Hi Mark,
I'm getting a little tired this evening, but I wanted to make one point
here. The original proto of the FS was 6 knobs in a line on the left as
described below. They were in the exact location of the middle 6 knobs of a
UEG. The design expanded at some point by making the local oscillator's
outputs accessible to the user and after a few layout drawings I arrived at
the current panel. One was 8 in a row just like the left column of the UEG
but I didn't like it.
Apparently several people don't like the current layout in spite of what the
module does.
Thanks for your feedback.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Mayhem [mailto:
skinmatrix@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:25 PM
To:
tony@...Subject: RE: [motm] Frequency Shifter group question
Hello,
Just to speak up, I am very interested in a FS, with a huge "but." The "but"
in this case being, but I don't like the knob layout, it seems cluttered,
and unbalanced. Being a bit of a UI snob, it is enough to make me think
twice about purchasing it. I have found that synths with UI's I am not
visually comfortable with I do not use (which is why I have a dave smith
evolver sitting in a case, that I haven't got the heart to sell), and have
stopped buying.
Now I am not saying adhere to the MOTM grid (hell to be honest with you I
don't own a single MOTM module yet, and the UEG is one of the reasons I
decided on MOTM as a format (but I have rack space set aside for the form
factor)), but maybe strive for a little more visual balance. I'm not even a
fan of the big knob camp, though the form is growing on me, and with or
without, that would not affect a decision to purchase negatively (i.e. no
big knob does not mean less likely to purchase). Maybe a knob layout similar
to the UEG (all in a line down one side), not balanced but so thouroughly
lopsided as to not cause one to look for balance.
Anyway that's my two cents.
Thanks for listening,
Mark
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