Hi Again,
A zig-zag pattern for the pots would be great but you can`t use pcb mount
pots so lots of wiring is required.
Also You`ll miss the gate buss or a complete pot row. pot spacing in milton
PCb is .8" and the separation between vertical rows must be at least 1".
Best regards,
Josue.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tontaub" <egroups@...>
To: <motmpanels@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:31 AM
Subject: [motmpanels] Re: Milton monster sequencer - feedback requested
> Hi All,
>
> --- In motmpanels@yahoogroups.com, "Josue Arias" <josue@A...> wrote:
> > We need smaller knobs, 10-11mm. max diameter.
>
> considerung the rather wide voltage range we get from such a bank
> 10-11mm is way too small for me.
> I do have small hands but I don't feel comfortable when tuning through
> several octaves with such a little thingy. That's the only thing I
> don't like on having such a massive 16-step sequencer ;-)
>
> I'm aware that the knobs in Cynthia's design are only slightly bigger
> (13mm I guess) so I'm thinking of placing the pots not straight in a
> line but in a zig-zag.
> Admittedly that would probably not give us the flexibility of putting
> a second panel with trigger buses and would for sure cause a load of
> extra soldering work (in order to get those displaced pots connected).
>
> I've only little sparetime these days but I'd like to play around with
> this idea by the end of the week.
>
> BTW, I checked the mouser catalogue and found the smallest pendant to
> the original sized knobs (506-PKES90B1/4) is 19mm which would cover
> all the tickmarks in Josue's Design IIRC.
> And all those knobs are for 1/4" shaft and not cheap ($1.55/100pc.)
> (I've been pointed to a Maplin.co.uk pendant which is cheaper but only
> similar to the original knobs).
>
>
> later, Michael.
>
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