Well, I can't add much more after Ken and Larry have so eloquently stated my
sentiments. I'm mounting a DarkStar as we speak on a MOTM 2U panel. I chose
to buy a pcb bracket from Paul, and found 4 places on the pcb to drill
mounting holes. Because they are close to traces, I'm using nylon standoffs
and bolts to avoid shorting anything. I'm using the blue MOTM-800 pots
mounted off-board, Switchcraft jacks, and a matching Lumex LED. I have
silkscreen art designed and am still wrestling with finding a way to
economically screen the panel.
Is the DarkStar worth all this? Frankly, it's kind of an underwhelming
module to me. It's just a 1970's video game chip, no more, no less. The
point is that I'm developing the techniques I'll need to integrate DIY
modules or pcbs made by others into my system.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: Tkacs, Ken [mailto:ken.tkacs@...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:43 AM
> To: 'motm@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [motm] Blacet Chop-Up Question
>
>
>
> I must echo Mr. Hendry's sentiments regarding the front panels. Simply
> mounting a Blacet module in the center of a 2ux5u panel just seems like
> making a bad thing worse. First of all, it's really ugly, worse than just
> having a separate rack of 'Frac Rack' gear on the side. If that isn't
> enough, you still have the weeny little jacks, tiny knobs, and cramped
> spacing, very important factors in a modular that we decided not to put up
> with when we went MOTM, no?
>