Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hi!

Here's a stray comment on the front-panel design!

After a few weeks plying wih the evolver, I got to
know the unshifted parameters quite well.   that is,
I didn't need to refer to panel very much to use them.
That's mostly because they're so logically laid out!  :)

I haven't been able to memorize the shifted paramteres, 
since they're used less often.  soooo....

I suppose that means that logically, if you are hurtin'
for space in a rack unit, you could safely make the
unshifted parameters smaller in font size than the shifted.


-N, who likes the evolver so much, he's rather havea *bigger*
one with instant access to every parameter, than a compact
unit!   [think midibox 64....heh heh heh]


okay, and comment #2:  there are some obscure modulation
sources/destinations that I still ahven't learnt by heart
yet, so actually, i would like to see the more obscure
ones (fil and o1l etc are fine, by contrast) on the front
panel.

-N


On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 04:44:24PM -0400, Robert Shanks wrote:
> Hi Kris -
> 
> Nice job on the rack mockup.   Can I play, too?   I like the idea of a 1U
> rack Evolver and...  I am the person that designed the front panel graphics
> for the Evolver for Dave.  He was great to work with.  It took about 40
> designs ( 4 itterations of 10 to 12 designs ) to get to the current
> production panel.  It was a real challenge to squeeze all that stuff in -
> parameters, shift parameters, grouping borders..., but I feel like it came
> out good.  It feels tweakable/playable/fun!    So, getting all that stuff
> in a 1U rack panel would be the ultimate insanity, but I like a good
> challenge.  And, I'd love to have a Evo R.  Maybe if we came up with a good
> enough design, we could convince Dave to go for it.  Hey, if ya want people
> to buy five of em, a 1U rack would be the way to go.
> 
> It would be great to collaborate with some folks on it.    I'm into synth
> interface design and I like working with people.  I guess what I should
> really do is SHUTUP and do some designs to toss in the circle.
> 
> Later - Robert Shanks
> Evolver #00007  - cool
> 
> >Yeah and I mean a 1U rack.  It'd be fine.  Its wider and narrower, so I'm
> >sure it could be done.  I'll finish the mockup :-)
> >KRIS
> >
> >I said madness in one rack U, not 2. I stick by definine madness as fitting
> >the words for 144 parameters into one rack
> >
> >
> >Why madness?  Just a different preference Ravi.  Personally I had to hack a
> >way for Evo to fit into my studio by hanging it over the rack containing my
> >MAQ16/3's with two sheetmetal brackets screwed into the screws on the back
> >of Evo.  Not the best solution, BUT I have ZERO deskspace, so for me, a rack
> >version is very appealing.  My rendering works fine except that the matrix
> >labels would have to be quite small (and side-by-side for the shift buttons
> >instead of over/under, but the knobs are farther apart so that works ok),
> >but there are other solutions to that (like a pull-out card you can slide
> >out of the panel when needed, etc.  I think it would work in any case, esp.
> >considering 'rack' owners IMO tend to edit via software (maybe I'm wrong
> >there? at least in my experience that's somewhat true).  But in any case, it
> >isn't madness - just a different preference.
> >KRIS
> >
> >
> >> Heh, heh. That's a nice rendering job but I think that the
> >> idea is total
> >> madness, unless you made it a two rack space unit like the pulse.
> >>
> >> I think the most reasonable, doable and inexpensive solution for you
> >> rackheads is to make a rack enclosure that puts the unit as
> >> is, into a rack,
> >> in much the same way as the rack fit for the Novation Nova.
> >>
> >> Ravi
> >>
> >> >Here's a mockup.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.stucki.com/krhen/downloads/evorack.jpg
> ><http://www.stucki.com/krhen/downloads/evorack.jpg>
> >> >
> >> >Note the problem becomes labelling the matrix.  Font would
> >> be pretty small
> >> >but it could be done I think (though I didn't want to take
> >> the time to type
> >> >in each parameter name now :-)  Looks kinda cool.  Dave??? :-)
> >> >KRIS
> >
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