MOTM

jlarryh@... writes:
>>Snip, you must have joined the list after the two week 200 e-mail
 discussion on mixers.  We had ideas tossed from every direction.<<

You're right, I missed the big dicussion.  My comment about being in the dark 
about some yet to be released modules was not necessarily only about the 
mixer.  I guess I was also thinking about the new Low Pass Filter of which 
there is little info, and when Paul made mention of a surprise (module I 
guess?) to also be released.  But I may have missed big discussions of those 
also.  If so, ignore my ranting.

>>I remember back in the very first days when we were actually having 
discussions about 1/4 phone verses 1/8" verses banana, and what kind of 
knobs, etc.  Let's face it, we all have differing opinions, but Paul has to 
make the final decisions after hearing all there is to hear.  Some things I 
would have done a little different for my personal taste on some of the 
modules.<<

I think he pretty much made the right decisions myself.  No goofy wiggly blue 
water patterns, no Celtic or floral wallpaper designs, no flourescent paint 
splatters or African art to mess up the modules.  Everytime I hear banana 
plugs mentioned in conjunction with modulars, I cringe.  When I heard a 
reviewer of the Fenix semi-modular say that the banana plugs fit so nice and 
firmly that he could practically lift up the entire synth by one patch cord, 
I thought why the hell would I want to fight with plugging and unplugging 
cables like that all day.  And how attractive to have a protruding eight inch 
stack of banana plugs sticking out of my modular.  Don't get me started.  
(Someone who with two fistfulls, pulls out 20 cables at once on his D**pher 
modular, and they pop right out.  They're like butter.)

The only thing I might have suggested was that all the modules don't 
necessarily have to adhere rigidly to the patch matrix at the bottom of each 
module.  Sometimes being able to put connectors elsewhere can help the visual 
flow of a module and allow more ways to lay out a module.  The future 
VC-DADSR comes to mind in a past discussion with someone.  5 knobs vertically 
doesn't allow room for connectors.  5 knobs horizontally is wider than needed 
just to stick to the current rigid design.

-Elhardt