MOTM

Yes, it is cheaper to use HPGL files.  You can go to the Computer Voltage
Source group on Yahoo to see an example of a 5U MOTM format panel.  One
panel with fully discrete tick marks is $202.  A similar panel with tick
marks as HPGL files is down to $112.  

 

John Loffink

The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site

http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com

The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site

http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Adam
Schabtach
 

Thanks for the web page, John. I'm curious about your comment regarding HPGL
files for FPE panels. Are you saying that it's cheaper to have a panel
fabricated by generating an HPGL file and placing that file in the FPD file?
That doesn't make sense to me, because I thought that FPE prices were
basically determined (in part) by the amount of engraving done, and wouldn't
that be the same regardless of how the commands to the CNC machine are
generated? 

 

(I've always kept my FPE costs down by not putting in the MOTM-style tick
marks. I put five tick marks around the knobs and call it good enough; I
tune by ear rather than eye anyway. I just did a 2U panel with 4 knobs and
16 jacks; cost was under $60.)

 

Thanks--

--Adam