MOTM

Maybe this is a little off the wall ... but I have a dim memory of once
having seen steel hardware in various colors of this clear, shiny,
hard-surfaced lacquer finish. It looked kind of like the colors you get
when you rub a bright metal washer with a permanent marker, but it was a
real finish. Am I making things up? Does this stuff actually exist, can
it be got at hobby stores or something like that? It just came to mind as
an alternative to colored plastic washers for 1/4" jacks. (You know,
banana jacks are plastic, but since all the other 1/4" jacks have nice
shiny steel hardware...)

Colored hardware would allow us to pick our wiring patterns and still
have a snazzy-looking panel. How much would it cost to put a white
satin-finish scribble strip over the jacks? I don't know what those
things are made of; I've never seen gear expensive enough to have a "real"
scribble strip, although my PAiA midi2cv has a solid white oval of regular
panel paint around each jack which serves the same purpose.

thanks & peace,

Chris

> From what I've seen, everyone on the list is extremely well versed in

synth

> technology and layout, and we on the list are all very individual as are

our

> systems. Perhaps a "User Configurable" panel is in order.

Be careful! This is the (very) vocal minority you are listening to.

> Maybe this is a little off the wall ... but I have a dim memory of once
> having seen steel hardware in various colors of this clear, shiny,
> hard-surfaced lacquer finish. It looked kind of like the colors you get
> when you rub a bright metal washer with a permanent marker, but it was a
> real finish. Am I making things up? Does this stuff actually exist, can
> it be got at hobby stores or something like that? It just came to mind as
> an alternative to colored plastic washers for 1/4" jacks.

I love the colored washer idea! I think you are referring to anodized
aluminum here; it has the properties you are referring to. Paul's metal
shops should be able to have this done for him. He just gives them a few
thousand aluminum washers and presto! all of the colors of the rainbow--or
something like that. Actually, the plastic ones sound cooler and I think
they will be more readily visible in low-light conditions. The colors on
the 940 would be great to match.

--Todd