Modular Synth Panels

You know - we should re-mention that we're going to use three MFOS VCO PCBs as waveshapers for the Living VCOs.  And also, that at the end of May, Greg James suggested a way of modifying the 7U design so that the counting dials align on the MOTM vertical grid.  It's really a very good design.  

We just put that design up on our Living VCO Construction Page along with the others.

Image (160K):
http://www.dragonflyalley.com/images/JHlivingVCOs/JHLivingVCOV10BvIIwidth4-48in.jpg

Page:
http://www.dragonflyalley.com/constructionJHLivingVCO.htm

Will and I are still leaning toward the quirky 7U version we (well - mostly Will) came up with first because it places the switches that link the VCOs and the driver in the Driver section of the panel - and we like the wierdness of the look.

We'll be building this over several months... the parts alone are going to be over $450 most of which is for the pots, knobs, panel-mount trimmers, and jacks.

And that doesn't include the panel.

<sigh>

Bill (and Will)






--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, Scott K Warren <scott@...> wrote:
>
> I also vote for a big layout with verniers and big pots. I want the  
> stupidly-large 7U design too!
> 
> Seriously, full-MOTM-size knobs are the only way to go.
> 
> My two cents,
> 
> skw
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:50 AM, "adaaxs" <wonggster@...> wrote:
> 
> > It looks like I am about to get on the short bus with the Ills.
> >
> > One of the most important parts of the synthi type oscillator is the  
> > interactive tuneability unlike any 3 oscillator network.  Room to  
> > set the parameters is a good thing and multiturn verniers and 24 mm  
> > pots across the panel is they type of room I would invest in .
> >
> > gino
> >
> >
> >> 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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