Hello,
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John are you using gold plated tick marks ? ;)
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I take a little example : one of my most complex FPD panel is the
QuadVCA module
http://m.bareille.free.fr/modular1/quadvca/quadvca.htm .
This panel contain 6 pots +6 switches and 12 jacks , MOTM style 5Ux2U,
HPGL files for all tick marks . So including shipping and VAT, one cost
56 euros ( at Schaeffer.de...)
Most of MOTM style panels i have ordered to Schaeffer are in the range
30 to 60 euros for 1x5U or 2x5U panels...You can see them on my website
and download the FPD files too... Obviously HPGL file reduce a lot the
final panel price, do not ask me why but it is like this :)
Cheers,
Marc B.
John Loffink wrote:
> Yes, it is cheaper to use HPGL files. You can go to the Computer
> Voltage Source group on Yahoo to see an example of a 5U 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ∗From:∗ motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] ∗On Behalf
> Of ∗Adam Schabtach
>
>
> Thanks for the web page, John. I'm curious about your comment
> regarding HPGL files for FPE panels. Are you saying that it's cheaper
> to have a panel fabricated by generating an HPGL file and placing that
> file in the FPD file? That doesn't make sense to me, because I thought
> that FPE prices were basically determined (in part) by the amount of
> engraving done, and wouldn't that be the same regardless of how
> the commands to the CNC machine are generated?
>
>
>
> (I've always kept my FPE costs down by not putting in the MOTM-style
> tick marks. I put five tick marks around the knobs and call it good
> enough; I tune by ear rather than eye anyway. I just did a 2U panel
> with 4 knobs and 16 jacks; cost was under $60.)
>
>
>
> Thanks--
>
> --Adam
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>