[sdiy] Am I crazy?

[ChristianH]

Haven't we all ticked the "crazy" checkbox when subscribing to this list?
It's like "Yes, I have accepted the terms of license, blah blah blah".

You really think any of us geeks has the guts to insult Michael and tell
him he's the only normal guy around here..? ;-)

BTW, even if his suggestion appears not to be reliably useful, I
appreciate people who breed their own ideas. I think it's quite a normal
evolutionary process to have ideas that might look promising but show
some flaws on nearer inspection. Gee, some people even sell products before
finding out...

Chris



On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:19:19 +0000 cheater cheater <cheater00 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It's notable that over the course of almost 2 days and 10 posts,
> nobody reassured Michael that he is not crazy.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Naoki Iwakami <naoki.iwakami at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, Michael,
> >
> > I think this is an interesting idea.
> > How about placing a piece of conductive rubber pad between the strips?
> > It might give the strips better connection though the pad itself has
> > some resistance (but not so large).
> >
> > I've tried thumtacks to make a mechanical sequencer (as a joke).
> > For it I've used conductive rubber tape instead of metal strip.
> > Connection was no problem but it was a problem you need to create a
> > new hole whenever you change the pitch :-)
> > Looked the rubber strip doesn't last long :-)
> > http://gaje.jp/sx150/cust_seq-e.html
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -- Gan
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Michael Bechard <gothmagog at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Trying (unsuccessfully) to get to sleep tonight, my thoughts tumbling around my desire for a cheap, easy way to make a synth patch matrix, I stumbled across this ridiculously kindergarden idea. Please shoot this idea full of holes.
> >>
> >> Materials: Foam-core board, conductive tape, thumbtacks
> >>
> >> Directions: Place the tape in horizontal strips on one side, vertical strips on the other, all over the board. Horizontal strips are connected to inputs, verticals to outputs. Press thumbtack through board at intersections to make a connection.
> >>
> >> Pros: Way cheap, way easy
> >> Cons: Not very sturdy, thumbtacks would eventually wear away tape
> >>
> >> There appear to be a variety of conductive tapes on the market. Would this work? Can you guys think of any improvements?
> >>
> >> Michael Bechard