Wow Paul! Great to hear about the latest addition to the MOTM line!
A large part of the Buchla mystique besides the sound, is in the
phsyical aesthetics (at least I think so).
I think it would be great for the "MOTM-Buchlas" to at least have
something like the signal flow on the face plate. Don was never shy about
filling his panel designs with lots of info. It really added to the "Lab
instrument" vibe.
It would also be amazing to use the classic Davies knobs Don used on his
modules. The colored ones look really neat as well as the plain black ones
typically seen on the 292 Lopass Gate.
If you really want to get weird, you can even use the same color metal
and silk screening as the originals. I dont think you should hold back with
the looks. From what I gather these modules aren't suppose to be "standard
MOTM" anyway! So what if they dont look exactly like people's current
systems. I would love to have a small rack of these sitting on top of my
MOTM rig!!
cheers,
John
on 6/10/03 7:33 PM, Paul Schreiber at
synth1@... wrote:
> OK, the cat's out of the bag. Yes, I do plan some Buchla-based modules. First
> up: 292 Low Pass
> Gate.
>
> What I want discussion on is the front panel styling. One of the err..unique
> aspects of the
> Buchla was that ∗every∗ module had a different front panel. The SIZES were
> uniform multiples, and
> in general flow was bottom-to-top-from the side :) Meaning:
>
> a) Inputs on the bottom
> b) CVs on the left side
> c) outputs on the top
>
> Some modules have everything on the top (filter banks, since there is no CV).
>
> So, what are thoughts about this? I want to still use the MOTM panels sizes.
> But I can:
>
> a) change color
> b) add graphics
> c) change knobs/add colored knobs
> d) not be "on grid"
> e) place jacks somewhere except across the bottom
>
> Well??
>
> Paul S.
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