[sdiy] Front panel design philosophies

[Adam Inglis]

In a lot of studio patchbays, the "Sends" are above the "Returns" for  
the desk inserts.

I agree, it didn't seem intuitive when I was putting together my  
little studio, but I kept to convention and I don't need to think  
about it now.

Adam

On 25/04/2015, at 11:46 AM, Lanterman, Aaron wrote:

> This may be more appropriate for Electro-Music or Muffwiggler or  
> something, but I tend to find those sites overwhelming, so I have an  
> urge to inquire of the smart minds here…
>
> Some module front panels have inputs on the left and outputs on the  
> right.
>
> Some module front panels tend to have inputs on the bottom and  
> outputs on the top.
>
> Where did the input on the bottom, output on top convention come  
> from? I’m not sure why to be but it somehow feels more intuitive to  
> me to have inputs on the top and outputs on the bottom. Like the  
> audio is flowing with gravity or something, maybe.
>
> - Aaron
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