one option does present itself - collaboration. if you tell me what
you want and/or send over some mockups, i can make some FPDs for you.
btw, FPE have promised Mac OS X and Linux design software, but so far
nothing has appeared and i didn't receive a response to my request to
be a beta tester.
>Now that the weather is starting to get warm -- I don't like to do
>too much soldering if I can't open the windows -- there are quite a
>few things I would like to build.
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>Fortunately, some of the things I would like to build are regular
>MOTM modules, and the panels designed for them are available from
>Synthesis Technology.
>
>Unfortunately, some of the things I would like to build either do not
>have panels available, or do not have panels available that I want to
>use. I would like to build a couple modules based on CGS boards (eg,
>tube VCA, bintic filter), and I would also like to build an MOTM-310
>with a different panel.
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>I can't use Front Panel Designer because I don't have a machine that
>runs Windows. In fact, it seems one can't even get prices from Front
>Panel Express without using the the Front Panel Designer software.
>So even if I already have an .fpd file, there is nothing that I can
>do with it.
>
>While I'm hoping that the person who was planning on doing Stooge
>panels gets going soon, and I wish him all the best in that endeavor,
>in the meanwhile I've been trying to think up some other options.
>
>I know that Synthesis Technology sells blank panels, however, afaik,
>they are entirely blank. Otoh, panels for other modules already have
>legends for the knobs with tick marks and numbers. In some cases,
>they also have PEM fasteners for mounting brackets. However, these
>panels would be labeled "wrong" for what I want to do.
>
>So I'm thinking that I could buy panels intended for other MOTM
>modules, then re-label the the knobs and jacks with white-on-black
>labels. I realize that it is not an ideal solution, but would it
>work??
>
>If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
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>Yahoo! Groups Links
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