MOTM

Oh, good one Mike.  LOL.. Ahem.
(picturing Rodney Dangerfield tightening his tie...)
If this thread were a rodent crossing the road, you pretty much flattened it.

George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mmarsh@...>
To: <groovyshaman@...>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: freq shifter knob


> I wonder how much a big knob will move if you blow on it?
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, <groovyshaman@s...> wrote:
> > I think the reason this knob size issue is seemingly endless is 
> because there
> > are so many opinions - ALL of which are valid - and Tony 
> graciously has
> > elicited them.  It is also apparent that the human-synth interface 
> is seen as
> > very important and is something everyone on this list has some 
> experience in,
> > and therefore opinions on.  Oh, and we have this sea of 1" knobs 
> just screaming
> > for a 2" one to set things apart. :)
> > 
> > I (unfortunately) have never had the opportunity to fiddle with 
> one of the
> > "classic" frequency shifters, although I have played with some 
> stomp boxes that
> > did some similar things.  The only thing I can say from this 
> experience is that
> > little knobs suck.  But seriously, I can see a very good reason 
> for a single
> > large knob, as long as it is attached to a TOP quality pot, that 
> would allow
> > both somewhat-accurate small motions as well as the larger wide 
> sweeps.  I
> > think having a fine/coarse setup would be more "clunky" in this 
> regard, but
> > that is just my naive opinion.
> > 
> > So why is it that many of the "classic" frequency shifters that I 
> have seen
> > have the "single large knob" setup?  (or more likely I just 
> haven't seen that
> > many!)  Maybe those of you on the list that have used a freq 
> shifter with a
> > single knob could share your opinions with the rest of us.
> > 
> > George
> > 
> > (don't you love these wacky threads about the size of a knob??)
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <elhardt@a...>
> > To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:33 PM
> > Subject: RE: [motm] Re: freq shifter knob
> > 
> > 
> > > John Loffink writes:
> > > >>You're thinking of this as a set it and forget it type 
> setting, which is
> > > just one mode.  The other is real time sweeps, wide ranging but 
> with fine
> > > control.<<
> > >
> > > This knob size issue never seems to end.  I'm not sure why a 
> frequency
> > shifter
> > > needs more precision in adjustment or use than all the other 
> modules in a
> > > synth, especially the osc.  If the damn Bode didn't have a huge 
> knob, nobody
> > > would have ever thought they needed one too.
> > >
> > > As for real-time sweeps but with fine control, that sounds 
> contradictory.
> > >
> > > -Elhardt
> 
>