[sdiy] Verniers for Patch Recording

[harrybissell]

The scale vernier could be paper... or could be a very expensive
Front Panel Express engraving.  Might not be 'that' easy to make.

(Ian... I think a lot of folks here have not played with slide rules
or vernier marked calipers.  Come to think of it... I haven't
played with a slide rule either :^)

I'd like to see what the knob looks like. Seems you'd want to
buy those.

Maybe we could all 'agree' on a custom knob and then
buy a bunch as a group

sorry, what was I thinking...   :^P

H^) harry

Ian Fritz wrote:

> At 09:16 PM 9/30/2003, john mahoney wrote:
> >Some people wrote:
> > >
> > > >Together with the counter knobs this will cost
> > > >20$ per dial, ouch!
> > >
> > > >But you are right, this unacuracy is the reason why
> > > >finding an old patch is near to impossible.
> > >
> > > I think that 7-bit resolution on all your controls (except pitch) would
> > > make it possible.  But it doesn't sound like anybody really cares.
> >
> >[paste]
> > > Must be that people aren't interested in saving patches.
> >
> >I'm totally interested in saving patches! I just don't think verniers are
> >the answer, certainly not for $20 per knob.
>
> I'm talking about a *scale* vernier, not a mechanical gear reduction. It's
> a piece of paper or plastic that costs about  .00001 cents!