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2002-02-21 by mate_stubb
I'm not surprised that there are "make it big" and "make it small" camps. If I can manage it, I'll make a single digital board work for all designs, and design a couple of analog boards that take into consideration the straightline 8x1 large form factor vs. the 4x2 small form factor. Then we can do large and small Stooge panels and make everybody happy - or at least make everyone equally pissed off<g>! Moe
2002-02-21 by sikorsky
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From: mate_stubb <mate_stubb@...> "If I can manage it, I'll make a single digital board work for all designs, and design a couple of analog boards that take into consideration the straightline 8x1 large form factor vs. the 4x2 small form factor. " hello all, i really love the idea of the 8U sequencer design - and i think moe's idea quoted above is magical i couple of mechanical issues i'd like to see: 1) the switches remain where they are - if they go on the top row then quite a few of us will have mounting problems 2) if the pcbs could be designed to fit flush with the panel ala encore UEG then this would make the unit fit in a really nifty desktop case - i personally think this option far outweighs the trade off of having to drill holes for mounting pillars 3) in which case, could 8U turn into 9U and all the bottom row of pots shift over to the left hand side..? (ducking for this one) it kind of loses the intuitive layout though, 4) oh yes, and if sufficient LED room could be made for big 8-10mm panel mounting LEDs, i'm sure many of us will be very very happy - erm, before i forget, if the panel graphic for the 'set' switches be small enough to account for sad people like myself using momentary toggle switches i think that's it now i'm off to spend the rest of the night de-fraging my F: audio drive cheers paul b sheffield
2002-02-23 by Scott Gibbons
> So I'd tend to vote for the "smaller" versions simply because I would be > still holding out for SuperMoe. But as someone pointed out, the UEG can be > pressed into service as a micro-sequencer already. Or (Gack!) a PC > sequencing program, even though I'd be the first to point out how "un-fun" > that is. Thing I like about the 8u version is that it really does offer something with significantly more control than the UEG or Arrick's sequencer. The smaller MiniMoes are more in direct competition with these, so price becomes more important. Would I sooner buy a UEG or a 2u MiniMoe? I couldn't answer that question honestly without knowing if the price difference between the two was $20 or $200... The 8u mockup is so feature-packed that price isn't so much an issue. I hate to make decisions like this based on money, but I don't have a day-job to fund my addiction! :-/