I'm leaning towards knobs now, but in a circular pattern a al meester
White's seq.
But yeah, I don't see them being in stock for at least two months, at
this rate.
DIY... indeed! Whatever works. Music isn't made by waiting for the next
piece of gear! (or a panel!)
Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
contact@...http://www.bridechamber.comJealous Edison Record Kompany
http://www.jealousedison.com On Jun 20, 2008, at 4:44 PM, sduck409 wrote:
> Hi - Never had a problem with scratches on mine. Although I don't move
> mine around much once they're in the cabinet, and the cabinet never
> leaves the room. And the oldest one I have is only 2 years or so.
> Coating is a good idea though - I'll have to consider this idea - what
> do you suggest coating with?
>
> Knobs/faders - as far as I could tell the discussion was over - a
> vocal minority, of which I was a member, wanted knobs, but Scott was
> leaning towards faders. So, I can wait and take my chances whether
> Scott's panel design meets my needs, or even appears, or I can get my
> own design built now. I've got the knobs, and the resistors, and
> everything else - just need a panel! That's what DIY is all about
> anyway - not being part of the herd - right?
>
> As mentioned earlier, there's a picture of this design in the photos
> section of this group, in the misc folder.
>
> Cheers, Steve
>
> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "adaaxs" <wonggster@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > We all understand where you are coming from Steve. I occasionally
> break down and get a
> > shaeffer panel but they I have to get it coated after I get it from
> FPE or it will scratch up
> > madly , out of the box they are too fragile for the money. We are
> still discussing knobs
> > and sliders and what kind of resistors to use and you want to go
> ahead. Have you got a
> > non .fpd version of the file we can view ?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Ok, I finally got around to finishing this one up - I would have
> done
> > > it a week ago but had to deal with a case of Rocky Mountain
> Spotted
> > > fever - yuck. Tere's also a screen cap in the misc folder of the
> > > pictures section for instant gratification.
> > >
> > > I really wanted to work this into a 6u panel, hopefully
> incorporting
> > > parts of Thomas White's excellent rotary design, but just couldn't
> > > begin to make it all fit. It's pretty tight in 8u. I started with
> Jeff
> > > Pontius's old milton design, and basically erased everything
> below the
> > > middle, and incorporated lots of bits from Clickmrmike's and Will
> and
> > > Bill's designs, juggling some switch positions to suit my tastes
> and
> > > putting back in the switch they left out (it's probably not
> necessary,
> > > but there it is). Then I spent forever juggling everything around
> to
> > > make it look hunky-dory, at least kind of.
> > >
> > > Somehow in the course of doing this the price dropped a bit - my
> > > original layout with all the holes and labels was over 160$ (US),
> but
> > > the finished version is about 146$ - go figure. I did replace a
> bunch
> > > of loosely created place holder items with copied and pasted
> groups of
> > > items, like the switch boxes - maybe that makes a difference.
> > >
> > > I'm highly tempted to create a color version of this one - once
> you
> > > sart adding color fills, it's just a flat rate 7$ addon, and you
> can
> > > use all the colors you want after that - so since I'm already
> spending
> > > a bunch, why not? But there's the deciding on the miriad of
> choices
> > > part - fairly daunting. Anyone want to take a crack at this? It's
> free
> > > until you press the buy button, of course.
> > >
> > > The hole sizes are all for the same hardware synthtech uses -
> spectrol
> > > pots, switchcraft 1/4 jacks, nkk bat switches, lumex 5/16 leds,
> and
> > > all the knobs are meant to be the smaller version of the standard
> motm
> > > style PKES-60B-1/4 knobs. Other stuff would also work fabulously
> in
> > > there, but remember to adjust the hole diameters to what you're
> using.
> > >
> > > I'd love to get opinions and feedback on this - this was a pretty
> big
> > > undrtaking, and I'm not a graphics designer by any means, so
> there's
> > > probably lots of design rules I've stepped all over. And while
> I've
> > > read the various klee manuals and checked with the interconnect
> > > schematics, I may have missed something - let me know if this is
> the
> > > case.
> > >
> > > Apologies to Scott Deyo for not waiting patiently for his
> soon-to-be
> > > much more excellent design, which will of course cost half as
> much,
> > > but I've got all the other parts sitting here burning a hole in my
> > > build time plans. Actually, I'm not really ready to order this
> yet,
> > > due to some financial tightness currently - maybe I'll come to my
> > > senses. And you know you'll be geting a bunch of my money soon
> anyway
> > > for brackets for this and some other stuff, so it'll all work out.
> > > Brackets - I didn't really consider brackets in this design - I'm
> sure
> > > there's something that'll work - we'll see.
> > >
> > > Steve Drake
> > >
> >
>
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