MOTM

> what's the stuff at the top?

At the top?

> i'm surprised you hadn't modularized it more - i.e. smaller pcbs of
> say 4 bands each connected with risers, or something like that, so
> that people could get more or less bands in. But then again maybe the
> difference in cost of the two different approaches wouldn't have been
> substantial enough to bother with risers and other stuff?

I thought about that, but this has one serious drawback: I'd end up with a 
high quantity of channel PCBs, but a much lower quantity of PCBs for the 
overall functions. Which means it would be more expensive.

Also, I don't seriously expect anybody to desire more than 20 Bands. Ok, the 
EMS 5000 has 22 bands - but I managed to fit *almost* as many into a size 
more in the region of an EMS3000. You can always *omit* bands, of course 
(and do the nasty re-calculating of all filters), and it would still be less 
expensive than using a modularized concept. With that single big PCB, I 
expect the PCB to be less expensive than the capacitors, after all! :)

JH.