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No problem.  I can add that as an add-on module going forward.  The only
problem is... the panel will cost ten times as much as the parts that go
behind it.  SO... if there IS interest in this... I don't want any "sticker
shock" when the time comes.

How much are you folks willing to pay for a 1U Frac-Rack module with four
pots and a couple wires running over to your PSIM-1?  (You connect them to
the switch tab on the four input jacks so they are normalized to the PSIM-1
analog inputs and the power comes from the voltage reference test point.)  A
little soldering required (photos provided).  OR... I could do it as a
stand-alone module with it's own power connector, four pots, and four jacks.
Hmmm... this sounds like another poll.

Graduations on the faceplate almost double the cost since my panels are CNC
engraved and not silkscreened... and in this case wouldn't be necessary
anyway.  Why?  Stepped voltages are easy... "Quantize" them going into the
PSIM-1.  How many steps do you want?  1,2,10,128, or 256?  No problem... all
you have to do is write the code for it.  (See... a scale of 1 to 10 on the
dial just wouldn't make sense.)  Now, if we're talking digital encoders and
an LCD display... nah... let's not talk about that one just yet.

Now... I cannot stress enough how USEFUL the Wiard Model 1209B Frac-Rac
Joystick Module are.  Get TWO.  You won't regret it for an instant.  That
instantly gives you four CV's to feed into the PSIM-1 and you can move them
around to get all sorts of effects and control over the PSIM-1.  There have
been MANY times I've had both joystick controllers feeding all four PSIM-1
inputs.  As I look over at my synth right now... both joysticks are being
used.  I use them in almost every single patch I do.  They have been as
useful in my synth setup as my power supplies!  I couldn't live without
them.  http://www.wiard.com

- Brice

Oh... by the way, the nuts arrived today for the jacks.  They are PERFECT.
Production resumes... back to building modules...

"The trouble with real life is that there's no danger music."
- Jim Carrey from "The Cable Guy"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Scheidler" <xpandrew@ph.k12.in.us>
To: <jassen@bright.net>; <SynthModules@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [SynthModules] New poll for SynthModules


> Yeah, this is something I've asked for on the Blacet list.  Seems like
> it would be super easy to make a half-size module with 4 pots and 4
> output jacks that could spit out 0-5 volts (or 0-10).
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> Stepped voltage would be extremely useful as well.  Would it be any
> easier/cheaper to have 4 on/off switches that would each turn on 1v, 2v,
> 3v, etc and could be summed for a total of 10v.  That might be kind of
> neat.
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> Or maybe you just need another PSIM to control the first one ;)
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> I wish I had even basic electronics skills to make some of this stuff :\
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> ANdrew
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> >>> jassen@bright.net 04/07/04 11:40 AM >>>
> I'd like to see a utility module that provided stepped voltages.
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> I plan to set-up a series of "preset" programs on the PSIM and use the
> -/+
> output of my Blacet mixer module to select a preset.
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> It would be great if there was an add on module with several detented
> pots
> (I don't know if that is the proper name - the kind that turn in fixed
> increments).
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> Maybe (probably more luxury than necessity) an LED array a la the
> Miniwave
> that indicates the value of the pot.
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> For instance, such a module would allow you to select what chords might
> play for the shift registers that all of you are dreaming up...
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> Plus this would allow mega programs that contained most if not all of
> the
> programs that people are dreaming up.
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> Maybe this is a good use for the AUX i/o?
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