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ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, David Griffith
<dgriffi@...> wrote:
> It seems to me that making tickmarks around pots is one of those things
> that really add to the cost of panels. Suppose you make up a bunch of
> thin discs with tickmarks on them and use those instead of putting
> tickmarks directly on the panels. Would this be cheaper? Would it look
> or feel ugly?
How about no tickmarks? I don't see them as essential at all. I've
always liked the Oakley panel look over the MOTM. For patch notation I
use clock settings (12', 3', etc.) to remember knob positions so tick
marks aren't important to me. Of course this is very subjective.
You can save on FPE panels by not using infill colors (which add
$8-10)and just leave the engravings raw. Here's an example:
http://www.sdiy.org/peng/modulesale/Synthaconsale.htmScroll down the page to see some detail.
For bipolar attenuators I use one tick at 12 o'clock with a minus to
the left and a plus to the right of this tick.
peng