[sdiy] Front panel design philosophies

Nantonos nantonos at epona.net
Sun Apr 26 05:53:44 CEST 2015


Hello Aaron,

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 3:46:33 AM, you wrote:

> 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.

My preference is to have inputs and outputs all at the bottom (to keep
knobs and switches clear of wires) but in that block, to have the
outputs nearest the bottom.

I prefer that to the Doepfer-style line of jacks up one side and knobs
on the other side.

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 Nantonos                            mailto:nantonos at epona.net




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