Modular Synth Panels

I just don't want to use multi-turn pots to change pitch. If I was  
that anal about pitch, I would stick to MOTM 300 oscillators. Or  
digital synths.

On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:31 AM, wjhall11 wrote:

> It seems to Will and I that the only real advantage, aside from less  
> expense, of building the LVCO without vernier (counting) dials  
> appears to be taking up a little less space - we found counting  
> dials that are only a little bigger than the standard MOTM TYCOs.  
> But taking up less space looks to us like it isn't very useful  
> because, assuming you include all of them, we can't see a way to  
> possibly fit the controls into fewer than 4 Units.
>
> The big advantage of the verniers, of course, is the counting. The  
> intended Frequency pots are fancy, 10-turn units, and we figure it  
> will be good to have a read-out of the turn.
>
> The four-unit LVCO panel assumes really, really dinky pots for a  
> bunch of the other controls. If you want to avoid the super-dinky  
> pots, you move into the 5-Unit design which uses the semi-dinky  
> knobs - the ones that appear on lots of Tellun designs. Then there's  
> no real reason to use the small counting dials 'cause there's space  
> for the bigger ones.
>
> But then there's the completely stupid 7U design... ahem...  
> <shuffles his feet> <looks at the ceiling>
>
> We ordered up verniers from Mouser a few days ago... so maybe this  
> note is just the beginning of a huge rationalization for allowing my  
> OCD to run rampant as we stagger toward implementing the 7U design.
>
> <shrug>
>
> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Laity  
> <synthetic@...> wrote:
> >
> > Any update on this panel? I vote for a version without verniers if
> > possible.
> >
> >
> > On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Scott Deyo wrote:
> >
> > > I'm doing something, but I'm not sure what yet. Maybe a poll will
> > > happen, but not for a little while yet....
> > >
> > > Scott Deyo
> > > The Bridechamber
> > > contact@...
> > > http://www.bridechamber.com
> > > Jealous Edison Record Kompany
> > > http://www.jealousedison.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 29, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Jan-Ahrent Czmok wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 27.05.2009, at 04:18, Scott Deyo wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> The 'ills have some designs they've been working on:
> > >>> http://dragonflyalley.com/constructionJHLivingVCO.htm
> > >>>
> > >>> Scott Deyo
> > >> Will you do a panel run for this design ? i got the living vco  
> kit
> > >> with the verniers and really like the design..
> > >>
> > >> --jan
> > >>
> > >>
> >

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