MOTM

It's great to see this discussion again.  I think it has been 
admitted by Paul that the knob/jack "grid", "single knob size", and 
the simplicity of other module panel design elements were settled on 
as a compromise to cost.  In an ideal world (at least in my ideal 
world) form would follow function.  MOTM panel design would imply 
module function, at least in some abstract sense, such as a flowchart 
of the underlying electronic process, or some other spacial 
representation of function.

As Paul's designs become more elaborate and the percentage 
cost/benefit of adherence to the initial panel design compromises 
changes in relation to the cost of the modules (i.e. the total cost 
of more expensive modules are less effected on a percentage basis by 
fixed cost savings in panel design), it would seem as if it could be 
time to address the compromise.

Many users are trying to address the problem themselves by coding 
functions with colored washers, stickers, labels, etc.  Paul himself 
marveled at how the Buchla module functions could be ascertained from 
across the room.  I vote for EVERY new module's form to follow its 
function, rather than be limited by a compromise made years ago in 
manufacturing cost context somewhat different from today's.

-Roger