MOTM

In view of the obvious fact that my ideas are not shared by the 
majority, I take up the mantle of the irritant in the oyster that 
(hopes) to contribute to the pearl and dutifully point out the 
various peculiarities of the winning design:

(1) Whereas the "band" knobs increase in cutoff frequency as one goes 
from the top to the bottom of the panel, the lowpass knob (presumably 
with the lowest cutoff freq) is at the bottom and the highpass knob 
is at the top!

(2) The highpass knob's cutoff freq is close to that of band 8, but 
is diagonally across the panel from it (as far as you can get).

(3) The lowpass knob's cutoff freq is close to that of band 1, but is 
a panel's height (far) away from it.

In any case, as I'm not even a potential customer for this module, 
I'll shut up...I use the old Moog 907 (not the "A", but the original 
R.A. Moog filterbank) which has a horizontal layout over a vast 
expanse of wasted panel space!  yippee

Best regards,
Roger