Modular Synth Panels

Hello,

I haven't found the answer yet myself WRT polystyrene caps. But I do 
know that mixed-mode PCB's using both SMD and TH are still pretty 
common. We used to use a contract MFR that did those for us 
regularly. Might be a solution/workaround?

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "Andy" 
<squirrelmasterxx@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
> 
> I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posted info on 
> drilling dotcom panels the other month. It went (mostly) perfect 
> thanks to all of your recommendations! I will probably be picking 
up 
> a drill press eventually so as i increase the bit size I don't 
stray 
> from where I intended the origin.
> 
> so, on to my next question...
> I've been doing PCB design and layout for this guitar effects 
pedal 
> company for about a year now and our new design is quite bulky and 
I 
> was asked to fit it on a very small PCB. I suggested moving 
> everything to Surface Mount instead of the Through Hole that they 
> were used to. 
> I'm wasn't very worried about this because at my workplace we use 
90% 
> SMT components so I lay them out on a daily basis. Unfortunately, 
> I've been able to find everything but Polyester Film Capacitors 
> available in Surface Mount. 
> 
> Does anyone know if these exist in SMT or any other equivalent 
types 
> of capacitors that would work great for audio applications? 
> 
> I know recently Paul at Synthesis Technology changed all of his 
> modules over to surface mount, how did he handle the capacitors?
> 
> Thanks a bunch! 
> 
> -Andrew
>