[sdiy] Front panel design philosophies

[David G Dixon]

I tend to lay out my panels according to a philosophy which I named after
that famous designer William J. Nilly.  I call it "Willy Nilly".

Actually, I follow the MOTM format (more or less) with jacks along the
bottom, pots and other stuff above.  Beyond that, it's a free-for-all.  I
try to group similar or related things together.  If I can, I put inputs
above outputs.

The main thing is that the inputs and outputs are clearly marked.  At
Intellijel, we bend it like Cwejman, with outputs surrounded by a solid
square.

So, Matthew, are you really in Sooke, BC?  Beautiful place; my wife and I
went there for our 25th anniversary and had a lovely time.  I also like your
signature line, and agree with it 100%.  I'm anti-principle.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of 
> mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:15 PM
> To: Lanterman, Aaron
> Cc: synth-diy List
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Front panel design philosophies
> 
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015, Lanterman, Aaron wrote:
> > Where did the input on the bottom, output on top convention 
> come from?
> 
> What are some examples of modules that follow such a layout?  
> The opposite seems much more common to me - but I only really 
> know Eurorack, so maybe this is a difference between formats. 
>  Among the Eurorack modules I've owned and looked at, inputs 
> left/outputs right is a pretty solid convention; all inputs 
> and outputs for a subunit grouped together is common too, 
> with the overall arrangement of subunit groups possibly 
> arbitrary; but within such a group, if inputs and outputs are 
> not arranged horizontally next to each other (with outputs on the
> right...) then inputs are at least 90% of the time above outputs.
> 
> --
> Matthew Skala
> mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca                 People before principles.
> http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/
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