so, its a good question.... ;-) if the panel is bright aluminum (like your gif) i would do black knobs with white letters, because the contrast looks much better. screws and stuff are also black, so.... however, its just my opinion. ok, i'm off, want to go smokin' n' sounding tonight! grz magD. www.magdesign.ch --- colinfraser_com <colin@colinfraser.com> wrote: > > > Good Afternoon... > > You may remember I mentioned recently the next run > of P3s were > likely to include custom made keycaps on Cherry > keyswitches, since > they will look more pro than the Maplin keys, and > Maplin have been a > royal PITA with availability. > I've had a quote back from the custom keycap people, > and it's > looking quite reasonable. > There's a choice of colours too ;-) > My preference is probably to go with parchment white > caps with black > engraved/infilled lettering. > Just wondering what anyone else thinks. > If world + dog are thinking, 'I wish P3 had black > keys with white > lettering', maybe I'll go the other way... > > I'm also thinking of using blank keycaps for the > step keys, with > text on the panel below the keys showing the step > numbers, and text > above the keys with the track and part numbers - > like on this one: > http://www.colinfraser.com/p3/p3.gif > It makes for a reasonable saving on the keycap > engraving, and also > raises the possibility of using groups of coloured > keycaps if > desired,instead of having them all white (or black). > This would mean only the keypad keys would be > engraved with text > labels - which is pretty much essential since > putting the labels on > the panel area around the keypad would probably be > quite messy. > Anyone got any strong feelings on that ? > > Cheers, > Colin f > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion > Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/QnLolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/analogue-sequencer/ > > analogue-sequencer-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com
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Re: [analogue-sequencer] Aesthetic question
2004-10-13 by MAG
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