Modular Synth Panels

(sorry - long mess. probably OT  - but what the hey - its pretty slow 
around here anyways)

From Ken:
The main problem is format.
...Serge - now how useless would that be to 90% of builders?

Thanks for responding Ken!  Yeah, I would imagine that this would be 
the primary nightmare in trying to get a handle on the 
possible 'market' out there.  And perhaps I have tunnel vision from 
being primarily MOTM-based, yet it does SEEM, at least, that gravity 
is swaying that way...?!?!  At least in the Western hemisphere....

You would definitely know better than I  - and this may be more of a 
USA trend - don't know - I'd ask Paul (and may sometime) but he seems 
way too busy these days to even be bothered with this issue at this 
point, which I totally understand. Yet he IS doing his 'own' panels, 
and Larry is filling the other 'niche' quite adequately too.  But 
these efforts do seem to be what is driving MOTM to be a leader in 
this DIY thing - don't you think?  Along with some other things too, 
without doubt.

And honestly - my thoughts along this line are based in part due to 
my stubborn creative side (I am a composer/artist too)and I really 
don't want to see MOTM become a "standard" - and I say this with huge 
respect for Paul.  But the MOTM legacy is quite obviously that of, or 
at least was started by, Mr. Moog...?!?! right?  And I guess no one 
can knock that or would even try...

Maybe I'm just reading too much into what is, and should remain, a 
strictly DIY thing.  And perhaps panels are just a necessary evil 
factor, or 'game' we have to play, in this synthDIY construction 
world.  I can live with that.

But Ken - and I really mean this as I do airbrush/graphics art stuff 
too time permitting (and there ain't none of that these days...)- I 
LOVE your panels with the hot little babes on them - that is really 
creative one-of-a-kind work - and really a great marketing device too 
perhaps..?

Plus I just love hot little babes!  But thats the musician in me - I 
think we can all excuse me for that, I pray - it's in the DNA at this 
point...Obviously those designs would probably not be a thing for the 
masses, etc...but...again, I always push towards the creative aspect 
of things.

Who knows - maybe Shaeffer will drop their prices after another 
100,000 of us get into building our synths...it could 
happen...right?!?!?!?  OK - now I'm just rambling here...

Lastly - I will send along some pictures to you privately that I've 
been drawing (in CGS-land i.e.Computer Graphics Software, not the 
esteemed CGS synth stuff!) of your boards and wiring them up, etc.  
It's been helping me to learn the software primarily, and has also 
made it WAY easier to comprehend and then assemble your circuits from 
the 'barebones' approach of them...at least for this old dummy. And 
my recent delving into stuffing all the pcbs I got from you awhile 
ago, has lined-up with all this nicely now.  You might be really 
interested in them...maybe not.  But at least check them out for 
me....

I can only imagine that you would prefer NOT to be on the internet 
answering questions like: "why is there only 1 IC in the schematic 
and yet 3 on the pcb?", etc...as your style is obviously for the 
slightly beyond beginner kind of person.  Although this does go with 
the territory, understood, I'm always looking to make this stuff more 
comprehendable by "the masses" - so that more folks get into it!  
This is good right?
 
Ok  - I'll shut-up now - Thanks again!

Rog