I personally don't think that slanting the top towards the "user" really helps much
from an ergonomic point of view. It certainly looks cool but, once your hand is
over your shoulder height, your arm tires quickly, no matter how the panel is
angled. If a slanted top will bring your arm down, that may help but I don't think
you will be able to see what you are tweaking as well. So, do it if you like the
looks, not necessarily for ergonomic reasons.
Tuning a sequencer in a high position can be very tiresome on the arms, unless you
have a quantizer (hint, hint)....
Eric
--- Dave Bradley <
daveb@...> wrote:
> Speaking of cabinets, what form factor are people planning on using for
> large systems? I had planned on the Moog IIIC style bottom cabinet, 10U by
> 26U, with one or two 5U high top cabinets (not including rows for Larry's
> Magic Buss(tm). But I don't know how ergonomic that is. I'm kind of leaning
> more toward the U shape now, where you go 5 rows tall, with the top rows
> slanting back towards you. This is like some of the large Serge or Buchla
> systems I've seem (or the Luther Moog). It's easier to reach stuff at the
> top and bottom, but almost requires one large cabinet to hold everything.
> Maybe you could build a 16U wide by 25U high U shaped cab, then a second
> identical one for expansion.
>
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