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Yes, it is cheaper to use HPGL files. You can go to the Computer Voltage Source group on Yahoo to see an example of a5U MOTM format panel. One panel with fully discrete tick marks is$202. A similar panel with tick marks as HPGL files is down to $112.
John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
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From: motm@yahoogroups.com[mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of AdamSchabtach
Thanks for the web page, John. I'm curiousabout your comment regarding HPGL files for FPE panels. Are you saying thatit's cheaper to have a panel fabricated by generating an HPGL file and placingthat file in the FPD file? That doesn't make sense to me, because I thoughtthat FPE prices were basically determined (in part) by the amount of engravingdone, and wouldn't that be the same regardless of how the commands tothe CNC machine are generated?
(I've always kept my FPE costs down by notputting in the MOTM-style tick marks. I put five tick marks around the knobsand call it good enough; I tune by ear rather than eye anyway. I just did a 2Upanel with 4 knobs and 16 jacks; cost was under $60.)
Thanks--
--Adam