[AH] Re: [sdiy] ... LED pollution on to vintage LEDs

[cheater cheater]

To make leds less annoying, try using a polarizing filter. also a lot
of old gear had all the leds under a common dimming screen (made out
of dark plastic). Couple that with a polarizing filter and some nice
bright leds you have a very, very nice display, not annoying at all
and it tends to look real good without a lot of work. Just cut to
shape nicely.

Cheers

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:45 AM,  <DWilSynth at aol.com> wrote:
> I just repaired an Aries sequencer; One of the LEDs had to be replaced, and
> the new one was much
> (and I do mean _much_!) brighter than the originals. My solution was to  grab
> a resistor substitution box
> and select an additional resistance to add to the existing resistance (by
> putting a new resistor in series
> with the original). I ran the sequencer really fast so all the lights  seemed
> to be on at once, and selected
> a resistor for the best brightness match. As hypothesized in a previous
> post, more resistance = less
> brightness.
>
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