[sdiy] Front panel design philosophies

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

Excellent point, Jason.

Seems that a highly interactive module destined for a skiff would have jacks along the top and controls below that.

I'm working on more of an interface module - kinda set and forget, without much interaction, if any at all. In that case, it would seem less objectionable to have 8 CV output jacks stacked vertically since there won't be any knobs to reach for.

I've also been hearing about how it's common to put jacks on the bottom of modules - but now I assume this practice is for non-skiff modules where interaction would happen above the jacks.

Brian

Thanks for the great information, folks.


On Apr 28, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Jason Proctor <jason at redfish.net> wrote:
> just wanted to add a tiny 2c here -- IMHO, the advent of skiffs and the like has pushed jack placement to the top of modules likely to find themselves there, such as controllers, sequencers, all that. a sequencer with jacks along the bottom of its front panel is unlikely to be fun to use in such an environment :-)