OK - so here's my question about the separate outputs - and it's a
neutral question, by the way, OK?
Why?
Now again - I really mean this neutrally. See - when Will and I were
considering our 22-band version of the YU FFB, Will suggested putting
separate outputs on the bands. I could think of no reason for it, but
Will was insistent - quoting myself back at me: "You should always
reach for the highest technology you can afford because as soon as you
have it, you'll find applications for it that you never dreamed of
before." This has always been my experience.
Well - I was beaten and I agreed to the separate outputs - at the cost
of several hundred bucks, I'll bet.
But since then, I have thought of at least one application for the
separate output idea - and that's mix and panning. With separate
outputs, you could mix the band-outputs externally - and therefore
also pan the outputs at will.
But this begs an idea that dawned on my last night: As long as I have
the separate outputs available to me at all, a likely scenario for
their use would be to set a filter setting to be heard at the "ALL
OUTS" jack and then want to mix or pan one or two of the band outputs
separately. This implies that the separate output jacks should switch
the band out of the general "ALL OUTS" mix when a patch is inserted.
Or maybe the jack should be even fancier - with two clicks - first
click doesn't switch the band out of the general mix - second click
(all the way in) does.
OK - so other than our insanity, why the separate outputs? And then,
shouldn't the separate output jacks be able to switch the band out of
the general mix?
Bill
--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@...> wrote:
>
> I've decided to add individual outputs for each of the bandpass
> filters. This adds an additional 40 jacks to the panel and requires
> 2.5U of width. I don't want to start making panels in multiples of 1/2
> U, nor do I want to try to add an additional 2U and and try to make
> everything fit by squishing everything closer together. Instead I've
> added an additional 3U and added extra space between the three
> sections (jack field at the left, pot field in the middle, main
> controls on the right).
>
> I've posted a couple of layouts of this 8U wide monster. The first
> puts the jack field in the standard MOTM grid. The second uses a
> staggered grid. I think I prefer the staggered grid.
>
> http://www.tellun.com/motm/string_filter_panel3.gif
> http://www.tellun.com/motm/string_filter_panel4.gif
>
> I've got the PCBs all soldered together and tested. I'll be cutting
> the panel today (plastic prototype), then I'll need to hook up all
> those pots and jacks, that could take a while.
>