[sdiy] Designing front panels for synths

[Gordonjcp]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 03:09:37PM -0700, MTG wrote:
> 
> This is how it starts. :-)  Once upon a time I had a guy upset that a little
> perf-board project I did for him didn't have the resistor color codes all
> running the same way. It had never crossed my mind. Now I'm cursed and
> solder my PTH resistors as if they were polaraized. And maybe I'll just pass
> that curse on to all of you.
> 

I thought it was just me.  I was kicking myself when I realised I'd soldered the thoroughly buried series resistors for the headphone outputs on my VS1680 "opposite ways round", but by that point I figured no-one would ever see them again once all 427 screws were back in.

> Anyway, I am firmly in the camp of those that have responded so far. Avant
> garde front panels would hurt my engineering brain too much.

Some of them are really horrible.

What I'm looking for is some basic hints on making panels look balanced and proportionate.

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Gordonjcp