[sdiy] VCO front panel width decision..

[John Mahoney]

At 03:07 PM 5/7/2007, jean-pierre.desrochers at ville.quebec.qc.ca wrote:

>Hi list,
>I need your comments on what would be the best
>VCO front panel's width for my application.
>[snip]
>I'll need around 12 VCO's in my DIY synth since
>it will be wired to a MIDI guitar interface so I can use
>2 VCO's on each of the 6 strings. But if I decide to use
>a " 2 modules" width front panel for each VCO's (around 4" wide)
>I'll end up with not much spaces remaining for other modules..
>[snip]
>What do you think?
>Thanks,
>J-Pierre

Have you considered approaching this more like an OB-8 than an 
Oberheim 8 Voice? In the latter (a collection of monosynths), you 
have individual controls for each parameter of each voice; in the 
former (a polysynth), you have one set of controls that works 
collectively on all voices.

The reduction in front panel area is huge if you take a polyphonic approach.

You could also use 2 sets of controls if you want it to be a 2-voice 
polytimbral synth. Say, one setting for the bass strings and another 
for the treble strings.
--
john


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