Modular Synth Panels

I'm leaning towards knobs now, but in a circular pattern a al meester 
White's seq.
But yeah, I don't see them being in stock for at least two months, at 
this rate.

DIY... indeed! Whatever works. Music isn't made by waiting for the next 
piece of gear! (or a panel!)

Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
contact@...
http://www.bridechamber.com
Jealous Edison Record Kompany
http://www.jealousedison.com


On Jun 20, 2008, at 4:44 PM, sduck409 wrote:

> Hi - Never had a problem with scratches on mine. Although I don't move
>  mine around much once they're in the cabinet, and the cabinet never
>  leaves the room. And the oldest one I have is only 2 years or so.
>  Coating is a good idea though - I'll have to consider this idea - what
>  do you suggest coating with?
>
>  Knobs/faders - as far as I could tell the discussion was over - a
>  vocal minority, of which I was a member, wanted knobs, but Scott was
>  leaning towards faders. So, I can wait and take my chances whether
>  Scott's panel design meets my needs, or even appears, or I can get my
>  own design built now. I've got the knobs, and the resistors, and
>  everything else - just need a panel! That's what DIY is all about
>  anyway - not being part of the herd - right?
>
>  As mentioned earlier, there's a picture of this design in the photos
>  section of this group, in the misc folder.
>
>  Cheers, Steve
>
>  --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "adaaxs" <wonggster@...> 
> wrote:
>  >
>  > We all understand where you are coming from Steve. I occasionally
>  break down and get a
>  > shaeffer panel but they I have to get it coated after I get it from
>  FPE or it will scratch up
>  > madly , out of the box they are too fragile for the money. We are
>  still discussing knobs
>  > and sliders and what kind of resistors to use and you want to go
>  ahead. Have you got a
>  > non .fpd version of the file we can view ?
>  >
>  >
>  > >
>  > > Ok, I finally got around to finishing this one up - I would have 
> done
>  > > it a week ago but had to deal with a case of Rocky Mountain 
> Spotted
>  > > fever - yuck. Tere's also a screen cap in the misc folder of the
>  > > pictures section for instant gratification.
>  > >
>  > > I really wanted to work this into a 6u panel, hopefully 
> incorporting
>  > > parts of Thomas White's excellent rotary design, but just couldn't
>  > > begin to make it all fit. It's pretty tight in 8u. I started with 
> Jeff
>  > > Pontius's old milton design, and basically erased everything 
> below the
>  > > middle, and incorporated lots of bits from Clickmrmike's and Will 
> and
>  > > Bill's designs, juggling some switch positions to suit my tastes 
> and
>  > > putting back in the switch they left out (it's probably not 
> necessary,
>  > > but there it is). Then I spent forever juggling everything around 
> to
>  > > make it look hunky-dory, at least kind of.
>  > >
>  > > Somehow in the course of doing this the price dropped a bit - my
>  > > original layout with all the holes and labels was over 160$ (US), 
> but
>  > > the finished version is about 146$ - go figure. I did replace a 
> bunch
>  > > of loosely created place holder items with copied and pasted 
> groups of
>  > > items, like the switch boxes - maybe that makes a difference.
>  > >
>  > > I'm highly tempted to create a color version of this one - once 
> you
>  > > sart adding color fills, it's just a flat rate 7$ addon, and you 
> can
>  > > use all the colors you want after that - so since I'm already 
> spending
>  > > a bunch, why not? But there's the deciding on the miriad of 
> choices
>  > > part - fairly daunting. Anyone want to take a crack at this? It's 
> free
>  > > until you press the buy button, of course.
>  > >
>  > > The hole sizes are all for the same hardware synthtech uses - 
> spectrol
>  > > pots, switchcraft 1/4 jacks, nkk bat switches, lumex 5/16 leds, 
> and
>  > > all the knobs are meant to be the smaller version of the standard 
> motm
>  > > style PKES-60B-1/4 knobs. Other stuff would also work fabulously 
> in
>  > > there, but remember to adjust the hole diameters to what you're
>  using.
>  > >
>  > > I'd love to get opinions and feedback on this - this was a pretty 
> big
>  > > undrtaking, and I'm not a graphics designer by any means, so 
> there's
>  > > probably lots of design rules I've stepped all over. And while 
> I've
>  > > read the various klee manuals and checked with the interconnect
>  > > schematics, I may have missed something - let me know if this is 
> the
>  > > case.
>  > >
>  > > Apologies to Scott Deyo for not waiting patiently for his 
> soon-to-be
>  > > much more excellent design, which will of course cost half as 
> much,
>  > > but I've got all the other parts sitting here burning a hole in my
>  > > build time plans. Actually, I'm not really ready to order this 
> yet,
>  > > due to some financial tightness currently - maybe I'll come to my
>  > > senses. And you know you'll be geting a bunch of my money soon 
> anyway
>  > > for brackets for this and some other stuff, so it'll all work out.
>  > > Brackets - I didn't really consider brackets in this design - I'm 
> sure
>  > > there's something that'll work - we'll see.
>  > >
>  > > Steve Drake
>  > >
>  >
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