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Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] Re: Living VCO

From: Paul Lord <plord@...>
Date: 2009-09-13

Forgive me if I missed this, but, is anyone building this with the Tobias' parts kit?  Are THOSE the verniers we are discussing in this thread, or some other part I'm not clear about?

Paul

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Scott K Warren <scott@...> wrote:
 

3. Verniers & large knobs, 7U, even verniers, and including waveshapers!

skw

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On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:38 PM, "wjhall11" <wjhall@...> wrote:

> Will and I were talking about this -
>
> We think that the two Living VCO panels worth considering are both
> counting-dial (Vernier) versions; the difference being a 5U and a 7U
> version.
>
> The 5U version uses the smaller knobs for all 16 controls except the
> three verniers. There are no significant modifications to Jurgen's
> design or suggested hook-ups. I can't quite recall, but two of the
> switches may be something Will suggested, but if so, they're very
> straightforward additions - of that I'm certain.
>
> You can read about our ideas and see our panel designs here: http://www.dragonflyalley.com/constructionJHLivingVCO.htm
>
> OK - so that's the 5U panel...
>
> The other panel worth considering is a 7U design. If you increase
> the knobs to standard MOTM size, you need 7U of space. You can
> implement the 7U with the verniers off-set a bit to make more space
> in the "driver section" for the switches (the design on top on our
> page), or you can even out the grid as suggested by Greg James (the
> design below the others on our page).
>
> In either of these cases, there's space for an extra row of jacks -
> so we figured we'd build three wave-shapers into the module... a
> relatively straightforward thing to do using 3 MFOS VCO pcbs for
> their wave-shaper circuits.
>
> You could implement the 7U panel without the waveshapers and extra
> row of jacks.
>
> But if you really didn't want the verniers, you could do the Rough /
> Fine tune idea a-la Dave Brown.
>
> So to re-cap - I guess here are the choices:
>
> 1. Verniers and small knobs 5U
>
> 2. Verniers and large knobs 7U, offset verniers and including
> waveshapers
>
> 3. Verniers and large knobs 7U, even verniers and including
> waveshapers
>
> 4. Verniers and large knobs 7U, offset verniers no waveshapers
>
> 5. Verniers and large knobs 7U, even verniers no waveshapers
>
> 6. No verniers, different design
>
> Bill and Will
>
>
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> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, Ben Stuyts <ben@...> wrote:
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>> On 10 sep 2009, at 03:54, Scott Deyo wrote:
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>>> So what am I making here? One vernier and one non-?
>>> Keep in mind, this will make each one more expensive.
>>
>> I'd like a vernier-style panel. I love the looks of them.
>>
>> Ben
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