The cost would depend a lot of the quality of pots, knobs and jacks you
use. If you use MOTM-quality parts, the panel parts are going to be the
biggest cost. I do recommend, as others have said, to make a big parts
list and order in quantity. You can buy 200 1% resistors for $4.00 from
Mouser.
I am eagerly awaiting the next Stooge panel run myself. Larry's panel
graphics links aren't working at the moment but I expect he will be
fixing them up and adding new panel designs before the ordering starts.
http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/panel/gif.htm
Notice the number of CGS panels! One more I know will be added is the
Bi-N-Tic panel that I consulted on. Most of my CGS modules are actually
in custom FPE designs of my own. That's because I like to take
advantage of the flexibility of CGS designs. For example I have two ASR
boards and an Analog Logic module behind one panel.
If you find some of the Stooge CGS panels suitable for your needs, I
would order them all in this next go round. The only drawback of Stooge
panels is that they are available to order just once or twice a year.
So stock up!
BTW, most CGS boards work well with Stooge LONG brackets, either the
3-pot or 4-pot. The 3-pot bracket is narrower and works great with a
lot of CGS boards like the Wave Multiplier. Wider boards, such as the
Infinite Melody, require the wider 4-pot bracket. Although called 3-
and 4- "pot" brackets, you can use different number of pots with each of
these. The difference is in the width and that the 4-pot has a position
for a 4-th panel pot. That part of the bracket is often sawed off to
accommodate a jack in that spot. I suggest joining the Yahoo Motm
Panels group just to look at the file archives.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ModularSynthPanels/
-Richard Brewster
brownchonald wrote:
use. If you use MOTM-quality parts, the panel parts are going to be the
biggest cost. I do recommend, as others have said, to make a big parts
list and order in quantity. You can buy 200 1% resistors for $4.00 from
Mouser.
I am eagerly awaiting the next Stooge panel run myself. Larry's panel
graphics links aren't working at the moment but I expect he will be
fixing them up and adding new panel designs before the ordering starts.
http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/panel/gif.htm
Notice the number of CGS panels! One more I know will be added is the
Bi-N-Tic panel that I consulted on. Most of my CGS modules are actually
in custom FPE designs of my own. That's because I like to take
advantage of the flexibility of CGS designs. For example I have two ASR
boards and an Analog Logic module behind one panel.
If you find some of the Stooge CGS panels suitable for your needs, I
would order them all in this next go round. The only drawback of Stooge
panels is that they are available to order just once or twice a year.
So stock up!
BTW, most CGS boards work well with Stooge LONG brackets, either the
3-pot or 4-pot. The 3-pot bracket is narrower and works great with a
lot of CGS boards like the Wave Multiplier. Wider boards, such as the
Infinite Melody, require the wider 4-pot bracket. Although called 3-
and 4- "pot" brackets, you can use different number of pots with each of
these. The difference is in the width and that the 4-pot has a position
for a 4-th panel pot. That part of the bracket is often sawed off to
accommodate a jack in that spot. I suggest joining the Yahoo Motm
Panels group just to look at the file archives.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ModularSynthPanels/
-Richard Brewster
brownchonald wrote:
>How much would it cost to build all of the CGS modules that stooge
>Larry makes front panels for (roughly)?
>
>I may just order all the parts and all the front panels when the time
>comes, just for the heck of it.
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>Cole
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