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Personally, I voted for the layout, not necessarily the assignment of
which control is in which location. I think this could be improved
on. Ideas?
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Well, there are two existing examples to choose from:
1. The Moog filterbank starts with low bands at the top and works its
way down thus:
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
2. Desk EQs start at the bottom and go up, albeit in a single column:
7 8
5 6
3 4
1 2
3. Then you have vertical orientation possibilities:
1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8
4. and
4 8
3 7
2 6
1 5
For examples 1 and 3, I'd put LP at the top left and HP at the bottom
left, reversing their positions for examples 2 and 4. That's about
the best you can do, given the constraints of the layout.
Moe