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Re: Klee panel - knobs vs sliders

2008-05-20 by wjhall11

The circular design is amazing, actually.  It makes a lot of sense.  
I wonder how it would be adapted to the Klee.  Bill


 


- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "sduck409" <sduck409@...> wrote:
>
> I think it's a trade-off either way - both choices have pros and cons.
> You make your choice. Or build one of each. I'm going with knobs, but
> faders are great too.
> 
> Sure, I've got a 8u motm (sort of) panel worked up mostly - it's based
> on the one from your web page though. Although it'll work, I'm not
> terribly happy with it, and have visions of rotary klee knobs ala
> Thomas White's sequencer. Thomas hasn't started work on his yet, but
> gave me permission to mod his design, which was nice, although I
> probably would have anyway. Having some sort of rotary design in 6u is
> a lot more appealing to me than the straight line 8u. Or some sort of
> 8x8 ovoid pattern - got to get working on this. 
> 
> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "wjhall11" <wjhall@> wrote:
> >
> > You know - it strikes me that aside from whatever visual-clue
> > advantages there may be to sliders and longevity advantages there my
> > be to knobs, there are probably panel design issues too.  Knobs take
> > up less room vertically, and sliders less horizontally - make sense? 
> > So I wonder how this would ultimately affect panel design.  I wonder
> > which would make more overall sense in a MOTM-style panel.  Or maybe
> > there's no particular advantage one way or the other.  Ideas?
> > 
> > Are there some MOTM designs out there?
> > 
> > Bill (& Will) 
> > 
> >
>

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