

Now to 'see' a patch cable, you hold down either a source or destination
button, when you do that every LED goes out, aside from those that are
connected to that input/output, so you instantly see what is patched to
where.

Hopefully you can see I've speant a good few years working out this problem
:-)

Paul