At 6:03 PM +0000 04/12/02, mate_stubb wrote:
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>>Lose the bypass switch and LED, and make it 2U.
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>dOOD! Once again: 10 pots and 2 jacks WILL NOT FIT into 2U!
Are you 100% sure?? Even with a shoehorn and a bucket of grease, you can't
get them in there?? Wasting an entire panel unit just to add a useless
bypass feature would be a real shame. I'd go back and try again. Maybe
you have to slant the knobs a bit.
If it's going to be 3U, the knobs might as well go in their regular places.
As far as the electrical design is concerned, if you are keeping the bypass
switch, a 9th knob for MAKE-UP GAIN should then be added as well.
Otherwise, there is no point in having a bypass switch because making
comparisons without matching the levels is impossible!! Look at any EQ
with a bypass switch. If it's going to have a bypass feature, it needs a
pot for make-up gain. Having one without the other looks retarded.
I realize that motm is not intended as meat and potatoes gear. Yet,
equalizers with a unique sound often become desirable, even legendary,
pieces of recording equipment. I've never seen a Moog used that way, but
that doesn't mean it's never been done. Perhaps the Moog was too noisy.
Thirty years ago, most solid state did not sound good. Considering what it
takes to rackmount many popular board modules, mounting two synth modules
sideways and finding a +/-15 supply is nothing.
A more synthy feature would be a wet/dry knob. An inverted output jack, or
an inverting switch before the wet/dry mix, could be added as well. With
3U there would be room.
If it's going to be 3U it should have 3U worth of stuff.