[sdiy] Moog 904A clone finished and working..

[Andre Majorel]

On 2014-07-30 21:28 +1000, john slee wrote:
> On 30 July 2014 20:14, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr> wrote:
> > Interesting decision to duplicate the original panel design.
> > Those 3 knobs and 5 jacks would easily fit in half the space.
> 
> Maybe, but I like it. One of my concerns getting into Eurorack
> stuff was the density of controls. I have no trouble with the
> typical spacing of pots etc but I have a lot of trouble
> reading the labels - due to the clutter, really, more than the
> actual text size. And then the designers go and use stupid
> fonts to make it even harder (MakeNoise, if you're on this
> list, I'm glaring at YOU in particular here...)

Yes, some people think equipment needs to impress more than it
needs to be ergonomic. But I wasn't thinking about eurorack. In
eurorack, it wouldn't be half the space, it would be one fourth
or less ! I was thinking about this :

  http://synthesizers.com/q112.html

> By contrast the Moog stuff looks like a dream to play on.

Well, Jean-Pierre is about to have a good time, then. :-)

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/