Dotcomformat

That would be a dream come true. I have some module designs that 
I'd love to sell in small batches. The only barrier has been getting 
panels done. $20 - $25 is a do-able price for me. There is someone 
over seas who engraves for a reasonable price, but it would be great 
(not to mention more economical) to have a source close to home. I'd 
imagine you would receive a huge quantity of orders for a service 
like this (especally from me). I really hope you take this up. 
Soooooooooo much better than being stuck with MOTM or Syn.com formats 
only (well...Syn.com isn't too bad). Very exciting news.

peng





--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@y...> 
wrote:
>
> Just throwing out a wild idea here, don't read too much into it 
yet...
> 
> Suppose that the stooges found a way to eliminate many of the 
barriers
> to getting custom panels fast. The catch would be, that the finish
> would not match the current MOTM standard, and might not be able to
> match dotcom exactly either.
> 
> I know that this group is primarily concerned with dot com format
> panels, but the larger questions are worth asking to everyone.
> 
> Instead of hassling with unreliable paint shops, expensive screen
> printers and too-busy metal vendors, suppose all of that was brought
> in-house. We're talking anodized panels in a choice of colors, and
> laser engraved graphics. Right now we provide exact match panels, 
but
> at the expense of being slow, slow, slow (and a great hassle to us).
> 
> Since everything would be in house, truly custom panels could be 
done
> much quicker. For the sake of argument, let's say that they would 
cost
> $25 or so for a 2U panel.
> 
> If we were to offer replacement custom panels for existing factory
> MOTM and/or dotcom designs as well as the popular third party
> conversions, how many people would be geeked enough to have that
> custom blue MOTM or dotcom synth, that they would go to the expense 
of
> replacing all their panels?
> 
> As a bonus, there could be several graphics treatments to choose 
from:
> - MOTM standard layout but enhanced with panel edge stripes
> - MOTM format but with jack fields broken up, flow diagram graphics,
> multiple knobs sizes, etc. (think CMS)
> - E-MU modular style format, signal inputs to the left, control 
inputs
> to the bottom, outputs to the right
> 
> Is this a crazy idea, or what?
> 
> Moe
>