At 6:28 PM +0000 03/30/02, mate_stubb wrote:
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>While I dismiss most of our psychic buddy's vitriolic rhetoric,
I would certainly hope so!!
>it never hurts to talk rationally about synth UI (and it's a subject
>near and dear to me, so excuse me while I blab awhile.) Just so that
>everybody knows what my tastes are, my two favorite modular synth UIs
>are CMS and E-MU, in that order.
OK :)
>I am one of those people who DO get lost in a sea of knobs.
Really?? Considering the size of the knobs and the clarity of their
labeling, I find that hard to believe. Perhaps you could benefit from
better lighting. Surely, MOTM is much easier to navigate than any large
console. Different modules have different numbers of knobs, jacks, and
switches.
Or was this an early April Fool's joke?? :)
>It's not so bad if you are rack mounting and have maybe 5 or 6 modules
>>across, but it gets much harder to distinguish what you are looking
>at in a wide case.
That certainly makes sense. When the modules become available (∗cough∗), I
plan on having only 30U of modules in 15U of rack space.
>I believe that Paul has stated in the past that he was prevented from
>doing edge stripes when he started MOTM by the limitations of the
>technology or skill of his screen printer. Every product requires a
>series of trade-off decisions about quality vs. cost - in the MOTM
>case, Paul chose to concentrate on the circuit side, and keep the
>modules affordable by going with painted instead of anodized panels.
>I think it was the right decision, but I also think that adding edge
>graphics is the ONE thing that would make it much better.
How about painting the naked edges (the sides not the front) of each module
with white fluorescent paint, then putting a black light inside the
cabinet?? :)
>It's too late for Paul to change even if a new solution could be
>found, however - there are 3k modules out there already. So it's up
>to us to come up with a retrofittable solution.
You could also glue strips to the sides.
>>has anyone ever tried or considered polishing the
>>paint off the edges of your panels to make that border?
>
>This has been mentioned by at least one other person, but I don't
>think they ever tried it out. The thing that keeps me from doing this
>is that it would make my modules hard to sell to anyone else, unless
>we can convince everybody to do it!
That's not going to happen :)