Doepfer

When replacing LEDs, two things you should be aware of. Modern LEDs (that includes most of 
the new exotic colors) are significantly more efficient. So in addition to replacing the LED, 
you'll need to change its associated current resistor on the circuit board. Otherwise you'll end 
up with  blinding super bright lights making your system obnoxious to use. I found I usually 
had to replace resistors around 100X larger on most Doepfer modules.

The other issue is most new LEDs you find are now clear instead of old-school diffused. The 
clear versions have a viewing angle way too narrow to be really useful as panel mounted 
indicators. Unfortunately the diffused versions (if you can even find them) are usually 
significantly more expensive.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Maxime" <francois.maxime@...> wrote:
>
> Sexy knobs ! Really !
> About 'cosmetic' mods, I was wondering if it's possible to replace the
> red (or blue) LEDs by some exotic colored ones (I'd love to have a
> flashy disco vocoder !). Which type of LEDs would fit and which would
> not ? 
> Max.
>