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Subject: Re: Frequency Shifter (improved layout idea)

From: "strohs56k" <strohs@...>
Date: 2003-11-05

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "neutrino000" <neutrino000@h...> wrote:
> I like the first layout better [...]
>
> The two new ones look nice, but a little off visually. Placing the
> LEDs right on the edge looks kind of awkward to me. Also, I like
> the jacks centered, as in the first layout [...]
>
> FWIW, I am actually more concerned with how the FS sounds, that's
> my primary concern, but I am really, really picky when it comes to
> UI as well. A fantastic sounding through-zero FS is such a bummer
> if the UI is clunky.

If you want "none clunky" UI, you really want my revised (v3) layout.
It is (visually) almost as good as the first one but I put much more
thought into what knobs should go where - as in, how the module is
actually used and making it consistent with the way other modules
work.

Not to suggest that this is possible (requires a little more support
circuitry) but you could fix the jack field symmetry like this:

http://www.eskimo.com/~strohs/FSlayout3a.GIF

This would actually be a pretty cool feature because you now have all
four phases of a quadrature oscillator for other uses.


seth