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> I guess I would lean to the 4 alphanumeric LED displays. The thing
> that sucks about LCD is the viewing angle problem - usually really bad
> from the sides and for above/below/straight on you need to adjust the
> contrast to match your "normal" viewing angle. It seems like this
> could be problematic with a modular - particular if you have a lot of
> panel space you might not really have a "normal" viewing angle for the
> display.
LCD technology has advanced :) I'm using what's called a transflective polarizer. The viewing
angle is is like 160 degrees in both directions.
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> The flip side is that, limited to 4 alphanumeric LED digits, the UI
> will be more cryptic. (Less digits for description of what is
> selected, etc.)
This was a MAJOR issue.
>
> I really liked your idea of the decimal points indicating gate
> activity, etc. This also would work great with LED displays - but
> would be far less effective on an LCD. (LCDs also have the "slow
> update" problem - a slow blinking dot tends to fade instead of blink,
> and a fast blinking dot would just be a blur.)
>
I will ponder what to do about GATE LEDs. Right now, there are MIDI Activity and MIDI Clock LEDs.
Paul S.